[mythtv-users] PVR350 problems with Myth 0.25.2

[George Mari]

On 10/05/2012 09:25 AM, Michael Harnden wrote:
> Quoting George Mari <george_mythusers at mari1938.org>:
>
>> On 09/24/2012 03:29 AM, Neil Bird wrote:
>>> Around about 23/09/12 19:39, George Mari typed ...
>>>
>>>> One thing that still remains from before, however, is image ghosting
>>>> - I
>>>> am still getting 2 faint ghost images to the right of the main image
>>>> being shown on the screen.  If you're old enough to remember, it's just
>>>> like what we used to see in analog television.  It's actually fainter
>>>> than that, so it's not unwatchable, but you do notice after a minute
>>>> or so.
>>>
>>>   Hmm, I've been seeing that as well as the flashing (don't recall both
>>> at the same time, but I stop watching immediately on the flashing).  My
>>> ghosting, when it happens, is pretty bad, sometimes enough to bin the
>>> recording and try to catch a repeat.
>>>
>>>   I'll have to have a look at the ventilation, as (as I've said
>>> elsewhere in the thread) I'm still on older ivtv drivers (CentOS-5) and
>>> Myth 0.24-fixes.
>>>
>> OK I've finally gotten around to replacing the bad capacitors on my
>> PVR-350.
>>
>> After about 24 hours, the good news is that the ghosting and flashing
>> seem to be gone.  I'm still keeping it well ventilated for a while
>> longer, just to be sure.
>>
>> The bad news is that the ivtv driver just decided to unload/re-load
>> itself again.
>>
>> So I guess I am back in the camp of suffering from the same problem as
>> some others seem to be.  I don't know if it's a combination of this
>> kernel, and Fedora release (17) or what, but it's no fun having to
>> baby-sit the backend and re-load the driver when it dies.
>>
>> I'll see if I can find the address for the ivtv mailing list and ask
>> there, since my problem seems to have shifted there.
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>
> A patch has been posted in this ticket;
> http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10732#comment:33
> Going to try to find some time this weekend to test.
> Mike
>

That looks promising - thanks!