[mythtvnz] configuring hvr-2200 card

[Robin Gilks]

> I think flaky is not too unkind a word to use regarding the analogue
> side. I have finally succeeded in recording an old VHS tape after a few
> attempts. I have my setup like this:
>
> VCR-->composite vid+audio-->DVD Recorder-->s-video+audio-->HVR-2200
>
> Second to last trial failed to accept the signal from the VCR even
> though the port worked with other signals. Had to reboot to recover the
> analogue. After the reboot I started myth recording a "good" signal then
> switched the DVD recorder input to the VCR and all seems good. I suspect
> the SAA7164 MPEG encoder may be a bit fragile.
>
> I got these errors in mythbackend.log when the 2nd last attempt failed:
>
> 2011-10-02 14:22:17.288 DevRdB(/dev/video0) Error: Poll giving up
> 2011-10-02 14:22:17.305 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Device error detected
> 2011-10-02 14:22:17.315 DevRdB(/dev/video0): Stop(): Not running.
> 2

Interesting - thats the errors I see from the pvr150 at the point it dies.
Sounds more and more like a problem with 0.24.1 rather than hardware dying
(says he $130 and 20 hours down trying for a replacement).

Cheers

-- 
Robin Gilks