[mythtvnz] Anyone else using a HDHomerun/Mythtv/XBMC combo?

[Mark de Reeper]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Ross and Jemima Knudsen <
ross.jemima at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2010/1/11 Mark de Reeper <mark.dereeper at gmail.com>:
> > Thanks for all the feedback, not made a lot of progress today but did try
> > the 2 different remuxing suggestions with not great results:
> >
> > The mencoder command failed saying I was not able to specify copy for
> both
> > flags, it suggested I use pcm and I needed to add the -o flag to specify
> > which file was the output. It did complete with these changes but did not
> > produce a playable file:
> > mencoder -oac pcm -ovc copy 1001_20100107202800.mpg -o
> > new-1001_20100107202800.mpg
> >
> > The cvlc command worked but the resulting file had no audio stream, VLC
> > reported only having the video stream when I played it back.
> >
> > I am going to work through some of the other suggestions but will be
> heading
> > away for a break with the family soon so will need to pick this up again
> in
> > a couple of weeks. Keep the ideas coming. It is times like this that I
> think
> > I would be better off just getting getting a Tivo (I already have a
> hacked
> > Series 1 which works remarkably well but just not HD) and be done with
> it.
>
> I take it you are using the myth:// protocol to access recordings made
> by the myth backend?  Have you tried moving a recording to a location
> where XBMC can access directly (ie a directory) and see if it can play
> the file back?  That way you isolate the myth backend as a potential
> problem.
>
> Yes using built-in support for the myth:// protocol access. I also make use
of mythbox which has a nice feature where if you tell it where the
recordings are stored it will access the file directly. Have also set-up
direct access within XBMC, all three give slightly different results. After
my investigations yesterday I think that it is more likely to be something
up with XBMC but l still need to do more investigations. If the files
weren't so big I would be happy to make them available for others to play
with.

How much of an influence does signal quality have on all of this? I can
probably improve my aerial position to get a better signal, I do see the
occasional artifacts on some recordings.

Thanks

Mark
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