Hi List,<br><br>I have some questions about the V-Stream Xpert DVB-T PCI card that I can't find answers to on the web.<br><br>I have configured the card correctly, unloaded (removed) the cx88-blackbird drivers, done all the scandvb and tzap procedures and I can watch BBC One Scotland using mplayer dvb://"BBC ONE Scot" (I am in Scotland). However, the audio and video are often way out of sync; I get regular "Your system is too slow to play this" messages from mplayer; and changing channel can take a *very* long time with some channels. (Although I have noticed that it seems to be radio stations that mainly take a long time to tune.)
<br><br>I can't watch channels such as Sky News, either; I get "selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec" errors.<br><br>I have an Athlon 1700+ with 1GB RAM running FC5 (2.6.17-1.2157_FC5) and CPU usage sits at about 30% during TV playback.
<br><br>I am concerned that no matter how much more time I put into configuring the box I will never resolve these issues. I suppose I have only one question:<br><br>Are these issues limitations of the card or can I resolve them using a different TV viewer such as XaWTV or TVTime?
<br><br>All I want to do is watch DVB and occasionally record something that I will miss. If I can make the card work setting up MythTV will be my next goal.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Richard Oxland<br>