[mythtv-users] Re: MythTV is Discriminating

Tony Lill ajlill at ajlc.waterloo.on.ca
Tue Mar 16 22:42:11 EST 2004


Another thing to try is watch your recorded programs with another
program like mplayer, to try and isolate the problem to recording or
playback.
"IvanK." <chepati at yahoo.com> writes:

> I have seen on many occasions artefacts inherent in the digital signal that 
> comes from my cable provider.  Pixelation, loss of picture and/or sound, etc.  
> These are extremely random as far as occurance goes, but I've experienced 
> them, seemingly, more often on some channels than on others.  HBO has been 
> one of the affected channels.
>
> The only way to find out if MythTV is the cause of this is to watch "old-time 
> TV" alongside livetv and notice if the problems afflict one or both.
>
> How is your cabling, splitting quality-wise?
>
> IvanK.
>
> On Tuesday 16 March 2004 04:03 pm, Adam Biskobing wrote:
>> I don't think anyone can really help without some more information.
>> What is your setup?  Distro? Capture card? Have you tried watching tv
>> through another app on HBO to see if the problem is hardware or myth
>> related?
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dan Berger
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:54 AM
>> > To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>> > Subject: RE: MythTV is Discriminating
>> >
>> >
>> > Perhaps I should have named my e-mail "Hardware list approval"
>> >
>> > Would appreciate if someone could shed some light on this.
>> > Only HBO is experiencing A/V lag while all the other channels
>> > aren't. Furthermore, it works perfectly on regular TV, just
>> > not through MythTV.
>> >
>> > djb
>> >
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> > >[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dan Berger
>> > >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:34 PM
>> > >To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>> > >Subject: MythTV is Discriminating
>> > >
>> > >Good evening folks,
>> > >
>> > >Friday night I opened up one of my HBO recorded programs to
>> > >watch but it was full of artifacts and a/v lag (sometimes
>> > >green blocks at the bottom). I checked HBO LiveTV and the same
>> > >thing was happening. Other HBO channels are also doing this.
>> > >It has lasted for 3 days now. I didn't do anything to the box
>> > >that might cause this. Rebooting did not fix it.
>> > >
>> > >Does anyone have _any_ idea of whats going? HBO is my most
>> > >watched/recorded channel and I can't even watch it in LiveTV.
>> > >I checked the other tv/cablebox in the house and it running
>> > >without any problems.
>> > >
>> > >Hoping for something,
>> > >Thanks in advance,
>> > >djb
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