[mythtv-users] Terrible live TV experience with HD-PVR

[Devin Heitmueller]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Ron Garrison <ron.garrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Jonathan <jonathan.625266 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> On .26 fixes, as long as a channel change is not across sources, things seem to work well for me. But attempting to change directly from a non-HDPVR channel to a HDPVR always results in a frontend hang.  My workaround is to switch to the HDPVR source before changing channels. As you might expect, non tech-savy family members will probably struggle with this one.
>
> This is exactly my experience.  I can change from one HD-PVR channel
> to another HD-PVR channel, but when I change from my DVB channel to
> HD-PVR channel the frontend ALWAYs hangs.  It plays for about 5
> seconds then hangs.  The HD-PVR appears to still be providing a
> signal.  I will see if I can gather more info.

What type of DVB device is it?  Is it USB?  Could there possibly be an
issue with availability of bandwidth if both the HD-PVR and the USB
device were coming out of the same hub?

Devin

-- 
Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
http://www.kernellabs.com