Re: Daily Frustrations when being a HTPC enthusiast
[quote=”jmallory”]
After going back and reviewing….I can only think of two things.
1.) Some kind of driver issue between the HD Homerun and the Ceton (doubtful: I have this combination, as do many others, but I don’t use the HTPC for live TV too often but I haven’t seen what you are describing).
2.) Are you using a separate NIC for the HD Homerun? If so, what type? What you could be seeing is that while the HD Homerun is in place the HD Homerun is creating additional interrupts which is causing an additional load on the system.
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#2 is certainly possible. This is one reason why I was asking if the HDHR command-line debug tool had been run. It would be able to tell at least whether the issue was RF-related or network/system related. You can also use it to pump up the NIC, hard drive and system with more activity than normal and then check out system resources to see if something can be identified.
Something else to throw out there, is that I remember reading on TGB about a stuttering video if the broadcast is switching rapidly between 59.94 hz and 29.97 hz. It seems unlikely that it would only show up in this certain hardware configuration, but perhaps it is worth investigating.