[mythtv-users] pcHDTV-5500 reception versus WinTV-HVR-1800?

[James Sumners]

Turns out that the problem was the motherboard. Everything traveling
across the system bus being corrupted. Particularly large files. I got
a new motherboard and everything works as it should.

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:13 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I need to get another splitter. The one I am using splits
>  the signal three ways. But I have the Myth box hooked up to the 3.5dB
>  port and the television to on of the 7dB ports. So the Myth box is
>  getting the stronger signal. Also, I made the cable myself. In fact,
>  every part of the run is cable terminated by my own hand. I'm pretty
>  confident in their construction, but will check the segment between
>  the splitter and the box just to be sure.
>
>  I didn't think about newer drivers. I'll give those a try and see what
>  happens. Thanks.
>
>
>  On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Yan-Fa Li <yanfali at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > Well, I have a CM4228 antenna with a CM7777 pre-amp. I can't get much
>  >  >  better. What I don't understand is why my MythTV box gets a bad MPEG
>  >  >  stream while my television plays just fine. If I look at the
>  >  >  mythfrontend log I see a lot of ac-tex and bad mb frame errors while
>  >  >  watching live tv.
>  >
>  >  One thing you could try is using the latest drivers from the
>  >  linux-v4l2 repositories.  They're constantly improving things, the
>  >  ones that ship with the kernel tend to be pretty old.  I'm about 30
>  >  miles from the transmitters but in a very urban area so my signal
>  >  seems to be pretty good for most channels except NBC.  I have a 4
>  >  bow-tie style UHF antenna.  Could your splitter be bad?  Perhaps you
>  >  need to try the feed out of the 5500 on your TV and see if isn't just
>  >  a bad cable.
>



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