-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Black Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:55 PM To: User discussion about IVTV Subject: Re: [ivtv-users] heavy snow/static on PVR-500 using ivtv .70 driver.
Jon Larson wrote: > Ok, > > The patch > (_http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03909.html_ > ) had no effect on my tuners. > > Just to test, I put the second PVR-500 (which I have confirmed as > working with the 2.0.43.24054 driver in XP) back in the knoppmyth box > with the 2.0.43.24054 firmware. The result is that both of the tuners > on this second card have significant distortion--i.e. this > card/firmware combo works in Windows, but not in Linux. > > So all in all, I have 5 tuners (1 PVR-150, 2 PVR-500) in my Knoppmyth > box. Using the exact same cable, I get a clear picture from the > PVR-150 and one of the PVR-500 tuners. The other three tuners on the > PVR-500s all have a significant amount of static added to the signal. > :( > > Any other ideas would be welcomed. > > Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > *From:* John Drescher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, September 11, 2006 4:43 PM > *To:* User discussion about IVTV; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject:* Re: [ivtv-users] heavy snow/static on PVR-500 using ivtv > .70 driver. > > > > On 9/11/06, *Jon Larson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > John, > > I saw your posts at the end of the thread but I wasn't quite sure > what you mean by "artifacts" > > > Well this is difficult to describe as I have disabled the patch a long > time ago and I am no video expert! The patch creates a distortion > pattern in the video that is constant and channel dependent. Some > channels had a very small distortion effect, while others were very > bad. With the patch applied both tuners had exactly the same output > quality and distortion. > > ---are you saying that the patch creates an entirely new problem? > > > I'm trying to say that.. But for some I believe they did not have this > problem. > > John Jon, When you tested the PVR-500 card in Windows, did you use the same exact cable that you are using now with your tests? Did you plug it up differently at all (Maybe you have hooked up an extra splitter now... Plugged in something else)? Do you get a clear picture on the cards when you hook only one up at a time? Reading your first post makes me think of signal strength. I know that was a big factor on getting a clear picture out of my PVR-500 (On both tuners... The first one had a significantly better looking picture). I added a signal booster before my splitter and it fixed most of my problems. Jonathan I used the same exact cable and no splitter for each test--I disconnect the cable from one card and connect to the next as I go, so the signal that works on the PVR-150 is the exact same signal that produces static on the PVR-500s. Adding a signal booster might fix the problems, but I doubt it since the PVR-150 and a TV are able to receive the same signals with good clarity. Jon _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
