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<blockquote data-quote="Ronner" data-source="post: 203773" data-attributes="member: 53432"><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: tvengine3-11-12-2007--01-38h--Rev16511</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: RC3</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: Spinsafe Revolve</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: XP Corp SP2</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: AMD x2 4200+</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 1x 200gig maxtor sata - 3x 500gig seagate (raid5)</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 1 gb DDR2 corsair twinx</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Asus a8n-sli Premium</p><p><strong>Motherboard Chipset</strong>: Nvidia Nforce4</p><p><strong>Motherboard Bios</strong>: Dunno</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: Geforce 7300SE</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: 6.14.11.6371</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Onboard Realtek AC97</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: coaxial out</p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: 5.10.0.5870</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: FloppyDTV With Alphacrypt</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: DVB-C</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: 4.3.0</p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: MPV/PureVideo/Cyberlink/Etc</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: Whichever</p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: Casema Netherlands</p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: Silverstone LC20B-M</p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: Fans</p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: 480Watt Sweex Silent</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: Came with Silverstone case</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: LG 42" Plasma</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: DVI</p><p></p><p></p><p>Where should I even start. I am more than disappointed with the quality and functionality of watching TV within Mediaportal. The quality is blurry and low FPS (shift+1 says it's 25, though it looks a loooot smoother on my external samsung decoder) and the TV functionality simply is buggy as hell. Changing channels is extremely buggy. It changes with stuttering and sometimes it doesn't even change at all but instead plays back stuff it had buffered on timeshift. Some channels don't play sound and often it simply crashes.</p><p></p><p>In other words, it simply does not work smoothly at all. It's quite unusable in it's current state.</p><p></p><p>For picture quality I've tried tons of codecs, including the standard MPV/Dscaler etc and also Nvidia Purevideo and Cyberlink PowerDVD, all to no avail. None of them come even close to what my external samsung decoder is showing on my tv.</p><p></p><p>I've made sure that the floppydtv and the alphacrypt are all up to date firmware-wise and driver-wise and I've tried all kinds of things to test if it's just the setup or not. I've tried installing MCE2005 as well and that also gives the same crappy quality. FireDTV-Viewer, same thing.</p><p></p><p>Am I the only one having such major issues with how crap it works and looks, compared to an external decoder or am I really having a screwed up set up?</p><p></p><p>Please don't read my post as being nothing but negative because I simply LOVE the way mediaportal works and everything, it's just this damned TV thing that bugs me and makes me go ape and wonder if anyone has actually got a normal running TV with sort of the same setup that I have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ronner, post: 203773, member: 53432"] [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: tvengine3-11-12-2007--01-38h--Rev16511 [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: RC3 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: Spinsafe Revolve [b]Windows Version[/b]: XP Corp SP2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: AMD x2 4200+ [b]HDD[/b]: 1x 200gig maxtor sata - 3x 500gig seagate (raid5) [b]Memory[/b]: 1 gb DDR2 corsair twinx [b]Motherboard[/b]: Asus a8n-sli Premium [b]Motherboard Chipset[/b]: Nvidia Nforce4 [b]Motherboard Bios[/b]: Dunno [b]Video Card[/b]: Geforce 7300SE [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: 6.14.11.6371 [b]Sound Card[/b]: Onboard Realtek AC97 [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: coaxial out [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: 5.10.0.5870 [b]1. TV Card[/b]: FloppyDTV With Alphacrypt [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: DVB-C [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: 4.3.0 [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: MPV/PureVideo/Cyberlink/Etc [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: Whichever [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: Casema Netherlands [b]HTPC Case[/b]: Silverstone LC20B-M [b]Cooling[/b]: Fans [b]Power Supply[/b]: 480Watt Sweex Silent [b]Remote[/b]: Came with Silverstone case [b]TV[/b]: LG 42" Plasma [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: DVI Where should I even start. I am more than disappointed with the quality and functionality of watching TV within Mediaportal. The quality is blurry and low FPS (shift+1 says it's 25, though it looks a loooot smoother on my external samsung decoder) and the TV functionality simply is buggy as hell. Changing channels is extremely buggy. It changes with stuttering and sometimes it doesn't even change at all but instead plays back stuff it had buffered on timeshift. Some channels don't play sound and often it simply crashes. In other words, it simply does not work smoothly at all. It's quite unusable in it's current state. For picture quality I've tried tons of codecs, including the standard MPV/Dscaler etc and also Nvidia Purevideo and Cyberlink PowerDVD, all to no avail. None of them come even close to what my external samsung decoder is showing on my tv. I've made sure that the floppydtv and the alphacrypt are all up to date firmware-wise and driver-wise and I've tried all kinds of things to test if it's just the setup or not. I've tried installing MCE2005 as well and that also gives the same crappy quality. FireDTV-Viewer, same thing. Am I the only one having such major issues with how crap it works and looks, compared to an external decoder or am I really having a screwed up set up? Please don't read my post as being nothing but negative because I simply LOVE the way mediaportal works and everything, it's just this damned TV thing that bugs me and makes me go ape and wonder if anyone has actually got a normal running TV with sort of the same setup that I have. [/QUOTE]
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