[mythtv-users] Recent "pixelation" or "glitches" in recordings (HDHR related?)

[Raymond Wagner]

On 24/04/13 18:04, Mike Perkins wrote: 
> On 24/04/13 20:34, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> >
> > Why should we do ANY check? I think it's reasonable to expect that
> >
> > A) Users shouldn't be touching recording files outside of MythTV
> >
> > B) Recording drives are relatively static in their location.
> >
> Because 'bad stuff' happens. A drive can die. Chunks of a file can vanish
due
> to bit rot. A *single bit* on a sector can die, meaning the whole file is
> unreadable (depending on which bit, of course). 

That really depends on what hardware/filesystem you are storing your
recordings.  Some will transparently correct for such issues.