[mythtvnz] MythTV or FreeView Issue

[Duncan Kennington]

On 30/10/2007, Mike <dragon28 at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> Morning all,
>
> I have been having this issue for the last couple of weeks, and am
> hoping that someone can offer me some sound advice before the WAF goes
> completely through the floor. :-(
>
> I have a MythTV box running MythDora 4 (a combined Frontend/Backend),
> with 2 x Skystar II cards and one PVR-500
>
> The PVR-500 is only really used for Prime, and the video camera (no VHF
> antenna attached)
>
> I am having problems particularly with programs recorded on Optus D1 and
> only really with programs off the 12456 mux.  The programs just seem to
> freeze.
>
> When viewing a recording for example of what should be a one hour
> program. is may only be 40minutes, with the missing bits being randomly
> out of the middle of the program (normally the start and end of the
> program are fine).  The program just seems to jump missing a random
> amount.  This doesn't seem to be related to a playback issue but a
> recording issue.
>
> Unfortunately the problem started about the time I had to reinstall to
> replace the HDD, so I am not convinced that the problem is PVR related
> or a dish tuning problem.  From my understanding if this was happening
> on the 12483 mux that it would most likely be the skew, but I am getting
> good signal off that mux.
>
> Thoughts on where to from here would be appreciated
>
> Let me know if you want more details

This might be a silly suggestion, but only if it doesn't help... :)

Have a look at the recordedmarkup table in the database - perhaps run
a repair or optimize over it.  I have seen peculiar behaviour around
playback of recordings when this table gets in a b0rken state - it
contains all the MPEG seeking information.

On a more general note, who on the list ever gives the DB any
attention?  Every week or two I use phpmyadmin to run check tables
across all the mythconverg DB, but never anything more than that
(other than the irregular backup).

Cheers,
Duncan