[mythtv-users] Pixelated recordings more common with HDHR Prime after 0.27 upgrade?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/26/2013 12:11 AM, Tom Harris wrote:
> I upgraded to 0.27 a month or so ago.  Well, actually I did a 
> completely clean install rather than an upgrade of my old system. 
>  Most everything is working quite well on the new backend.
>
> The one major issue I have is that prior to the new install I almost 
> never had failed recordings.  Since the upgrade, I have a recurring 
> problem with badly pixelated recordings.
>
> I discovered it tonight on a recording of Monday Night Football.  The 
> program was still on, so I went into Live TV mode and got a program 
> badly breaking up and pixelating.   I power cycled my HDHomerun Prime 
> and went back into Live TV and it was perfect.
>
> Obviously it seems like an HDHR issue.  But, I haven't changed 
> anything on that side since March, and it didn't have any problems 
> before the upgrade.    Is anyone else seeing similar issues?

Well, MythTV just dumps whatever data it's given, so if it's a problem 
with the recording, it's a problem with something else (i.e. HDHR, 
antenna/cable signal quality, ...).  Play back the recording in some 
other player (like MPlayer or xine or--even better--on a completely 
separate computer, ideally with Windows) and if it's pixelated there, 
too, it's not MythTV.

Mike