[mythtv-users] HD-PVR, LiveTV, and WAF == 0

Gerald Brandt gbr at majentis.com
Wed May 23 22:21:31 UTC 2012



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Adeff" <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:40:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HD-PVR, LiveTV, and WAF == 0
> 
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com>
> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Gerald Brandt" <gbr at majentis.com>
> >> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:13:54 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] HD-PVR, LiveTV, and WAF == 0
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Gerald Brandt" <gbr at majentis.com>
> >> > To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 7:22:07 PM
> >> > Subject: [mythtv-users] HD-PVR, LiveTV, and WAF == 0
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I was running Mythbuntu 11.10 (.24 fixes) and upgraded to
> >> > Mythbuntu
> >> > 12.04 (.25 fixes).
> >> >
> >> > The system seems to be running just fine, except for Live TV.
> >> >  Under
> >> > .24 fixes, I had zero issues with my backend with 2x hdpvr and
> >> > remote frontends.
> >> >
> >> > I've done just about everything except re-install the backend
> >> > from
> >> > scratch (no upgrade).
> >> >
> >> > Does anybody here have a .25 fixes working with live tv and
> >> > HDPVR?
> >> >  What are your settings?  How did you get it to work?
> >> >
> >> > Gerald
> >>
> >> This morning I did more test, and nothing worked again.  I could
> >> not
> >> get live TV at all.  Last night, I got live TV and switched
> >> channels.  Everything worked.
> >>
> >> Then I light bulb went off.  I have two hdpvr's.  What if the
> >> default
> >> one for livetv was causing an issue.  I started another frontend
> >> and
> >> tried live tv.  It failed.  I started it again and went to another
> >> frontend to start livetv.  The second frontend grabbed the second
> >> hdpvr and magic happened.  EVERYTHING worked again.  Even better
> >> than .24.
> >>
> >> So, I have an hdpvr that works perfectly for recordings, but fails
> >> for livetv.
> >>
> >> Any ideas what's going on?  Both hdpvr's are running the same
> >> firmware and were purchased at the same time.
> >>
> >> Gerald
> >
> > What are the chances this is a USB issue?  If I get a separate USB
> > card, do you think it will help?
> 
> your motherboard may have two separate USB buses already. My parents
> have two HD-PVR's and we put them on the two separate buses "just in
> case" and they have not had this specific issue.
> 
> 

I ended up having a 2.0 and a 1.1.  No matter where the HDPVR's are plugged into, they get a 2.0.

I upped my resolution back to 1080i, and things started failing again.  Went back to 720p and they stabilized.  I might play around with bitrates at 1080i.

Gerald


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