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pc tv card problem

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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i have a digital tv card in my pc, but it stalls all the time. its really annoying because it means i cannot watch any tv. i mean it stalls every few seconds. its not using up too much RAM nor is the signal screwed up, because the ariel cable works fine with an ordinary tv. does anyone know what could be wrong with it?
cheers.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    what does stall mean?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    plays okay for a second then pauses and skips around then comes okay for another second
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    if you got windows Xp then press control ALT DEL and you can see what program is using all the CPU's power - that might be it,

    or IRQ problem or hard drives not set to DMA mode
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    if you got windows Xp then press control ALT DEL and you can see what program is using all the CPU's power - that might be it,
    i already did that. seemed to be working fine.
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    or IRQ problem or hard drives not set to DMA mode
    what is IRQ?
    whats DMA mode? how would i go about setting the HD to DMA mode?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ^you do it in the BIOS. But you've got a mac, so these suggestions probably won't help...

    Or are you actually using a PC now?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i ahve a mac and a pc ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Flash tart. ;)

    PCI or USB?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i guess this is another 1 of those things which is a perfect demonstration of how nothing ever works on a pc :p :yes::banghead:
    USB
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My PC works flawlessly. Having a PC doesn't mean tou have to use MS ;).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    true. linux is supposed to be good.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    what make is it otter?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Felix Da Housecat wrote:
    what make is it otter?
    the pc or the tv card?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    otter wrote:
    i guess this is another 1 of those things which is a perfect demonstration of how nothing ever works on a pc :p :yes::banghead:
    USB


    Oh I have USb one it works well on my 500 MHz Pentium 3 laptop but stutters on my much more powerful AMD Athlon 1800 XP - go figure
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    Oh I have USb one it works well on my 500 MHz Pentium 3 laptop but stutters on my much more powerful AMD Athlon 1800 XP - go figure
    :chin: yeah. i just don't get it... :(
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    otter wrote:
    USB

    You bloody edited that! Sod!

    USB 1.1 or 2? If the tuner works correctly on other machines, then maybe you need more bandwidth than 1.1 supports?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Click to see more wrote:
    You bloody edited that! Sod!
    :lol: sorry. :o
    Click to see more wrote:
    USB 1.1 or 2? If the tuner works correctly on other machines, then maybe you need more bandwidth than 1.1 supports?
    its a USB 2 port
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Through a hub, or straight to the motherboard?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Click to see more wrote:
    Through a hub, or straight to the motherboard?
    ah. not 100% sure. ermmm... :confused:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Is it plugged in straight to the ports on the PC, or are you going through some kind of hub or external splitter?

    Come on, you're techie enough to know this :P.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    straight to the ports i think
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm out of ideas. Feel free to try it on my PC though, if that helps?

    Does it work on the mac?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    reduce the refresh rate and colours and it should help
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    tv card
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Felix Da Housecat wrote:
    tv card


    you mean me?

    if so I meant reduce the colours on your grahics card .. on my PC my USB TV card stutters when it's on 36bit colour by when the PC is running at 24bit it's fine.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    fixed it btw... :)
    thanks you guys for your help.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Come on, what was it? :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    well... its broke again... :mad:
    but i thought it needed a driver update. and doing that it worked okay for a while. anyway... i've given up using it now since its gotten me so annoyed! - it just 'aint worth it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What make is the TV card and what model is it?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    copy and paste the above.
    thanks tho. :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My guess, it's possible that it's not getting enough power.
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