[mythtvnz] Any ideas why I would get more pixelation with Myth 0.25 than NextPVR

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Curtis Walker <sultanoswing at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 1 Nov 2016 10:23, "Paul" <paulgir at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 31/10/16 20:28, ajp at cantabrian.co.nz wrote:
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> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have an ongoing saga with my Myth setup and HD HomeRun.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have two HDHRs and so trying to pin down absolutely that it is not in
> some way my MythSvr I did an experiment.  I created a quick and dirty
> NextPVR install on an old Windows laptop and connected it to one HDHR and
> left Myth with the other HDHR.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Myth continued to have pretty consistent and really annoying pixelation
> while the NextPVR didn’t. Today I swapped the tuners and got the same
> result though this time I notice I did get some, though not nearly as much,
> pixelation with the NextPVR. The two HDHRs are connected to the same
> splitter, I haven’t so much as turned them off.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Remembering I have an old 0.25 Myth which had been working fine up till
> the last few months and I have spent what I consider a reasonable amount,
> approx. $300, on the TV guy.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Any idea why Myth should produce a file that has more pixelation. I
> have tested both using VLC on my Windows machine
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> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >>
> > For what it's worth,I suspect I am getting more pixellation events after
> installing mythbuntu 16.04.I used to only get them in bad weather.But I
> seeing them on recordings made while the weather is fine but windy.It may
> be a coincidence.It's probably an aerial thing but it's not bad enough that
> I be bothered finding the cause.
> >
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> In my case, regular pixellation occurring every 10 minutes or so was a
> symptom of missing firmware (Hauppauge HVR2210) in my case a few years ago.
>
> A search of this list should turn up the thread.
>

how is that an issue for the HDHR?
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