[mythtv-users] pcHDTV-5500 reception versus WinTV-HVR-1800?

[James Sumners]

Actually, I need to get another splitter. The one I am using splits
the signal three ways. But I have the Myth box hooked up to the 3.5dB
port and the television to on of the 7dB ports. So the Myth box is
getting the stronger signal. Also, I made the cable myself. In fact,
every part of the run is cable terminated by my own hand. I'm pretty
confident in their construction, but will check the segment between
the splitter and the box just to be sure.

I didn't think about newer drivers. I'll give those a try and see what
happens. Thanks.

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Yan-Fa Li <yanfali at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 7:24 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Well, I have a CM4228 antenna with a CM7777 pre-amp. I can't get much
>  >  better. What I don't understand is why my MythTV box gets a bad MPEG
>  >  stream while my television plays just fine. If I look at the
>  >  mythfrontend log I see a lot of ac-tex and bad mb frame errors while
>  >  watching live tv.
>
>  One thing you could try is using the latest drivers from the
>  linux-v4l2 repositories.  They're constantly improving things, the
>  ones that ship with the kernel tend to be pretty old.  I'm about 30
>  miles from the transmitters but in a very urban area so my signal
>  seems to be pretty good for most channels except NBC.  I have a 4
>  bow-tie style UHF antenna.  Could your splitter be bad?  Perhaps you
>  need to try the feed out of the 5500 on your TV and see if isn't just
>  a bad cable.



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