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

[belcampo]

Mark Wormgoor wrote:
> 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).
Have you considered to use 32-bit, at least for testing, to be sure it's 
not a 64-bit thing.
  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
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