From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx2.redhat.com (mx2.redhat.com [10.255.15.25]) by int-mx2.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id m8K6jYA4018107 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:45:34 -0400 Received: from mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.197]) by mx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m8K6jGEj023927 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:45:17 -0400 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bfe594.dyn.optonline.net [24.191.229.148]) by mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K7H002WNEEX6N61@mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for video4linux-list@redhat.com; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:37:45 -0400 From: Steven Toth In-reply-to: <9d87242f0809192255t49e112bfvd9c95e66bd3292a8@mail.gmail.com> To: Scott Bronson Message-id: <48D49A39.5010909@linuxtv.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <9d87242f0809191425p1adb1e59p417753a4c403a872@mail.gmail.com> <412bdbff0809191428j760ed51cy8fecd68e1cb738a4@mail.gmail.com> <9d87242f0809192005t246311dp796aa28cb744b3af@mail.gmail.com> <9d87242f0809192255t49e112bfvd9c95e66bd3292a8@mail.gmail.com> Cc: video4linux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Unreliable tuning with HVR-950q List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: Scott Bronson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Scott Bronson wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Devin Heitmueller >> wrote: >>> What application are you using? Kaffeine? Scan? >> mplayer and MythTV. They seem to be about equally unreliable. > > And scan of course. I haven't noticed any problems with it missing channels. > > Does scan try to acquire a lock? Would it be useful for me to run it > 5 or 6 times in a row and see how consistent its results are? I guess it's possible that the frontend is being overwhelmed. What happens if you discinnect the antenna and hold it very close to the antenna connector on the usb device and try locking on a channel that doesn't normally lock (on a very close transmitter). - Steve -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list