Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-09 Thread ffrr
Chris Trown wrote: This thread has me wondering, now. I just got MythTV going and have done some test records. The Simpsons Halloween special recorded just fine, but it was in SD format(Recorded from the HD channel). That same night, I tried to record Law & Order:CI. That

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-09 Thread Chris Trown
Preston Crow wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg stream from the DVB

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-09 Thread ffrr
Preston Crow wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg stream from the D

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-09 Thread ffrr
Preston Crow wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg stream from the D

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-08 Thread Patrick Wagstrom
> On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: > > I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of > > help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA > > controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg > > stream from the DVB card.

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-08 Thread Preston Crow
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 20:35 -0500, Preston Crow wrote: > I have two hard drives. If I simply cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 to a > file on the SATA drive, I get some glitches. If I do the same to a file > on the PATA drive, I get tons of glitches. If I do it to a ram disk, I > get a perfect recordin

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-08 Thread Preston Crow
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: > I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of > help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA > controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg > stream from the DVB card. > > This

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-08 Thread Preston Crow
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 17:14 +1000, ffrr wrote: > I chased video glitches from my DVB setup for ages, and with a lot of > help from the list, I finally nailed it. It was the Si 3112 SATA > controller chip doing nasties on the PCI bus and corrupting the mpeg > stream from the DVB card. > > This

Re: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-07 Thread ffrr
Preston Crow wrote: I'm having trouble with digital static-like artifacts on my HDTV recordings using the DVB drivers. This seems to be unrelated to signal strength, but noticeably impacted by system load. If I'm watching a recording or recording another channel on another tuner, the problem g

RE: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-07 Thread C. R. Oldham
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RE: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-07 Thread James C. Dastrup
>Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question, but I was wondering where >you are located physically and how you can tell that there are digital OTA >broadcasts in your area? I live in the Phoenix metro area (Chandler) and >can't seem to find any information on whether or not any of the local

RE: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-07 Thread Preston Crow
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 13:08 -0700, C. R. Oldham wrote: > I was wondering where > you are located physically and how you can tell that there are digital OTA > broadcasts in your area? Near Boston, MA. > I live in the Phoenix metro area (Chandler) and > can't seem to find any information on whether

RE: [mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-07 Thread C. R. Oldham
Preston, Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question, but I was wondering where you are located physically and how you can tell that there are digital OTA broadcasts in your area? I live in the Phoenix metro area (Chandler) and can't seem to find any information on whether or not any of the l

[mythtv-users] HDTV digital static with DVB

2005-11-07 Thread Preston Crow
I'm having trouble with digital static-like artifacts on my HDTV recordings using the DVB drivers. This seems to be unrelated to signal strength, but noticeably impacted by system load. If I'm watching a recording or recording another channel on another tuner, the problem gets worse. I know that