[pvrusb2] 24xx hardware instability.

[Barry Jett]

Martin,

I'd be willing to try and replicate this problem on my system.  Can you give 
a scenario to try that's likely to produce the problem....do I need to just 
record a 6 hour show ?

And what exactly does "wedged" mean ?

Barry


>From: Martin Andrew Galese <martin at galese.net>
>Reply-To: Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver <pvrusb2 at isely.net>
>To: Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver <pvrusb2 at isely.net>
>Subject: [pvrusb2] 24xx hardware instability.
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:22:24 -0500
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>I wanted to let you know that I'm still seeing occasions where the
>cx25840 gets wedged. The timing seems to be random, but definitely is
>related to the number of "shows" recording by mythtv. The recording time
>doesn't seem to matter. As in, I can reliable record a continuous 6 hour
>show, but I can only actually record a series of 6, 1 hour shows, 10-15%
>of the time. After 3 distinct recordings (and almost never before) there
>seems to be a good chance that the cx25840 wedges.
>
>I had thought this was fixed with the mpeg2 garbage filter, but that
>only seemed to make the device somewhat more stable.
>
>Has anyone else had this issue? Have you seen it?
>

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