[mythtv-users] DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite, Latest Kernel Drivers, & Video Corruption

[Matthew Redmon]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Sebastien Astie <sastie at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to make sure, do you have a TV with a QAM tuner ?
>
> If so I would try to connect it at the same outlet with the same cable you
> used for your Fusion cartd.
> If you get the same artifacts something maybe wrong with your line.
> It will help to narrow the problem down to the card / kernel module if the
> TV gets a perfect reception...
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Matthew Redmon <mredmon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Sebastien Astie <sastie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I had the same problem tuning QAM with my HDHR but only on a few
>> > channels.
>> >
>> > I turned out to be due to a rf amplifier at the distribution point in my
>> > house.
>> > Once I changed the amplifier with one provided by the cable company I
>> > didn't have as much corruption, it was a huge improvement.
>> > then I changed all my coax cables with coax cables from blue jeans cable
>> > http://bluejeanscable.com and my picture quality was perfect.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Matthew Redmon <mredmon at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi!  I've been trying to get my two DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite cards
>> >> working with a new install of FC9.  Everything seems to work just fine
>> >> except that the video I get from the cards is corrupt (see video at:
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH1tsiPB8us).  I know the cards are fine, as
>> >> they worked on this machine previously using FC5 and they currently work if
>> >> I boot into Windows XP.
>> >>
>> >> I am using the drivers included in the 2.6.25.3-18 kernel to record
>> >> QAM-256 cable from Comcast in Seattle, WA.
>> >>
>> >> The cards are correctly auto-detected as card 135 with tuners 0043 &
>> >> 0061.  I scanned for channels using dvb-apps and used a script to cut down
>> >> the ~250 channels found to just those that would tune (presumably, the
>> >> unencrypted channels).  Of those 56, they all have the corruption seen in
>> >> the video.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?  Anybody have one of these cards working with a recent
>> >> kernel?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> ~Matt
>> >>
>>
>> Thank you for the suggestion but that doesn't seem to be the problem
>> I'm having.  I didn't think it was since it occurred over all the
>> channels but only when in linux.  To make sure, I ran a cable directly
>> from one of my tuners to the cable outlet, bypassing my amp, and
>> tested it.  I got the same corruption (the same level of corruption,
>> too).
>>
>> Any more suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ~Matt

No, I don't have a TV with a QAM tuner.  I have an HD-capable LCD that
is being fed with a VGA connection to the computer.  I REALLY don't
think that there is anything wrong with the line.  I'm leaning towards
a driver problem.  Any ideas where to go from there?  Anyone?

Thanks!

~Matt