Hi folks, I recently switched my functioning mythtv system (which runs the ubuntu breezy 18.1 packages on a pentium-III system with a hauppauge pvr350 doing all the heavy lifting) over to a new hard drive (old one was too small). I had a little trouble at first getting the filesystems synced, but pretty much thought I had worked out all the kinks until I started watching programs with commercials. Then I found two problems, which I imagine to be mroe or less unrelated, but which combine to make watching tv a whole lot less fun:
1) For some reason no commercials are being flagged. Even if a program is set up with "flag -- use all" in the database, attempts to skip forward or backward result in a "not flagged" message flashing on the screen. @) This in itself is a bummer. But there's also a problem with the fast forward button. Sometimes it works fine. But often , pressing the fast forward button (to play at 3x, 5x, or 10x) results in a wierd stall -- the pictures stays almost still, perhaps flickering a bit, and the position indicator will remain stuck at the same moment -- say, 18:32. It might flicker around a bit too, say 18:31, 18:35, 18:32. Meanwhile, the indicated LENGTH of the clip will sluctuate wildly -- so the video will apear to GROW and SHRINK as the picture stays fixed. OFten after doing that for a wile, and in response to some other button press, this wierd behaviour will cease all at once and suddenly the fast worward will work again, at least for a little while. Anyway, it's bizarre and frustrating. I'd very much appreciate any suggestions on e.g. where to look to diagnose the problem further. THanks, Matt _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
