From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Aug 13 05:28:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA14223 for multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 05:28:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from icicle.winternet.com (adm@icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA14204 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 05:27:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from adm@localhost) by icicle.winternet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id HAA27602; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 07:27:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from tundra.winternet.com(198.174.169.11) by icicle.winternet.com via smap (V2.0) id xma027590; Wed, 13 Aug 97 07:27:05 -0500 Received: from localhost (mestery@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id HAA04534; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 07:27:05 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: tundra.winternet.com: mestery owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 07:27:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Kyle Mestery To: Steve Passe cc: Bernie Doehner , freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excellence in the FreeBSD camp! In-Reply-To: <199708130616.AAA21725@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > > Well, I have great news to report! Both my fxtv and xquake with sound now > > > work!!!! The problem with fxtv was the tuner problem. I had to follow > > ... > > > problem I have noticed in fxtv is that only certain channels seem to work. > > > I remember seeing a document somewhere talking about this. Anyone know > > > what could be wrong or where that document is? Thanks again! > > > > > > > What do you mean doesn't work? Just snow, or just a lack of sync hold? Are > > you watching on a CATV system or over the air? I found my Wincast to be > > pretty deaf and in need of a preamp before I ended up using my VCR as a > > tuner front end. > Yes, I am watching cable TV. Channels 3-6 work, 7-13 dont, 14-20 work, 21-44 dont, and then 96-99 work. THe ones that work have great reception, but the ones that do not work come in as pure snow, not even a hint of a picture. > I have found that there is TERRIBLE quaility control on these things, > often just replacing the card with another fixes it. If you not in a fringe > reception area, I would consider returning it for a replacement if possible. > I found the hauppauge to be more reliable than the STB, but I think the issue > might be philips being better than temic. but these are just gut feelings > from feedback of users when I was coding/debugging the tuner code. I know > the STB I bought had a crappy tuner, but the hauppauge I replaced it with > works flawlessly. > Hmmmmm. This is an option. Although with shipping anything at this point in time, I would rather wait for a while. =) Kyle Mestery StorageTek's Network Systems Group 7600 Boone Ave. N., Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 mesteka@anubis.network.com, mestery@winternet.com