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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I've been playing around with VDPAU and Freeview HD for a week or so now, and I am starting to come to the conclusion that something is very wrong with my system.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Initially I had all channels working, but TV3/4 were rough, and TVNZ channels could sometimes be a problem. I was focused on vdpau setup etc and assumed that the various error messages and performance issues I was getting related to problems with this. Indeed, with a bit of playing around things semed to get almost 'good'. However, after a week I have noticed the following:</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">1) Signal strength is always strong, but S/N is sometimes stable but other times all over the show.</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">2) Running a full scan of the transports is very hit-and-miss. Sometimes it will pick up everything, other times it will only pick up one transport.</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">3) Running a transport scan manually specifying the frequency will get a result. But if I then scan the other transports in the same way I get the same set of channels for each transport, as if the card has not actually switched frequencies.</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">4) Once all the channels are configured, often they will not tune properly (only get a partial lock in Live TV). If I go back, delete, and re-scan they will often then work perfectly.</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">5) It may be just coincidence, but it seems that if I get the TVNZ multiplex working the Kordia multiplex will not work, and vice versa.</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">6) A full scan tends to produce a number of extra transport listings with a frequency of zero.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I am using a Hauppauge HVR-1200. Can anyone suggest what would produce the above other than a dicky DVB-T card? I have a new, professionally installed aerial with masthead amp, so I am working on the assumption there is nothing wrong with that end of things.</p></body></html>