[mythtv-users] broken mpeg4 recordings with SD bt878/bttv tuners

[Russ Dill]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:11 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 08:48:11AM -0800, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>> On Dec 18, 2008, at 8:30 AM, jedi wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 06:14:35PM -0700, Russ Dill wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Steve Briggs
>> >> <zzybaloobah at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>> I have consistent problems with broken mpeg4 recordings.
>> >>>
>> >>> The first recording (after starting a backend) is good,
>> >>> the subsequent ones (on that backend) are almost always
>> >>> corrupt.  When I try and play them back (with
>> >>> mythtv-frontend) I get a zillion mpeg4 errors:
>> >>>
>> >
>> >    bttv? Isn't that a dinosaur? Why not use something like a PVR150?
>>
>> I think the analog part of the pcHDTV-5500 card uses bt878. This is a
>> current card.
>
>   The bt878 is an ancient part. It is by no stretch of the imagination
> "current". If that is infact the part in question then it is a dinosaur that
> is sapping more resources by being put into use than would be wasted by it's
> replacment.
>
>

I do plan on purchasing a pcHDTV-5500, but that only gets me about 8
channels in digital. I'll still have my two Booktree Bt878's for
capturing all the channels I can only get in analog. Plus, something
being ancient is no reason not to fix something. Having no one who
cares enough to spend the time is the only good reason not to fix bugs
:)

Maybe one day getting 100% of the digital channels I pay for will be
as easy as playing a DVD under Linux, but until I start hearing about
deDTCP or whatever it will be, I'll need my analog stuff.