[mythtv-users] Problems since upgrading to a Turbosite TBS6280 for DVB-T2 capture

[Rob Sones]

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> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 22:41:59 +0100
> From: alan at chandlerfamily.org.uk
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Problems since upgrading to a Turbosite TBS6280 for DVB-T2 capture
>
> Hi
>
> I've been a user of MythTV for some time, using the packages installed
> from Debian Multimedia. Up until recently I had a Hauppage Nova T.
> However since it suffered from regular loss of one channel - allegedly
> because the usb hub built within it was being put to sleep by the
> kernel. This setup ran on my home server (for everything - not just
> MythTV).
>
> As I have had to opportunity to upgrade the server - from an ancient
> Athlon to a Intel i5 I took the opportunity to replace the Tuner card,
> and looking around seemed to find that the Turbosite TBS 6280 was
> favorably seen, despite having to build the driver modules from source.
> Although running the backend on Debian Stable, the Debian multimedia
> repository seems to have provided me with 0.25 of mythtv. This is good,
> because my frontend (my desktop) runs Debian Unstable and that has a
> front end at 0,25.
>
> I've duly followed all the instruction and installed the re-compiled
> modules and rebooted my server (sadly - I did't really want to).
>
> However I am suffering from a situation where after about a day (not
> really sure how long) the tuner seems to silently fail.
>
> All that seems to happen is that
> 1) recordings that are scheduled just don't happen
> 2) Attempts to watch liveTv fails to find a lock.
>
> I can't find any evidence of reported failure.
>
> I really have two requests
>
> 1) Is there a short term solution whereby I could cause the device to
> re-initialise itself without doing a reboot.
> 2) Is there a longer term solution whereby I can stop it from failing
>
> Have I made a bad choice of Tuner. Is there anything else out there
> that reliably does UK HD TV.
>
>
> --
> Alan Chandler

Hi Alan, I'm still a week or two away from finishing my build and putting a new mythbackend with a TBS 6284 in to production so I hope your experience isn't typical.I haven't had the host running for more than a few hours at a time yet but so far I haven't experienced any problems with the card.The reviews and comments I read before buying it were all good.I don't think there is another option for UK HD Terrestrial TV at the moment.http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Digital_Tuner_CardsUnfortunately I don't think there is a way of reinitialising the card outside of a reboot but I could be wrong.