[mythtv-users] Capture card with best tuner - BT8x8, SA713x or PVR-250?

[Reza Naima]

Try getting a signal booster -- got one from radio shack for like $20 or
$30 that plugs into the AC and boosts the cable strength.  Worked great
at clearing up the picture.  That's what your vcr might be doing.

What settings are you passing to the video capture card module/driver?

-r

On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 09:34:09PM -0700, Joe V sent me this...
> In my continuing saga to get MythTV working with my
> crappy cable signal, I'm trying to determine what
> capture card best handles noise so that I don't drop
> frames and get rebuffering due to said noise.
> 
> The management of my apartment complex has indicated
> that they will look into the situation, but of course,
> there's no guarantee that the issue will be resolved. 
> It does appear that it is an issue with the signal
> coming into my apartment (according to the Comcast
> tech who came to my apartment yesterday).
> 
> What I have found is that if I connect put my VCR
> inbetween my capture card and the splitter for my TV,
> the frame drop problem goes away.  Additionally, I
> swapped out the Leadtek Winfast 2000 XP Deluxe card
> for a used Pinnacle PCTV Rave (I think, it was just
> the card in a bag that I bought for $40) and even
> without the VCR connected, the rebuffering has gone
> down quite a bit.  It's possible that if I drop the
> resolution down to 352x480 that the problem might go
> away (I'm at 480x480 now), but with my hardware, I'm
> certain that I should be able to easily do 480x480.
> 
> I'm guessing that this is occuring because the capture
> code can't get the frame and compress it quickly
> enough for it to be displayed (keeping everything in
> sync) due to the extra noise in the picture.
> 
> So, that said, is there anybody else with marginal
> cable signals coming in who have capture card
> recommendations?  I'd rather not have to add the VCR
> into the mix on a permanent basis.
> 
> I'm using analog cable by the way (I can't justify
> digital cable), although I'm certain that would fix
> the problem (but at the same time, cost me an extra
> $40 per month, plus the hassle of setting up a
> configuration for MythTV).
> 
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
> 
> -- Joe
> 
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