[mythtv-users] HD-PVR Glitching Issues

[john.baab at gmail.com]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM, john.baab at gmail.com
<john.baab at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lately, I have been seeing issues with my HD-PVR.  In all my
> recordings using this tuner there seem to be small glitches, which
> then cause the OSD to lose track of recording length and reset to
> 0:00.  This doesn't cause any issues playing back other than the quick
> glitch, backend logs doesn't show any hints.  I have tried power
> cycling the HD-PVR and the STB it is attached to, didn't help.  I
> already had the latest firmware in my VM so that should be flashed
> already, is there a way to verify the firmware version?  I'd estimate
> that the glitch happens once, maybe twice in an hour long show.
>
> MythTV Version:0.24.0+fixes.20110315.785ea1b
>
> Anyone ever seen this kind of behavior, or have any ideas how to debug
> it further?
>

A hint from dmesg:
[   14.081030] hdpvr 1-1:1.0: untested firmware version 0xf, the
driver might not work

I'm going to try to upgrade the firmware tonight and see if that
resolves the issue.