[mythtv-users] Pixelated recordings more common with HDHR Prime after 0.27 upgrade?

[Raymond Wagner]

On Nov 26, 2013, at 12:29, David Mills <djmills32 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm still using 0.26. But I had a period of really bad pixilation.  About half the time live tv and/or recordings were unwatchable.
> 
> It turned out to be a faulty LAN cable.  I replaced it and it's been 100% since.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> David.
> 
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> On 26/11/2013 4:11 pm, "Tom Harris" <thom.j.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I upgraded to 0.27 a month or so ago.  Well, actually I did a completely clean install rather than an upgrade of my old system.  Most everything is working quite well on the new backend.
>> 
>> The one major issue I have is that prior to the new install I almost never had failed recordings.  Since the upgrade, I have a recurring problem with badly pixelated recordings.  
>> 
>> I discovered it tonight on a recording of Monday Night Football.  The program was still on, so I went into Live TV mode and got a program badly breaking up and pixelating.   I power cycled my HDHomerun Prime and went back into Live TV and it was perfect.
>> 
>> Obviously it seems like an HDHR issue.  But, I haven't changed anything on that side since March, and it didn't have any problems before the upgrade.    Is anyone else seeing similar issues?
>> 

The HDHR communications protocol uses UDP, and does not retransmit on lost packets.  Any lost packets during recording means permanently lost video data.
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