[mythtv] what does "DVBRec(1): PID 0x840 discontinuity detected" mean?

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:06:21AM -0400, Steven Adeff wrote:
> >
> > It's in quite a fundamental area of the packet processing,
> > so i'm going to await further reports for a while before
> > considering it for inclusion.
> 
> is there a way to tell if the issue is with the signal the card is
> receiving or something internal to the computer?  I'm just having a
> hard time understanding why this would randomly start happening and
> the cable line looks to be clean?
> 
> It also seems to occur more during heavy i/o load, though this is more
> a casual observance. When all three of my HD recorders are going it
> seems to be more of an issue than when just one is.
> 

Sounds like you may be running into limitations with
1) PCI bus maximum throughput
2) I/O throughput to your storage

also check your dmesg and see if any errors are being thrown
by the driver. verify also that each card has it's own interrupt.


Stuart