[mythtv-users] PVR350 problems with Myth 0.25.2

[George Mari]

On 09/24/2012 03:29 AM, Neil Bird wrote:
> Around about 23/09/12 19:39, George Mari typed ...
>
>> One thing that still remains from before, however, is image ghosting - I
>> am still getting 2 faint ghost images to the right of the main image
>> being shown on the screen.  If you're old enough to remember, it's just
>> like what we used to see in analog television.  It's actually fainter
>> than that, so it's not unwatchable, but you do notice after a minute
>> or so.
>
>    Hmm, I've been seeing that as well as the flashing (don't recall both
> at the same time, but I stop watching immediately on the flashing).  My
> ghosting, when it happens, is pretty bad, sometimes enough to bin the
> recording and try to catch a repeat.
>
>    I'll have to have a look at the ventilation, as (as I've said
> elsewhere in the thread) I'm still on older ivtv drivers (CentOS-5) and
> Myth 0.24-fixes.
>
OK I've finally gotten around to replacing the bad capacitors on my 
PVR-350.

After about 24 hours, the good news is that the ghosting and flashing 
seem to be gone.  I'm still keeping it well ventilated for a while 
longer, just to be sure.

The bad news is that the ivtv driver just decided to unload/re-load 
itself again.

So I guess I am back in the camp of suffering from the same problem as 
some others seem to be.  I don't know if it's a combination of this 
kernel, and Fedora release (17) or what, but it's no fun having to 
baby-sit the backend and re-load the driver when it dies.

I'll see if I can find the address for the ivtv mailing list and ask 
there, since my problem seems to have shifted there.