John,

Yes, ivtvctl -q 0 fixes the problem everytime. But it does cause the 
audio to skip for a second, so the cron job wouldn't go over well.

I would like to see your script. I will most likely have to edit it some 
because I plan on having an option for my parents to record shows 
through the RCA as well if I need. I'll figure it out though. Your 
script should help me figure out where I have to edit code at and such.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

Jonathan

>Jonathan Black wrote:
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>>Yes, I know this topic has been overdone, but I've tried everything I 
>>can think of to fix the problem (Short of writing a script that runs 
>>ivtvctl -q 0).
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>Jonathan,
>
>You mentioned that ivtvctl -q 0 fixes the problem every time, but 
>doesn't ever *trigger* the problem, correct?
>
>Another question: does your audio "skip" (drop out for a second) when 
>you run ivtvctl -q 0?
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>If the answers are yes and no, then a simple cron job or bash script 
>that runs the command every 5 seconds or so, though brute force, may be 
>the easiest fix.
>
>If not, you can try what I did.  I modified the mythtv sources to run a 
>bash script every time I begin a recording (I tried the cron approach, 
>and I also tried running the script every time I changed a channel, but 
>in my case I *do* get a dropout which is annoying, and I never watch 
>live tv on my second tuner anyway, so running the script only when a 
>recording begins seems to work best).
>
>I'm not much of a programmer, so my workaround is a messy hack.  I can 
>post what I did if people are interested.
>
>Oh BTW, I should mention that my tuner is a PVR 150, but I gather the 
>500 is logically just 2 150s, so the same technique *should* work.
>
>john
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