I don't know if this question was asked sooner, but I'd like to know if the same problem happens when watching TV with mplayer or xine, that don't use the MPEG decoder chips onboard.
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Edward Wildgoose wrote: > So previously I had a full featured DVB-T cards which "locked up" after half > a dozen channel changes, no matter which driver used, etc... Now I just > bought a nice new motherboard (Asus p4p800) + new powersupply and > ambitiously hoped that this might make a difference.... > > .... nope.... > > ...Still crashes after a couple of channel changes, and is possibly even > getting worse now. I think it may have fallen over on it's own last night > when it wasn't even in use. Previously it did not seem to lock up when not > in use. Currently testing with the pre3 driver on a 2.4.22 gs kernel > > This may point to a failing card to be honest. It is possible that due to > the really high temperatures that the card runs at it is slowly dying. > Certainly it used to be able to get 30+ channel changes before locking up > and this has dropped to about 2-8 now. > > Suggest that people steer clear of the full featured DVB-T cards unless you > are prepared to gamble the price on something which is not guaranteed to > work (some people have got working setups for sure) > > Hope that helps anyone reading the archives. > > Ed > > > > -- > Info: > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as > subject. > > -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
