> Could this be marginal signal reception ? > The "val"s shown below are very low, considering these are 16bit. Probably. > Gerd, how about "msp3400" falling back to "simple=0" whenever automatic > detection returns 0x0000? Of course on channel switch it would start anew. Possible, but it's no trivial change. > linux kernel: msp3400: carrier1 val: 60 / 4.5 NTSC > linux kernel: msp3400: carrier1 val: 129 / 5.5 PAL B/G > linux kernel: msp3400: carrier1 val: 61 / 6.0 PAL I > linux kernel: msp3400: carrier1 val: 61 / 6.5 PAL D/K + SAT + SECAM > linux kernel: msp3400: carrier2 val: 100 / 5.742 PAL B/G FM-stereo > linux kernel: msp3400: carrier2 val: 72 / 5.85 PAL B/G NICAM > --> Low "val"s, however bttv takes the max anyway : Pal BG Yes, these are usually higher, my Hauppauge has ~400-~500 here IIRC. > linux kernel: msp3400: setmode: 3 > linux kernel: msp3400: FM setstereo: 1 > linux kernel: msp3400: main sound carrier: 5.501 MHz > linux kernel: msp3400: FM-stereo carrier : 5.743 MHz > linux kernel: msp34xx: stereo detect register: 4187 > --> Stereo detect has much higher vals These are low too, when compared to the Hauppauge. I've seen > 20000 there ... Gerd -- Damn lot people confuse usability and eye-candy.