[mythtv-users] Shield overheating

[David Engel]

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 06:40:35PM -0500, Greg Oliver wrote:
> O
> n Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 11:26 AM Steve Greene <sgreene820 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > What about MPEG2? does the shield have a decoder? Off-air and a lot of my
> > cable system still depends on it...
> >
> >
> Yes it does.  They actually will discover your HDHomeRuns and has a native
> TV player (obviously - it is AndroidTV), but the older HDHomeRuns spit out
> mpeg2.

Be aware that MythTV doesn't currently play well with other HDHomerun
users.  We intend to try to improve on that, but it's unknown when
that will happen.  For now, it's best to only use HDHomeruns outside
of MythTV when you are absolutely sure MythTV isn't using them.

David

> 
> -Greg
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 11:48 AM George Poulson <george.poulson at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 18 August 2018 at 16:00, glen <glenb at glenb.us> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> playback profile is mediacodec normal; and symptom is after about 30
> >>> minutes, the motion becomes very choppy not smooth not watchable. i am not
> >>> sure about overheating, that's just guess because it plays fine at
> >>> beginning.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't know about the design of the Shield, but most SoC systems are
> >> designed to 'throttle back' the CPU at high temperatures.
> >>
> >> As I think was mentioned arlier, if you can get access to a command
> >> prompt you should be able to monitor system temperatures and/or CPU clock
> >> to see if this is what is happening in this case.
> >>
> >> Sorry I can't help with any more details.
> >> George
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> mythtv-users mailing list
> >> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> >> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> > http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> > http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> > MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org
> >

> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-users mailing list
> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> http://lists.mythtv.org/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> http://wiki.mythtv.org/Mailing_List_etiquette
> MythTV Forums: https://forum.mythtv.org


-- 
David Engel
david at istwok.net