
chadmcquinn at insightbb
Jun 5, 2003, 3:09 PM
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Dual tuner (pvr250+tv-wonder) stops recording
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I have now switched to Mandrake9.1 which seems to have solved the problems I was having with playback under RH9. However, now when I am recording two shows and try to watch one of them, the PVR-250 ALWAYS stops recording at some point in the middle of the program. I've run mythbackend with "-v" but haven't gotten any info about why it is doing this. When it stops recording, the "watch recordings" screen still shows the program as though it is being recorded (I believe this is what the yellow text signifies). Sometimes I get about 10 minutes of recording, but other times just a minute or two. If I don't watch one of the recordings, then both shows seem to record fine and I can watch them later (if nothing else is recording while I try to watch). I thought it might be an issue with the high default bitrate on the pvr-250, but I've set it to 4Mb/s average, 6Mb/S peak and still have the same problem. System: Mandrake 9.1 Athlon XP 2600 ASUS A7V8X-X Dual tuner: TV-Wonder + PVR-250 Nvidia GEForce4 MX 440 (8xAGP) with Nvidia drivers Latest cvs of mythtv, ivtv (as of Thursday 6/5 afternoon). Is anyone else experiencing this? I wonder if it is related to the system freeze issue that at least some people are experiencing (see "Mythtv recording: machine freezes totally"). -Chad
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