[mythtv-users] HDPVR intermittent failure
John P Poet
jppoet at gmail.com
Fri Jul 10 01:35:12 UTC 2020
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 7:26 PM DryHeat122 <dryheat122 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 6:18 PM John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 7:12 PM DryHeat122 <dryheat122 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 6:00 PM DryHeat122 . <dryheat122 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:53 AM Rick <rick at laity.ca> wrote:
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>>>>> On 7/2/2020 10:35 AM, DryHeat122 . wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 5:08 AM Jim <lists at morton.hrcoxmail.com
>>>>> > <mailto:lists at morton.hrcoxmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On 7/1/2020 9:23 PM, DryHeat122 . wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 9:32 AM Greg <gregl at nycap.rr.com
>>>>> > <mailto:gregl at nycap.rr.com>
>>>>> > > <mailto:gregl at nycap.rr.com <mailto:gregl at nycap.rr.com>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On 6/27/20 9:46 PM, DryHeat122 . wrote:
>>>>> > >> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:59 PM DryHeat122 .
>>>>> > >> <dryheat122 at gmail.com <mailto:dryheat122 at gmail.com>
>>>>> > <mailto:dryheat122 at gmail.com <mailto:dryheat122 at gmail.com>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:41 AM Stephen Worthington
>>>>> > >> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
>>>>> > <mailto:stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> <mailto:
>>>>> stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
>>>>> > <mailto:stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>>>
>>>>> > >> wrote:
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> On Sun, 10 May 2020 20:20:30 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> >On Sun, May 10, 2020, 7:58 PM Greg
>>>>> > <gregl at nycap.rr.com <mailto:gregl at nycap.rr.com>
>>>>> > >> <mailto:gregl at nycap.rr.com
>>>>> > <mailto:gregl at nycap.rr.com>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> >Ok thanks I will investigate that. But it's
>>>>> been
>>>>> > >> working fine with the
>>>>> > >> >current power source for like a year now, and
>>>>> others on
>>>>> > >> this list use it
>>>>> > >> >too.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> <snip><https://forum.mythtv.org>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Thanks for all the suggestions. I will investigate
>>>>> all of
>>>>> > >> them. Something I do not see in here is an opinion
>>>>> that
>>>>> > some
>>>>> > >> software problem could have evolved. I was kind of
>>>>> thinking
>>>>> > >> of that as a possibility given that it worked fine
>>>>> for so
>>>>> > >> long then seems to be degrading. OTOH I never
>>>>> thought
>>>>> > of the
>>>>> > >> possibility that the USB connection could be
>>>>> degrading. I'm
>>>>> > >> going to try Greg's connector, assuming I can get
>>>>> parts
>>>>> > >> during the Apocalypse. Also, his link specifies
>>>>> Radio Shack
>>>>> > >> parts. What's Radio Shack?!? ;-)
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Well folks this is getting frustrating. I addressed a
>>>>> possible
>>>>> > >> ventilation issue. I also unplugged the power cord I
>>>>> had from
>>>>> > >> the Myth box USB and connected it to an old iPad charger
>>>>> > rated at
>>>>> > >> 5V/2A. No help. It wouldn't record anything, no matter
>>>>> how
>>>>> > much
>>>>> > >> rebooting and power-cycling. So I concluded the HDPVR
>>>>> was hosed
>>>>> > >> and got a new one (more accurately, a replacement
>>>>> circuit board
>>>>> > >> for it). Powered it with the same wall wart. Recorded
>>>>> great for
>>>>> > >> a day. Just turned it on and I have failed recordings
>>>>> and it
>>>>> > >> won't respond when I try to manually play a channel.
>>>>> > Reboot, and
>>>>> > >> it works fine, same pattern as before.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> I finally got a molex connector and am still going to
>>>>> try what
>>>>> > >> Greg suggested, but I really don't think it's a power
>>>>> issue.
