[mythtv] re what tv card to buy in australia to use with knoppmyth
Scott Carroll
lists at scottc.net
Thu Jul 14 07:15:28 EDT 2005
* This is based on using Freeview in the UK *
I bought a VisionPlus card last month because it was a few pounds
cheaper than the Nova-T cards. I already have one Nova-T installed
and working flawlessly.
The VisionPlus is a nuisance. The drivers don't seem to report BER,
UNC or even status accurately (using tzap to test), and when my
system is under load, even with Myth running at a high priority, as
root, I get mythbackend errors like:
DVB#1 PID 221 _continuity_count 13 cc 14
and a totally unwatchable stream. The Nova-T recording at the same
time is fine.
Also, the VisionPlus can only capture the strongest of the 6 muxes in
the UK. The Nova-T can get them all. My Freeview set-top box
registers signal strength at 55-70% on all muxes.
This stuff may be fixed by better drivers, but I'm not aware of
anyone working on them.
On the other hand, the VisionPlus does come with a nice remote
control + receiver that behaves like a USB keyboard and just
registers keystrokes when you use the remote - no messing around with
LIRC.
Scott
On 14 Jul 2005, at 11:38, Matthew Phillips wrote:
> On 14/07/2005, at 7:34 PM, Jon Whitear wrote:
>
>
>> phillip cole wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I have geard good things about the dvico cards and the aver media
>>> cards too I have
>>> heard bad things about the vision plus dvb-t card very bad things
>>> actually
>>>
>>>
>> I have an Ultraview card (which is a Dvico Fusion HDTV Lite) and a
>> VisionPlus DVB-T card. The dvico gives me very good signal
>> strength and SNR, while the VisionPlus gives very poor signal
>> strength and SNR. I'm in Lane Cove, lower north shore, Sydney, so
>> my signal _should_ be pretty good.
>>
>
> This is slightly OT, but I have a VisionPlus and have *never seen
> the reported SNR actually change*. I also seem to recall seeing
> comments to the effect that the SNR reporting isn't working
> properly for the VP. My experience is that I've had zero problems
> receiving all channels even with a very marginal reported SNR.
>
> Do you actually experience any more glitches with the VisionPlus
> over the DVICO?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthew.
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