[mythtv-users] AverTv Studio and myth

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Nov 15, 2003, at 01:39, Adam Wood wrote:

> I've got to agree the tuning quality of these cards is a little weak.
> But a good signal does help, and I mostly use mine for the composite
> input which actually works very well.

Yes, I'd expect less problems when using composite.

> Being analogue you need that extra
> cpu power which can cause quality to fall too, but I'm running an amd 
> xp
> 2400 and it keeps up.

And I'm running a 2600, so lack of cpu power isn't a factor in the 
crappiness of the picture (compared with my PVR-250).

> I've never tried btaudio, has anyone else?

Yes, posted that to the list some time ago also.

> Anyone
> got it working and have some tips for it?

The bttv drivers can't ever find an msp34xx chip on mine. Nobody (on 
either this list or the v4l list) seems to know if there was a revision 
in the card that removed it, or how to  manually inform the drivers 
where it is. In short, I've never been able to do btaudio on mine. Some 
people have said they can get it working, but the quality is mediocre 
(analog only, digital definitely won't work), and there are assorted 
issues getting the right audio channel (SAP often gets selected for 
some reason).

--Jarod

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jarod C. Wilson
>> Sent: 15 November 2003 05:46
>> To: Discussion about mythtv
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] AverTv Studio and myth
>>
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2003, at 14:06, jack williamson wrote:
>>
>>> I am thinking about building a myth box.  Right now I am
>> running win2k
>>> and I have a AverTV Studio card.  It works ok but it crashes about
>>> once a day.
>>>
>>> The only thing I use the computer for is as a tv, to show dvd's and
>>> play console games.
>>>
>>> I looked around on the mailing list archieve and I haven't found
>>> anything about the AverTv Studio cards.  Can I build a myth
>> box around
>>> this card?
>>
>> I've posted to the list numerous times about that very card. It's a
>> pile of crap. I have one. I use it as a secondary tuner, and it does
>> work, but the image quality isn't the greatest (but then my
>> primary is
>> a PVR-250). It seems from what I've read that the primary problem
>> w/AVerMedia's cards is crap tuners, so they need very clean signals.
>> We'll see how my AVerMedia M179s work when they get here...

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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