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On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 02:54, Joe V wrote:<BR>
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#407373"><I>Now that I've dropped the capture resolution down to
352x480, the pauses (when one actually happens) are
only a couple of seconds long (not as bad as before). </I></FONT></PRE>
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Even at 720x480 (only tried with RTJPEG, mind you) I get no frameloss unless something extreme is happening with the video or there's something else going on in the OS. <BR>
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#407373"><I>The only interference I can think of is that the PC is
next to the TV, and has it's side panels off. That's
because it's a temporary case, and I don't have proper
cooling in it.</I></FONT></PRE>
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I assume your cable picture looked much the same before you setup your computer anyway? <BR>
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#407373"><I>Anybody who wants to look at the images can go to</FONT>
<A HREF="http://www.vulturesnest.net/catv.html"><U>http://www.vulturesnest.net/catv.html</U></A><FONT COLOR="#407373">. I have enough
of a transfer cap that plenty of people can look at
them. Feel free to check out the rest of the site
too. :)</I></FONT></PRE>
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Your picture quality isn't that far different from my worst channels, though for me it's more like random noise/static and less like a regular interference pattern as yours appears. In any case, I don't get stutter problems like what I see in your video clip unless I've got something disk or interrupt intensive going on in another thread.<BR>
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If a point of reference would be useful, I can put up some screen captures for you to compare with. At this point, if I were you, I might try buying a different capture card from a store that will accept returns without too much hassle. It might be worth taking a closer look at your video card, motherboard, and X setup too. Of course, maybe the culprit is your signal, so perhaps you'd be better off leaning on the powers that be to get it improved. <BR>
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The only other thing I can suggest is if you've got more than one video/audio signal coming into the back of your TV, disconnect <I>everything</I> except the signal from your computer and see if that helps. I doubt it would clear up the stutter problem, but in my case it significantly cleaned up the picture. Might also be worthwhile trying some different cables out. I've got one S-Video cable that picks up noise like crazy...<BR>
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But if your picture quality using the TV tuner alone straight from the wall is about the same as it is with the setup you have now (excepting the stutter) then none of that will make any difference. :-(<BR>
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I don't know what else to suggest, but I wish you good luck.<BR>
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Rick<BR>
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