>>>>> > >> Apply makes good electronics and that wart has the same
>>>>> specs as
>>>>> > >> the power supply that comes with the HDPVR. The HDPCR
>>>>> isn't
>>>>> > >> overheating. It's not the HDPVR itself. That only
>>>>> leaves the
>>>>> > >> software on the myth box. Anyone have ideas how to
>>>>> troubleshoot
>>>>> > >> that?
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > > The next time it won't record,try to cat it and see if it
>>>>> > > responds. This is the command I use, cat /dev/video0 >
>>>>> test ..
>>>>> > > dmesg for the proper port it's connected to. This may help
>>>>> > too see
>>>>> > > if it is the software or not..
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > I am curious were you got the motherboard? There used to
>>>>> be a
>>>>> > > place in Ohio (I believe) ,but they have gone out of
>>>>> business.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > It failed again (despite putting the conf file in place).
>>>>> Here's
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > > result:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > steve at steve-EP45-UD3P:~$ cat /dev/video0 > test.ts
>>>>> > > cat: /dev/video0: Input/output error
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > I don't know how to "dmesg for the proper port it's connected
>>>>> > to." I
>>>>> > > think it's just connected to a USB port, but I don't know how
>>>>> to
>>>>> > find
>>>>> > > out which one. Can you be more specific?
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > This works on my system
>>>>> >
>>>>> > dmesg | grep pvr
>>>>> > [ 6.231302] hdpvr 2-2:1.0: firmware version 0x15 dated Jun 17
>>>>> 2010
>>>>> > 09:26:53
>>>>> > [ 6.452748] hdpvr 2-2:1.0: device now attached to video0
>>>>> > [ 6.452844] usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr
>>>>> > docbuntu:~$
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Ok next time it crashes I will try that.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the latest firmware is 0x1e from 2012. Probably won't make a
>>>>> difference though but you never know.
>>>>>
>>>>> It crashed again. Same result when I try to cat /dev/video0:
>>>> input/output error
>>>>
>>>> Here is what dmesg says:
>>>>
>>>> steve at steve-EP45-UD3P:~$ dmesg | grep pvr
>>>> [ 12.937541] hdpvr 2-6:1.0: firmware version 0x14 dated May 12 2010
>>>> 10:29:31
>>>> [ 12.937544] hdpvr 2-6:1.0: untested firmware, the driver might not
>>>> work.
>>>> [ 13.152225] hdpvr 2-6:1.0: device now attached to video0
>>>> [ 13.152252] usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr
>>>>
>>>> So it seems I do not have the latest device driver. I doubt this is
>>>> the problem as it was working fine for years with the existing device
>>>> driver and I've not updated anything else. But can't hurt to try. How to
>>>> install?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I looked into this and realized it was about firmware, which apparently
>>> can't be updated without hooking up to Windows. I don't think it's worth it
>>> because like I said it worked with the firmware it's got for quite some
>>> time.
>>>
>>> I'm out of ideas. Can you guys think of anything? I'm thinking I will
>>> need to just rebuild my machine with a fresh install of the lastest Ubuntu
>>> and see if that helps. I've been getting this "system software problem
>>> detected" popup a lot. Maybe that has something to do with it.
>>>
>>>>
>> The first generation HD-PVR was extremely sensitive to the USB port it
>> was plugged into. Basically did not work at all when plugged into USB3, and
>> was picky about the USB2 chipset as well. The only thing you have probably
>> not tried yet, is buying a USB2 add-on card to see if that helps. I don't
>> think it will, but if you are desperate to keep your HD-PVR working, then
>> that is the only thing I can think of.
>>
>> Your experience pretty much mirrors mine from a few years ago. My first
>> generation HD-PVRs slowly got less and less reliable over time. That is
>> what gave me the motivation to get the second generation HD-PVR working
>> with Myth.
>>
>> John
>>
> I thought the HDPVR2 was not Myth compatible. Has that changed?
>
>>
https://github.com/jpoet/HauppaugeUSB
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