Hi all
I've recently resurrected my HTPC in an attempt to scale back my outgoings (dropped Sky subs). It's all working relatively well apart from the fact that I get picture breakup on various channels (including BBC1, ITV1, C4 and Five).
The first signs of this were on the HD channels which were almost unwatchable - this was using a motherboard with integrated ATI HD3200 graphics so I upgraded to a discrete card (ATI HD5700 series) and this made things better - the only breakup I tend to get on the HD channels now is immediately after skipping (fast forward/rewind) - I would be interested to know if anybody else gets this.
The main issue though is breakup of the SD channels - on average, it occurs every 10 minutes or so and is evident in the broadcast (as recorded TV displays the breakup at the same point when played locally and over the network).
I've included my spec below for reference and would appreciate any tips.
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-SH2 (onboard A/V disabled)
AMD Athlon AM2 4450e dual core (2.3Ghz)
4x1GB memory (~3GB accessible)
Asus 1GB ATI HD5570 PCI-E Graphics
Samsung HD204UI HDD (firmware NOT updated yet)
Blackgold BGT3595 DVB-S2/DVB-T PCI-E tuner
Windows 7 Ultimate
I've recently resurrected my HTPC in an attempt to scale back my outgoings (dropped Sky subs). It's all working relatively well apart from the fact that I get picture breakup on various channels (including BBC1, ITV1, C4 and Five).
The first signs of this were on the HD channels which were almost unwatchable - this was using a motherboard with integrated ATI HD3200 graphics so I upgraded to a discrete card (ATI HD5700 series) and this made things better - the only breakup I tend to get on the HD channels now is immediately after skipping (fast forward/rewind) - I would be interested to know if anybody else gets this.
The main issue though is breakup of the SD channels - on average, it occurs every 10 minutes or so and is evident in the broadcast (as recorded TV displays the breakup at the same point when played locally and over the network).
I've included my spec below for reference and would appreciate any tips.
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-SH2 (onboard A/V disabled)
AMD Athlon AM2 4450e dual core (2.3Ghz)
4x1GB memory (~3GB accessible)
Asus 1GB ATI HD5570 PCI-E Graphics
Samsung HD204UI HDD (firmware NOT updated yet)
Blackgold BGT3595 DVB-S2/DVB-T PCI-E tuner
Windows 7 Ultimate