I've been running Myth for a couple years now. I'm just running it with a software based encoder Happauge WinTV-Radio.
I moved to a new town just recently, and a different cable company, of course - I have Comcast now. Anyway, onto the problem... Certain channels come in pretty fuzzy, with bad quality, showing diagonal lines on the screen. Most channels come in just fine and look great. These channels come in all fuzzy on a normal TV as well. Here's the big problem though - on those channels with the poor quality, the recording sizes are abnormally HUGE! We're talking about 3-4 times larger than the recordings should be. For instance, a normal hour-long show will take up 0.74 gigs, but the ones on the flaky channels will take up anywhere from 2.5 to 3.5 gigs! It's really crazy! I didn't change anything besides my tvlisting feeds on my MythTV box, so I know it isn't something I did. I didn't change my recording format, I didn't change my setup, and this is certainly a per-channel problem. Only two channels I know of have this poor quality and HUGE recordings problem. I did get basic cable, nothing digital, no satellite or anything goofy - just the basic standard cable package with no need for a set top box. Could this be that these channels are actually HDTV, and that's why they're taking up so much room and come in all fuzzy on tuners that aren't HDTV-ready? Or can it just be that channels with this poor quality problem simply take up a ton more room to record? I have DSL, but could I be receiving some interferance that has to do with cable Internet? I don't know - I'm totally guessing because I have no clue anymore. I really need some help, as the two channels we record the most shows off (shows that are on while we're at work), are the ones that have this problem - and even with over 300 gigs of HD space, I'm running out rather fast. I really don't want to have to re-transcode/mencode the shows after recording them, since that's a pain - any idea what the problem is? The cable installer thought the poor quality was due to bad wiring, but between him and I, we replaced every single run of cable in and outside of the house with high-quality wiring and ends. The installer even replaced the cable running from the neighborhood box that runs to our house. We never did figure out why these channels come in fuzzy. He left, proclaiming the problem fixed - and it wasn't fixed, he just checked one of the channels that come in just fine. I even bought an expensive coax tester, and all the runs are totally clean. I tried putting a signal booster in front of my MythTV box, but that had no effect. I also tried an RF filter, to no effect. I'm totally stumped and frustrated. Please help - any suggestions or insights are appreciated. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
