[mythtv-users] Starting to think I should use Kaffeine instead
of Mythtv
ffrr
ffrr at tpg.com.au
Tue Oct 18 08:11:13 EDT 2005
Dag Nygren wrote:
>>Alex Cruz wrote:
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>>Truly, I was blaming the antenna and all sorts of things until I
>>discovered Kaffeine doesn't suffer nearly as bad as myth. Kaffeine only
>>show a glitch very occasionally. Other TV's and digital set top boxes
>>in my house show virtually flawless pictures (we have a good strong
>>signal), but I did hear some stories that the twinhan cards used to need
>>a very strong signal, but then again I also read that the newer ones,
>>like my mini ter card, are a lot better. Anyway, if Kaffeine, on the
>>same machine, can show a nice clean picture, then I think the rules out
>>signal problems (or does it?).
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>Hi Alex,
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>No idea why your kaffeine picture is better but I was fighting about
>a year with the Twinhan VisionPlus DVB-T card until I finally called the
>reseller and he suggested swapping the card to another. We did that and the
>reception have been absolutely flawless.
>Seems like there is a big difference in the sensitivity of the tuner on those
>cards...
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Yes I have heard this. Maybe I should buy a divico card or some other
brand. Strange about Kaffeine being a lot better. It's not that
Kaffeine NEVER shows a glitch, but it's a LOT rarer. Maybe the Xine
video processing is just better at handling errors in the stream.
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