[mythtv-users] Black screen, audio, green snow

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi jrh,

Thursday, October 6, 2016, 6:40:45 PM, you wrote:



> On Oct 6, 2016, at 12:27 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi Andre,

> Thursday, October 6, 2016, 6:23:21 PM, you wrote:



> On 6 Oct 2016, at 15:48, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:44 AM, jrh <jharbestonus at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Oct 6, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:

> I first thought this might be related to the HDHomerun power warts,
> but that issue usually resulted in pixellation.

> Recording OTA via HDHomeruns. Twice in two days I've had a
> recording suddenly go to a black screen.The sound continues fine.
> Just before the picture comes back I get about two seconds of green snow filling the screen.



> I have had similar happen with OTA. In my case the signal from the
> station/network was at fault, and straightened itself out as you indicated.




> The green snow is a good clue, dropouts or no signal on a broadcast
> standard digital cable are usually green (SDI HDSDI) as they use
> around the studio or playout center, as it’s a colour difference signal 0’s result in green.





> I have also had similar problems with audio doing the same type of
> thing, and again was due to the station/network.




> I’ve not yet seen any green audio ;-)


> It sounds like growing grass!




> The audio wasn’t ripe yet. you have to wait until it turns red. :-)

Sounds correct. You know the only reason we as primates redeveloped
color vision is to see whether fruit is ripe to eat! Almost all other
mammals don't see color.


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