[mythtv-users] MythTV is Discriminating

[Dan Berger]

Splitting cable coax once. But I've been splitting it forever, and the
problem only occurred Friday.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of IvanK.
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:25 PM
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV is Discriminating
>
>I have seen on many occasions artefacts inherent in the 
>digital signal that comes from my cable provider.  Pixelation, 
>loss of picture and/or sound, etc.  
>These are extremely random as far as occurance goes, but I've 
>experienced them, seemingly, more often on some channels than 
>on others.  HBO has been one of the affected channels.
>
>The only way to find out if MythTV is the cause of this is to 
>watch "old-time TV" alongside livetv and notice if the 
>problems afflict one or both.
>
>How is your cabling, splitting quality-wise?
>
>IvanK.
>
>On Tuesday 16 March 2004 04:03 pm, Adam Biskobing wrote:
>> I don't think anyone can really help without some more information.
>> What is your setup?  Distro? Capture card? Have you tried 
>watching tv 
>> through another app on HBO to see if the problem is hardware or myth 
>> related?
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dan Berger
>> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:54 AM
>> > To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>> > Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] MythTV is Discriminating
>> >
>> >
>> > Perhaps I should have named my e-mail "Hardware list approval"
>> >
>> > Would appreciate if someone could shed some light on this.
>> > Only HBO is experiencing A/V lag while all the other channels 
>> > aren't. Furthermore, it works perfectly on regular TV, just not 
>> > through MythTV.
>> >
>> > djb
>> >
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>> > >[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Dan Berger
>> > >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:34 PM
>> > >To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>> > >Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV is Discriminating
>> > >
>> > >Good evening folks,
>> > >
>> > >Friday night I opened up one of my HBO recorded programs to watch 
>> > >but it was full of artifacts and a/v lag (sometimes green 
>blocks at 
>> > >the bottom). I checked HBO LiveTV and the same thing was 
>happening. 
>> > >Other HBO channels are also doing this.
>> > >It has lasted for 3 days now. I didn't do anything to the 
>box that 
>> > >might cause this. Rebooting did not fix it.
>> > >
>> > >Does anyone have _any_ idea of whats going? HBO is my most 
>> > >watched/recorded channel and I can't even watch it in LiveTV.
>> > >I checked the other tv/cablebox in the house and it 
>running without 
>> > >any problems.
>> > >
>> > >Hoping for something,
>> > >Thanks in advance,
>> > >djb
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