[mythtv-users] hauppauge 950Q ATSC difficulties

[Allan Strand]

Just wanted to report that I never got the 950q to work reliably. I took
Andrews advice and am up and running. Thanks for the help.
cheers,
a.
On Dec 23, 2012 3:04 PM, "Andrew McCauley" <ajmccauley at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Devin Heitmueller <
>> dheitmueller at kernellabs.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Allan Strand <stranda at cofc.edu> wrote:
>>> > Hi Devin,
>>> > I was running a 3.5 kernel.  Unfortunately, after compiling and
>>> installing
>>> > kernel version 3.7.1 and updating the v4l-dvb modules again, I see the
>>> same
>>> > behavior.
>>>
>>> Try this patch:
>>>
>>> http://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/14665/
>>>
>>> Devin
>>>
>>> --
>>> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
>>> http://www.kernellabs.com
>>>
>>
>> Hi Devin,
>>
>> Still same situation I described before, though kaffeine performs worse
>> (skipping frames).
>>
>> This is linux mint with kernel 3.7.0-030700,
>> mythtv 0.26 the backend is set up as a slave.
>>
>> I do notice that the firmware seems to be reloaded frequently for xc5000
>>
>> cheers,
>> a.
>>
>
> I had similar issues with the 950q. My solution was to ditch the 950q and
> go with the hdhomerun and am quite pleased.  100% reliability. I know this
> does not answer your question... Just saying I could not find a solution
> and the waf impact of spending another 90 bucks was huge.
>
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