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

[Kalle Pokki]

ffrr wrote:

> 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?

I had exactly similar trouble with a crappy Chaintech DVB card. Just one 
viewer I downloader from the net was able to display anything without 
the noise bursts. Not even the Chaintech software was able to show TV 
well. I threw the Chaintech card away and bought a Nova-T from 
Hauppauge. No trouble in picture quality after that.