[mythtv-users] Recording problems with PVR-350 and MythTV 0.24.3

[David Parker]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 09/25/2012 04:27 AM, David Watkins wrote:
>
>> On 24 September 2012 19:09, David Parker wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently decided to upgrade from my old MythTV box running 0.21 to a
>>> new box running 0.24.3.  I chose version 0.24.3 because I have a
>>> PVR-350 and PVR-150, and I read in the release notes that support for
>>> these cards was dropped in 0.25.
>>
>> AFAIK it was only the video output support for the PVR350 that was
>> dropped.
>>
>
> Yes--though, technically, it's only support for the PVR-350 decoder that was
> dropped.  You can still use PVR-350 TV out, but will have to use the CPU to
> decode and Xv for display.
>
> Use of the cards for encoding is still fine.  And, if you want, you can
> still use the TV out (though you'll probably get much better quality from a
> good nvidia video card).
>

Thanks for the responses, David and Mike.  That's good to know.  What
would the quality loss be if I upgraded to 0.25 and switched from
hardware decoding to CPU decoding?  The CPU a 2.8 GHz Pentium D.

For the immediate problem, is there anything I can try?  It appears
that my ability to record programs is completely broken, and in
addition to only recording 15 minutes of the first program, each of my
test recordings has only had sound for the first 10 seconds and then
it cuts out.  Would a downgrade to 0.23 be worth a try?  Also, could
this be a symptom of overheating the capture card?  Just curious,
because this PC is a BTX design with mostly passive cooling, so it
probably has poor airflow.

I was really hoping to avoid buying a new tuner card, but if it comes
down to that, do you have any recommendations for Nvidia cards?  I'd
love to get one with hardware encoding and decoding like the PVR-350
if possible.

    Thanks!
    Dave