<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Mike Perkins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk">mikep@randomtraveller.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 21/11/11 15:48, Kris B. wrote:<br>
> On Monday, November 21, 2011 3:31 PM, "Tim Draper"<<a href="mailto:veehexx@gmail.com">veehexx@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>> what are you classing as a 'bad' channel?<br>
>><br>
>> i have weak signal on some channels and it can sometimes result in<br>
>> heavy blocking and audio glitching. i dont exhibit the issue the OP<br>
>> reports.<br>
>> however, i do have channels hidden from my tv listings, and there for<br>
>> unable to tune into them<br>
>><br>
>> i'm wondering if you need to hide the problematic channels, or if this<br>
>> issue only presents itself under certain conditions on, what should<br>
>> be, working channels.<br>
><br>
> I am not the original poster, but I do get this problem as well, however<br>
> it is rare (1 or 2 times a year).<br>
><br>
> There is a channel that is local to me, but when it rains heavy just<br>
> right, I will get severe blocking and only a partial lock. However, it<br>
> is the closest station to me (albeit off axis from my main antenna<br>
> receive lobe), and has the best local news for me for storms and such.<br>
> I can live with it not always being there, so I leave it on my regular<br>
> listing, and since it is 95% signal most of the time, it isn't a real<br>
> issue. It is an NBC affiliate, but I get another NBC Affiliate without<br>
> this issue from another market where the antenna is pointed.<br>
><br>
> If I tune into that channel and lose the lock, myth will lockup and boot<br>
> me out. When I try to watch livetv again, since the channel won't lock,<br>
> it fails and will kick me out again. It doesn't even really give you a<br>
> warning what is happening, all you get is a black screen. Sometimes you<br>
> don't even get kicked back to the main menu, you just get a black screen<br>
> with no information, schedule guide info - or anything. No matter what,<br>
> I will be stuck in that loop. Occasionally I can tune into another<br>
> channel when the channel with the partial lock will slightly lock for a<br>
> nanosecond, I can type another channel number in quickly and go about my<br>
> business. If not, then I have to go into mythsetup (not stopping the<br>
> backend), reset the starting channel number on that card, and I am good<br>
> to go.<br>
><br>
> The fix, I guess, would be if there is no lock after 10-15 seconds, go<br>
> up a full channel number and give a warning that previous channel failed<br>
> to lock.<br>
><br>
</div></div>That solution works fine for LiveTV, but not so good if the system is attempting<br>
to record something...<br>
<br>
Remember, LiveTV is just a specialized kind of recording anyway. Would you<br>
rather your scheduled recording be aborted and rescheduled, or would you rather<br>
have a recording of something random from an arbitrarily selected channel?<br>
<br>
I think in these circumstances, an abort back to the menu should be the only<br>
response available. For LiveTV, a means for the user to pre-select the channel<br>
might be the way to then deal with this issue.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
<br>
Mike Perkins<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Yes, for LiveTV it is annoying at most, but when it happens i can restart the frontend. But that is not possible with a recording. And not all shows is possible to reschedule, atleast not in Sweden.<br>
Since a restart of the frontend solves the problem it feels as it is a Myth problem. But i don't want to submit a ticket if it isn't a Myth problem. But it seems that i'm not the only one with this problem so maybe it is time for a ticket. <br>
<br>/Stefan<br>