Hi Andy, >> It means I might be able to work around the problem, meaning I'll have >> a usable myth system and a system that I can also use to contribute some >> testing on VBI, for example. You said that if the static went away, you'd >> know it's a CX23418 digitizer front-end problem. > > Yes. You should test the patches at > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~awalls/cx18-init-debug > > I had these patches in place for symptoms of "no audio". I didn't occur > to me that they might help you, until you confired tuner baseband audio > out was static free.
I will test the patches, but it will have to wait, probably sometime next week. I have started down the WinXP track. It's taking longer than expected because I ended up doing a clean reinstall of WinXP. Before doing that, WinXP was acting flaky. But a clean reinstall also means I blew away all my Linux partitions. Oh well. I had been thinking the first disk could use repartitioning, so now's as good a time as any. >> I'm not quite sure what >> that means. Does it mean this particular card might be sub-par and that >> perhaps I should exchange it for another? If so, should I try the older >> model 1178? > > There's a remote chance. If you test the card in a Windows machine and > audio works fine, it is not a bad card. I hope to confirm that in the next couple of days. >> BTW, this test was done going through the inline amp to 8 way to 4 way >> splitters. My earlier tests convince me that they are not the root cause >> and I don't need to hurry up to the attic to bypass them. I'll still need >> the 4 way no matter what. > > Agree. This is not an input signal problem. I'm relieved you agree. >> One thing I'm unclear about is whether you now think we have >> similar root causes. > > No, we don't. My problem may have a root cause in analog tuner > configuration. I'll figure it out when it really bugs me, but I rarely > watch channel 32. > >> If not, is there a chance that my problem is something that >> can, or should, be addressed in software, either kernel or user space. IOW, >> might there be an opportunity for me to help test a patch for this issue? > > Yes. I have high confidence that we should be able to fix your problem > with software. I hope that by fixing my problem, it benefits others. I'll post when I have news about WinXP behavior. Regards, Helen _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
