[mythtv-users] Fwd: Pixelation/Bad Recordings HDHR Prime -- I am at my wits end

Captain Hook captainhookzero at gmail.com
Thu Sep 12 15:59:16 UTC 2013


On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:41 AM, tortise <tortise at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On 12/09/2013 3:19 p.m., Joseph Fry wrote:
>
>>> I have a few routes I can go here; first, I could use a separate spindle
>>> for
>>> just my recordings (right now it is being shared with a Windows Server
>>> data
>>> share that sees fairly little i/o). Second, I could pop in a 60gb SSD I
>>> have
>>> laying around and write some recordings to that to see if it makes a
>>> difference.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>
>
> You can also use HDHomerun commands to record and save the live streams
> (that play ok in VLC), and then play them direct from disc, which might be a
> quick useful test of disc I/O.  Their manual is likely to be found on their
> server.
>
> Can also save from mythweb to disc, and play using VLC for a 2nd view. Even
> play these files on another machine?
>
>
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My backend is running as a VM, so I can view it through the console,
but I don't have any sound.  The easiest and most prevalent signs of
this issue are with the audio, so I don't think using VLC on it will
work very well.

My file system is already EXT4 and I didn't use any special formatting
that I am aware of, I just installed MythBuntu and let it do the rest.

I only have one SATA controller and I do not know of a way to allow
the VM to access it directly (unless it is a SAN, which it isn't).
The SCSI controller is showing up as "LSI Logic Parallel" and it did
this automatically.

I am not using RAID at all as ESXi does not recognize "fake
raid"/software RAID built into the motherboard, from what I gather.

Regarding "dynamic virtual disks" I assume you are asking if they are
thin or thick provisioned?  They are thick provisioned.

I have dedicated and entire spindle to Myth's recordings volume, and
in the meantime I will try to record from Myth to a CIFS share on my
desktop to see how that works, which was a suggestion provided to me
offline.


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