[mythtv-users] PVR-350 audio quits while recording (Fedora)

[Greg Fruth]

I don't recall changing the kernel in the timeframe where the problem popped up, but I
did update MythTV. However, since the problem started I have upgraded from Fedora 12
to Fedora 14 and the problem persists.

I also followed up on the other posters' suggestions to make sure the card has enough
cooling. Unfortunately I had to move the card to another PCI slot to make room for my
VGA cooler. After moving the card, MythTV had problems even seeing it and I struggled
with getting it re-configured. I think I finally got it working again, but as before, the video
works and the audio is still missing.

At this point all I can think of is that it's some weird problem in introduced in MythTV in
April or a real hardware failure in the card or my mainboard. I can't test the card under
Windows because I have Win7 64-bit and there's isn't a 64-bit driver for the card. Sigh.
Maybe it's time to get a new HD-capable card anyway.



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>From: Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>
>To: Greg Fruth <gf20613 at yahoo.com>; Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:45 AM
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-350 audio quits while recording (Fedora)
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>On May 10, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Greg Fruth wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a Hauppauge PVR-350 that I had been happily using under Fedora 4 through 12.
>> I use the version of MythTV from ATrpms. The machine and OS are 64-bit.
>> 
>> In mid-April the card started having a problem where it would start recording programs normally but
>> then after some time (anywhere from 1 minute up to 20 minutes) the audio part of the recording stops.
>> The audio cutout is sometimes preceded by a burst of scrambled noise, or less often there's a gradual
>> ramp up of distortion until the audio is unintelligible, followed by the audio cutting out.
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>Have you changed the kernel or anything else in the same time frame?
>If not, could just be failing hardware. One would hope that there
>would be *something* in dmesg from around the time it stops getting
>audio, which might help point to the problem.
>
>-- 
>Jarod Wilson
>jarod at wilsonet.com
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