[mythtv-users] Starting to think I should use Kaffeine insteadof Mythtv

[Laurie Odgers]

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From: "ffrr" <ffrr at tpg.com.au>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Starting to think I should use Kaffeine 
insteadof Mythtv


> Niels Dybdahl wrote:
>
>>     > As for picture quality in LiveTV and recording, what I
>>     >am watching is acceptable for non-HD television.
>>     >
>>
>>     What is frustrating is that the picture from my DVB card is 
>> excellent,
>>     even in myth when it's not glitching.   Myth must be using it
>>     differently to Kaffeine (which uses Xine) as obviously the drivers
>>     and
>>     hardware are still the same.
>>
>>
>> Maybe it is a question of deinterlacing ?
>> You do not describe the differences, that you observe, so it is hard to 
>> help...
>>
>> Niels Dybdahl
>>
> You are right, I only described it in a previous posting.
>
> What I see is a sudden patch of digital noise / pixelisation, often 
> associated with a chirping sound in the audio.  This might happen every 
> few seconds for a while then go away for a minute or two, only to return 
> randomly.  Also it is of various severities, sometimes just a minor fuzzy 
> pixel patch, sometime a large streak of random colour pixels. Sometimes 
> the audio just skips a bit, other times it is a very loud noise burst.
>
> Does that sound like anything you've seen before?

Sounds to me like bad reception and nothing to do with mythtv or kaffeine, I 
guess youve just had good luck when watching tv with kaffeine?