[mythtv-users] Myth problem or HDPVR probmem?

[Thomas Mashos]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Robert McNamara <
> robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Dan Armbrust <
>> daniel.armbrust.list at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> > Let me just say that comparing apples (MythTV 0.23 on distro X, version
>>> > Y, with kernel Z and V4L/DVB subsystem A and drivers B) and oranges
>>> > (MythTV 0.24 on distro X, version Y', with kernel Z' and V4L/DVB
>>> > subsystem A' and drivers B') does not imply that MythTV 0.24 is to
>>> > blame.  If you change anything in addition to changing MythTV, ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, not to wish bad things to Mike... but I hope that you do start
>>> having this problem.  Maybe then we can get some help on fixing it.
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> I don't know where the problem lies, DVB driver changes, or mythTV
>>> changes.  But the fact is that mythTV is very unreliable in the
>>> current Mythbuntu packaging.  And my configuration worked just fine
>>> until my last update.  I have seen the problem on both of my cards, so
>>> I doubt it is a hardware failure of a card.  Could be pci bus, I
>>> suppose, but I highly doubt that this many people are encountering
>>> hardware failures at the same time.
>>>
>>>
>> There is more than circumstantial evidence that V4L/DVB has some pretty
>> substantial issues in current Ubuntu and derivatives.  Mike is unlikely to
>> have the issue as he rolls his own distro.  While I'm sure there are
>> exceptions, many MANY of the people reporting this issue tend to be using
>> *buntu.
>>
>
> Hence this thread presumably
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1687846
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> It may pay for *buntu readers to subscribe to that thread and read the
> results occasionally, and of course contribute their wn experiences.
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I'll go one step further and say that since this appears to be happening on
more than just *buntu systems, that anyone on any distro should subscribe
and update that. I've updated the first post to reflect that

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1687846

Thomas
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