[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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