Cool. I'll try your sources out later and provide feedback. (I have the same issue as I run a Fusion Lite on the system as well). With regards to attenuation, there is a "pass through" port on my Kingray antenna amplifier. From your feedback it looks like that if I use the pass through port, I may get a better picture. cheers Allan On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 09:52 +1000, stev391@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Allan, > > I have had similar issues to what you have described, with usually > good reception channels having degraded quality. > > One solution that I have used is to place an attenuator in line to > reduce the signal. This card has a good sensitivity for low reception > levels however the dynamic range of the card is not good enough to > handle what the older more common TV cards require for reception > levels. > > I have had no issue with Chris Pascoe's drivers, the only problem is > that his branch is now get dated and some of my other dvb gear does > not work reliably under his branch. This is why I'm trying to > generate a patch that works against the v4l-dvb tree. > > Also can you tell me what programs you are using to watch TV with? > With gxine I have no problem with my patch however when I run mythtv > occassionally it crashes my tuner. I have yet to accurately determine > why this is happening, and what I need to do to ensure that a > userspace program doesn't crash my hardware. > > Regards, > Stephen. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "allan k" > To: stev391@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: DViCO Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual Express > - When will it be > Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 09:30:29 +1000 > > > Hi Steve > > I've been using Chris Pascoe's sources. I turned off the > forced card > number and the auto-detection seems to be working. > > I don't know if it's weather related or if it's to do with > additional > interference from the card, but since I got it working, > channel 9 (which > is usually very good) and ABC reception (which seems to come > in and out) > has gone to unwatchable. Any thoughts on this? (should I run > separate > cables from my antenna amplifier to each card, or is using the > out port > on the Fusion Lite to the Express okay?) > > I'm studying for an exam next week, but if you'd like me to > test your > sources I can try that after next week. > > cheers > > Allan > > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 18:57 +1000, stev391@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Allan, > > > > If you have used the v4l-dvb hg drivers and my patch the > card should > > auto detect, however if you want to force it, the number > should be 10. > > > > If you are using Chris Pascoe's xc-test branch then 5 is the > correct > > card number, but again it should auto detect. > > > > Please advise which driver source you have been using. > > > > Regards Stephen. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "allan k" To: stev391@xxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: DViCO Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual > Express > > - When will it be > > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:19:27 +1000 > > > > > > Hi Steve > > I had the wrong card number selected. I have changed to > card=5 > > and the > > tuner is now working correctly. > > > > I haven't restarted the machine, but will do so later and > > confirm > > whether I am getting the same problem as you saw on one of > > your boxes. > > > > cheers > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 18:14 +1000, stev391@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Allan, > > > > > > It was tested with in two different machines against the > > cx23885 > > > version of the card. However the next day I built another > > machine > > > with this card and I ran into errors in my dmesg stating > > that the > > > firmware version doesn't match. I haven't had enough time > to > > find out > > > why this has happened, but I think the tuner is not being > > reset > > > properly. What are your results of running this patch? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "sonofzev@xxxxxxxxxxxx" To: > > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx, stev391@xxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: DViCO Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual > > Express > > > - When will it be > > > Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:02:00 +0800 > > > > > > > > > Hi Stephen, Has this been tested with the > > > newer cx23885 version of the > > > card or only the older cx88 version. I have had > > > no success with my cx23885 version. cheers > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > On Tue May 6 11:39 , stev391@xxxxxxxxx sent: > > > > > > G'day, > > > > > > I was just wondering when Chris Pascoe's code for the > > > DViCO Fusion HDTV Dual Express will be merged into the > > > v4l-dvb tree, as there have been some minor updates > > > that increase the stability of the card that are not > > > in his tree. > > > > > > Attached is a patch for merging the relevant sections > > > back into the v4l-dvb tree (and including updating > > > Kconfig). This has been successfully tested on two > > > different PCs with this card (working with gxine and > > > mythtv, in Melbourne, Australia). > > > > > > Regards, > > > Stephen. > > > > > > > > > -- See Exclusive Video: 10th > Annual Young Hollywood > > > Awards > > > > > > > > > > > > -- See Exclusive Video: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards > > > > > > > -- See Exclusive Video: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards > > > > -- > See Exclusive Video: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
