[mythtv-users] Flakey HD-PVR

[Richard Ferrara]

Fixed...

One of these four things fixed it, I didn't check after each change so I cannot confirm which one, but it's working like a champ now!

1. Upgraded BIOS from 2007 version to latest (2009)
2. Changed "Legacy USB" from enabled to disabled in BIOS
3. Only assigned one input group to the composite tuner
4. Yelling at it

YMMV, Booyah!

On 14/04/2012, at 2:30 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> fixed top posting...
> 
> On 04/12/2012 09:50 PM, Richard Ferrara wrote:
>> On 13/04/2012, at 11:09 AM, Kevin Ross wrote:
>>> On 04/12/2012 03:58 PM, Richard Ferrara wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the update, I did see that however mine doesn't lock up. Just seems that mythtv (outside of myth it works first time every time) doesn't choose and set the correct inputs.
>>> In mythtv-setup, under Capture cards, I have the tuning timeout set the 12000 ms.  You will most likely need something similar.
>>> 
>>> Also, if MythTV can't properly set the inputs on the HD-PVR, it may not have permission.
> 
> Or you may have misconfigured Input Connections in mythtv-setup.
> 
>>>   Does the user that mythbackend is running as (usually mythtv) have write permission to /dev/video*?  I think this usually means adding the mythtv user to the video group.
>> root at mythtv:~# ls -l /dev/vid*
>> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Apr 12 23:07 /dev/video0
>> 
>> root at mythtv:~# ps -ef | grep -i mythb
>> richard   1539  1514  0 Apr12 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh
>> richard   1542     1  0 Apr12 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /usr/share/mythbuntu/session.sh
>> mythtv    2254  2253  0 Apr12 ?        00:01:07 /usr/bin/mythbackend --syslog local7 --user mythtv
>> root     21692 21629  0 11:20 pts/2    00:00:00 grep --color=auto -i mythb
>> 
>> root at mythtv:~# groups mythtv
>> mythtv : mythtv dialout cdrom audio video
>> 
> 
> Have you set the timeouts?  Those are important, regardless of--and before--anything else.
> 
> Mike
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