[vdr] Re: DVB-T based systems - does anyone have one that reallyis usable ?

[Juri Haberland <juri@koschikode.com>]

John Grant wrote:
> At the risk of stirring up a hornet's nest -  I am at my wit's end 
> trying to get something reliably useful out of vdr
> with DVB-T card(s).
> 
> I have mentioned before the change channel a few times and then the 
> screen goes blank problem, but I also
> have the "one minute you're watching TV, the next a recording starts, so 
> vdr restarts... then again and again".
> I bought a new PC; put my DVB-T and Nova cards physically as far apart 
> as possible (three slots between);
> ran separate aerial cables from separate sockets on the distribution 
> amplifier to each card; currently running 1.1.28
> with the driver of that day; umm, everything I can think of. But still I 
> have the black screen issue and the
> problem with recordings starting.
> 
> SO, DOES ANYONE HAVE A DVB-T SETUP THAT REALLY DOES WORK RELIABLY ? If 
> so, how ?

Well, actually not, but:

I only have one fullfeatured DVB-T card and I'm experiencing occasionally
the black-screen-problem, especially after VDR did its EPG scan. This
annoying but I've get used to it.

I _don't_ have any problems with doing recordings.

Cheers,
Juri



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