[mythtv-users] Fwd: Video Frame Buffering fails too many times

[Daryl McDonald]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Rich Brook
> byronf16 at gmail.com
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> From: Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 7:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video Frame Buffering fails too many times
> To: Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
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> Hardware wise, my PC has not changed in years. I have used used various
> versions of MythTv and Ubuntu, successfully, in the past, because Windows
> Vista was terrible. When Windows 7 came out, I put Ubuntu in the back
> burner. When 14.04 came out, I decided to look at Ubuntu again. I installed
> the latest version of MythTv and the ppa's to keep it updated. I wasn't
> having the video frame buffering issue until recently. I thought perhaps
> one of the daily updates was the cause, but I do not know how to debug it.
> I do not have an HD antenna to receive Over the Air channels. I doubt that
> Scify channel comes Over the Air.
>  On Jul 21, 2014 3:03 AM, "Gary Buhrmaster" <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am running 0.27 and Ubuntu 14.04. I have a WinTv HVR1600 connected to
>> > Analog Cable from Time Warner. Within the past two weeks, I have had
>> Live Tv
>> > and Recorded Tv programs crash with an error "Video Frame Buffering
>> fails
>> > too many times". I am not sure how to debug this and correct the
>> problem.
>> > Perhaps recent MythTv updates have caused this problem as I have not
>> made
>> > any hardware changes to my PC. I have an Nvidia 9800gtx video card and
>> > output to a 50" HDTV at 1900x1080p via DVI to HDMI cable. I have been
>> using
>> > this PC for several years with this configuration dual booting with
>> Windows
>> > 7, without issue.
>>
>> I feel fairly confident in saying that you cannot have been
>> running Ubuntu 14.04 for several years.  So, that means
>> you likely changed not only the MythTV version, but the
>> OS version, much more recently.  And when you essentially
>> upgrade "everything", some new issues may be seen.
>>
>> First things first, make sure you are running MythTV 0.27.3.
>> Numerous changes/improvements were made in Live TV in
>> the later fixes updates from the original 0.27.  As with all else,
>> the problems may not be resolved, but you are unlikely to
>> get much assistance if you are not on the release that
>> included all those fixes.
>>
>> I will note that TWC in upstate NY has (for simple values)
>> all the same channels in clear QAM that they have on
>> analogue (and at least the local HD channels too).  You
>> might want to consider using your HVR1600 in clear QAM
>> mode.  I doubt it will solve the LiveTV issues, but the
>> quality tends to be more consistent and better, and you
>> get a few HD channels.
>>
>> Gary
>>
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The QAM signal with potential for HD comes in on your coax cable, the same
one your analog signal comes in on.
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