[mythtv-users] Problem when channel stops transmitting

[Mike Perkins]

On 11/01/11 19:42, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 01/11/2011 02:23 PM, Joacim J wrote:
>>
>> I have scheduled recordings on a children channel (Nickelodeon) and often
>> the tuner is in recording state on that channel and at 07.00 PM the
>> transmission stops and I get problems to tune in other channels.
>>
>> I have been running MythTV for several years and have upgraded all the time
>> but at some point I started to get this annoying problem.
>>
>> Do you have any idea what could be the problem and solution? (I really love
>> MythTV beside this problem)
>
> I've seen similar on my system (ATSC) when tuning a subchannel that no longer
> exists. On my system, the tuner in a pcHDTV HD-3000 card used to tune the
> "missing" channel becomes "stuck" until a reboot, but with an Avermedia A180,
> the card works fine after (though it does--obviously--fail to receive any
> data for the missing channel).
>
> I have a strong feeling the problem in both our cases is either hardware or
> drivers. Therefore, I recommend giving more details on your card types and
> which driver versions (and/or kernel versions) are in use.
>
These problems must surely be related to the recently-discussed issue with UK 
DVB-T channels stopping/starting/changing id causing broadly similar symptoms?

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Mike Perkins