[mythtv-users] Advice on buying DVB-C card with CI support

[Mark Wormgoor]

Allan Stirling wrote:
> Mark Wormgoor wrote:
>> I have the KNC1 (older version with TDA10021). I'm running this without 
> ... <skip stupid mention of thing that you should know not to mention here>
> 
>> I'm not sure what the deal with this card is, or why it's bugging me. 
>> It could be my setup, but I can't get it 100% stable. I think it's due 
>> to the SAA7146 chipset. Love the comment on the wiki 
>> (http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Philips_SAA7146): "This hackish 
>> approach works surprisingly well in most setups, and only a few have 
>> problems with high data loss."
> The wiki page is completely incorrect. The TS is passed straight through 
> the DEBI port on the 7146.
> 
> I have seen this issue with some cards and certain chipsets / PCI 
> bridges. Basically nothing will help apart from changing platforms or 
> capture cards.

Hmmm, that's akward. This is actually not too bad of a mainboard 
(Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R, Intel G33 chipset - combined with an Intel Core 2 
Duo E6550 - CentOS 5 64-bit). Seems like the card is sometimes 
struggling to get the data across the pci bus, but I only record SD, 
which is between 5 and 8 Mbit/s (depends on channel). That shouldn't be 
a problem.
The capture card could be a problem - got it through E-bay :)

Kind regards,

Mark