[mythtv-users] HDHR cuts out mid recording

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Tue Nov 19 11:34:42 UTC 2019


On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 7:34 PM Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 15:00:57 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Greetings Mythizens, I used to use internal cards primarilly, now I have
> >three cards and two HDHRs. Today recording all the football available and
> >alternating between network and internal tuners, the game I'm most
> >interested in stops recording 11:25 minutes in, usually I wait 45 minutes
> >after start then watch in progress. I stopped and restarted the recording
> >and it stopped again, after 16:13. Does watching a recording in progress
> >respond differently on HDHRs? Does the log give any clue as to what to do
> >to correct this?
> >http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/hgPkBy9FfW/
> >YIA  Daryl
>
> The MythTV software handles HDHRs the same as any other tuner for
> recording or live TV.  The only thing that is different is the actual
> driver code that interfaces to the tuner via the network.  After that,
> the code used is the same.
>
> How old are the HDHRs?  The usual problem with them is that their
> power supplies fail with age and need to be replaced.  There are many
> possible symptoms from that sort of problem, so the easiest way to
> know if that is the problem is simply to have a spare power supply and
> swap it for the suspect one.  It is best to get a higher quality power
> supply for a replacement as the ones you get from the manufacturer
> will themselves fail in time also.  There should be a panel on the
> power supply (on the bottom?) that gives the voltage and current
> ratings and tells you the polarity of the plug.  Any replacement
> should be the same voltage and polarity and the same or slightly
> higher current rating.  If you hunt around in your discarded
> electronics bin, you may find you will already have a power supply
> that will do the job.  Some replacement power supplies come with
> switchable voltages and a set of different plugs with swappable
> polarity.  Having a power supply like that allows you to swap it into
> a large range of different devices at need, so I try to always have
> one of that variety available as a temporary spare.
> ________________________________________
>
Thanks Stephen, I've read this solution so many times, but my situation had
to be unique, I thought, New walwarts on the way, I'll confirm after
successful testing.
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