> Nathan Lutchansky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:46:09PM -0700, Adam Felson wrote: > > I recently got a plextor usb2 tv capture box and am having problems with > > the audio. It can barely go 20-40 minutes without dying. Once the > > recording is stopped and another one started then the problem is > > cleared... for a little while. When watching live-tv, I can get things > > working again by exiting live-tv and going right back to it. > > Is the audio OK before you lose it? Is there any stuttering or does it > get out of synch with the video? Are you recording uncompressed audio > or MP3? It's fine right until the point it dies. I'm recording mp3; I've tried 32Khz and 48khz sample rates.
> > > The errors in the mythbackend log are of the form: > > 2005-08-16 21:37:30.298 NVR: Only read -1 bytes of 16384 bytes from > > '/dev/dsp1 > > read audio: Input/output error > > Sounds like the audio buffer on the hardware is getting overrun, which > causes the audio pipe to lock up. Usually this happens because of bus > errors or because the host CPU can't service the audio pipe fast enough. > > What video bitrate are you running? Is the convertx connected to a USB > 2.0 port? Do your other USB devices work OK? Have you tried swapping > out the USB cable, or hub, if you're using one? -Nathan It's connected straight to a USB 2.0 port and the error occurs with no other USB activity. I haven't tried using a different USB cable yet. About 2000-2200 kb/s. (.7-1.0GB/hr) If nobody else has experienced anything like this, then it's possible I have bad hardware.
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