[mythtv-users] PCHD3000 DVB recording

[Brian Wood]

On Jun 11, 2006, at 9:34 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:

> On 6/10/06, Greg Woods <greg at gregandeva.net> wrote:
>> I finally got the CVS version of dvb-apps, which contains the  
>> "azap" and
>> "scan" tools needed by the various scripts. Ran the qamscan.sh  
>> script.
>> Got a channels.conf file, but without channel names. Manually set  
>> those
>> by tuning each channel and looking at it long enough to figure out  
>> what
>> it is.
>>
>> The problem is that the recordings are terrible. It rather looks like
>> something just can't keep up, as the picture keeps breaking up and
>> hesitating. This is a problem that is occurring outside of MythTV,
>> because the same thing happens if I just connect "mplayer"  
>> directly to
>> the DVB adapter device. I did get a small sample of a real HD  
>> recording
>> when I briefly had Firewire working (more on that in another  
>> thread), so
>> I know this isn't a playback issue, as that recording plays back
>> flawlessly.
>>
>> Is there anything I can tune, adjust, or fix to make the HD3000 work
>> properly? An FAQ that I haven't found?
>
> hows the signal quality as reported by the card? Sounds like its just
> not getting good quality signal.


Didn't I read somewhere that the reported signal strength ( or BER  
actually) was meaningless with this card, because it doesn't support  
the reporting of that information ??