<div class="gmail_quote">On 13 April 2012 21:25, Johan Schuld <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johanschuld@gmail.com">johanschuld@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I'm pretty convinced I've reached the end of my efforts to make this card work, so just thought I'd plunk all my findings here and see if there are others that were in the same position.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm located in New Zealand (h264 encoding on HD Terrestrial TV) and ever since I have got hold of this card, it's giving me problems with reception. As we have always been in a rental with questional aerials, I have always blamed that and kept using DVB-S freeview. In our last place I did actually go through the trouble of installing a new masthead amp, which helped, but still signal quality issues. We have recently purchased a home, and now I'm committed to make it all work and get a good setup.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Basically what I'm seeing is corrupt signals (artifacts). When I "re-wind" and play the same piece of recording again it's the same which indicates to me it's a receiving problem, not playback.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So I've been searching the net and forums and I have found other people with the same issue, most not being able to fix it and simply going for another card. Apparently the card needs a really strong signal. Also, the internal low noise amplifier has been reported to be a problem (mine was off). Chaning it to "on" (<span style="background-color:rgb(249,249,249);line-height:1.1em">options dvb_usb_dib0700 force_lna_activation=1) did not appear to make any difference.</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgb(249,249,249);line-height:1.1em"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">I have borrowed a separate freeview set top box, which gets excellent picture. Also Prime (an analog channel from the same transmitter) is crystal clear. </span><span style="line-height:14px">So my feeling is that I have exhausted all things I can do, apart from installing a higher gain antenna and possible a mast head amp. Although I'm not convinced as the stb works fine. </span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">One thing I don't understand yet is the "Diversity" mode, which seems to connect the 2 antenna connectors together so only 1 antenna cable is needed (i always had 2 connected). No Idea how to control that in Linux, and what the correct setting is anyway.</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">There are also reports that this card just does not do h264 with high bitrate properly and not to be used in NZ, and that there are versions that are faulty or slightly different hardware that makes it not work in all situations.</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">So put all these variables together and I'm thinking... not worth the effort anymore. </span><span style="line-height:14px">Has anyone had similar issues with this card? And managed to fix it?</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">So thinking of switching to a HVR-2200, or maybe another one that is recommended. </span><span style="line-height:14px">I have an HVR-4400 isntalled too, which I want to use for some satellite channels.</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">Oh.. running on Opensuse 12.1</span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px">Cheers</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:14px">Johan (Auckanld, Te Atatu Peninsula Area)</span></div><div><span style="line-height:14px"><br></span></div></blockquote><div><br>Hey Johan,<br><br>Not a useful response but....<br><br>
I have one of these cards and have been using it successfully with Mythbuntu 10.04 / 0.23 for a bit over 2 years. From time to time I have some glitches on TV3 (almost inevitably 7 Days - have settled on taping it from TV3 Plus 1 to avoid this) but otherwise it's been a solid card giving no issues at all. I am only using one of the two RF plugs and no special options for the module.<br>
<br>To be fair however I have direct line of sight with Mt Kaukau which is less than 4km away.<br><br>If you want to turf the card contact me off-list I might want to buy it! :-)<br><br>Cheers,<br>Duncan<br></div></div>