[Wolves] tv card

david nux at blueyonder.co.uk
Sun Dec 14 08:45:44 GMT 2003 

Further adventures in the land of futility.

Bought a signal booster. Linux lost the signal it had found. Windows still displaying a crappy picture with no sound.
Turns out that the bepoxxed sound card i have is NOT duplex enabled. (This on an 18 month old Compaq system.)
There is NO uk frequency table turning up under Linux either.
The idea was to be able to watch tv whilst on the pc without having to buy a new telly.
So, i'm thinking that the next step is to swap the Pinacle card for a wintv card (better reports of success under Linux with Wintv card.)

If this fails I may buy a cow and become a farmer.

grrr-nux


On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:33:17 +0000 (GMT)
Mo Awkati <mawkati at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> David
>  
> I do hope the bootser will do the trick for you. Good luck with it.
>  
> Mo
> 
> david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Further,
> 
> OK
> As i said, i approached this with a big box of ignorance.
> I was hanging the arial vertically in the window hoping to get reception.
> haha
> having just hung it horizontally, the tuning process took much longer (this is under linux) and though i still have no tuned stations i have a picture (of one of the shopping channels (??))
> Nearer with each attempt.
> I think the booster may well do the trick.
> 
> hopeful-nux
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:08:01 +0000
> davud wrote:
> 
> > Mo
> > 
> > THe card is brand new and the version window says it's bang up to date. ie the drivers match the latest version number from the home site.
> > 
> > We cant get bbc1/2 on the freeview box as the reception is less than brilliant. On ordinary analogue telly the picture is fine.
> > 
> > I have put the g-force 2 back in minus it's cooling fan (i'm about done with gaming) and will replace the fan (a small hard to find size) as and when i find a suitable replacement.
> > 
> > Winmess XP has found all 5 channels, it just needs a booster to remove the lines. Winmess XP will NOT channel the audio. Shit I hate windows so MUCH.
> > On linux i have found the scantv command and audio (white noise) is abundant. Linux has found and correctly identified the card (clutches chest and falls to floor gasping). Will obtain a signal booster tomorrow and see where that leads me.
> > 
> > nux
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:31:15 +0000 (GMT)
> > Mo Awkati wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi David
> > > 
> > > Right, have a go with the built-in graphics. If you let me know where to get the drivers from I'll download them for you and send them on a disc to your home address.
> > > 
> > > Were the BBC channels the only ones you can't get?? Do you get all the channels ok on your normal TV?
> > > What is your PC spec?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the offer of the Linux Cd's etc. My PC is a bit on the slow side and beginning to show signs of old age. Its funny, I have built or upgraded numerous PCs for friends relatives and clients, but mine is still chugging at 333 MHz, with the motherboard beginning to do things unnatural like whistling!! I want to add a DVD, and a TV card (!) but my base doesn't have enough bays. So therefore I said to the family I don't want socks and shower gel this Xmas. You see I am not a twenty year old, in fact you can double it easily, so people think that I should have jumpers and socks!!!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Mo 
> > > 
> > > david wrote:
> > > OK
> > > 
> > > The card is in the lowest pci slot possible. I installed it into that 
> > > one from the outset.
> > > The graphics card which is in the agp slot has a curious fan 
> > > arrangement. The original fan that came with the card soon
> > > went pear shaped and started sounding like there was a bag of broken 
> > > marbles in it. The noise was so bad that in the end the pc was unusable 
> > > so i ripped the fan off and swapped it for an old k6-2 cpu fan which is 
> > > (shudder) held in place by one screw and is helf flush to the grfx card 
> > > with a small plastic tub which is the perfect size etc (it's too big to 
> > > be held in place properly) and is running off a spare drive power line. 
> > > This fan is only a couple of inches above the tv card.
> > > If this rings alrm bells, let me know. (rofl)
> > > 
> > > Most recent drivers..OUCH 55mb on a dial up modem. Will do that tonight 
> > > mebbe.
> > > 
> > > in the meantime i will try with the grfx card removed and go back to the 
> > > built in one
> > > 
> > > nux
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Mo Awkati wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi David
> > > > 
> > > > I am new to Wolves LUG. In fact I still haven't managed to get Linux 
> > > > on my pc. I am hoping that Xmas presents will be cash so I can upgrade 
> > > > my pc and install Linux. I did try the SuSe Live CD that came with 
> > > > Linux Format and I am impressed with it. So soon it will be goodbye MS.
> > > > 
> > > > Anyway, back to your TV card. I know a little bit about PCs and 
> > > > electronics, you might say a hobby, and I had to do the same for a 
> > > > client recently though on Win XP, so I'll try and help you. If it is 
> > > > just BBC channels that your are not getting then it is an aerial and 
> > > > signal issue, if it is the same with all the others then try the 
> > > > following:
> > > > 
> > > > 1. make sure the card is slotted in the furthest PCI slot from the 
> > > > graphics card this will also make sure it is away from the PSU.
> > > > 2. make sure it is away from any cooling fans-step 1 usually does this 
> > > > but if your case is moded there might be a fan close by
> > > > 3. Make sure the drivers are the most up to date
> > > > 
> > > > Let me know how you get on before we try other things connected with 
> > > > your aerial and signal
> > > > 
> > > > Regards
> > > > 
> > > > Mo
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > */david /* wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hiya All
> > > >
> > > > Have just installed a tv card and am having serious woes trying to
> > > > get a
> > > > result out of it.
> > > > The problem is the reception.
> > > > A standard tv top antenna wont find any stations at all.
> > > > Thinking that the house antenna (standard roof space mounted) would
> > > > solve it i plugged that in but only managed to get liney crap
> > > > pictures
> > > > and no sound. (we have just got the free view box and cannot get
> > > > bbc1/2
> > > > without chronic blocky pictures, drop outs and scrambled images, all
> > > > other stations are 100% fine) Antenna in roof may be misaligned????
> > > > One site i found on the net suggested an indoor tv antenna with
> > > > signal
> > > > booster.
> > > > Any one got any experience in this area???
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > >
> > > > nux
> > > >
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