[mythtv-users] Getting sound from LiveTV through PCI bus

Mike Jasper e394td at comcast.net
Thu Mar 25 23:07:24 EST 2004


Bruce Markey wrote:
> 
> There is an unstated premise here that has tripped up many before
> you. That is that if the analog to digital audio capture comes
> from the TV card then that must be somehow better. I don't believe
> this is true. Either the sound is digitized by a DSP on the TV card
> or a DSP on a dedicated sound card. The analog signal travels for
> miles from your cable head end and six more inches of wire isn't
> going to kill the sound.

If you have an analog signal (e.g., regular cable), how would you 
deliver the audio to the sound card?  If you have digital cable you 
could run a cable from the set top box audio-out to the sound card.

Or are you saying that by running a patch cable from the tuner card to 
the sound card you'd bypass the tuner card's DSP and send the signal 
straight to the sound card, where it is then digitized?

Sorry if this is a stupid question.  The topic interests me because I'm 
getting some strange modulation (think wah-wah effect) and soft pops in 
my audio, sorta like someone knocking softly on the wall.  It's 
annoying.  I have two PVR-250's on an ASUS P4P800 mobo with an M-audio 
Audiophile 2496 sound card.  I get really excellent audio with mythmusic 
and mythvideo, but the audio from live tv or recorded shows has these 
annoying artifacts.

Could it be because I'm getting sound across the PCI bus?



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