From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Aug 12 15:31:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA26424 for multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from uhf.wdc.net (uhf.wdc.net [198.147.74.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA26419 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (bad@localhost) by uhf.wdc.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA06701; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 18:36:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 18:36:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Bernie Doehner X-Sender: bad@uhf.wdc.net To: Kyle Mestery cc: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excellence in the FreeBSD camp! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Well, I have great news to report! Both my fxtv and xquake with sound now > work!!!! The problem with fxtv was the tuner problem. I had to follow > Bernie and Steve's advice and change the probe order of the tuners so it > recognized mine as a Philips NTSC tuner instead of a PAL tuner. In fact, > right now I am watching Wil Smith's "Men In Black" video as I type this!! Glad to hear. Congrats. > =) Also, xquake now works with sound!!!! Thanks Amancio and everyone > else, it was refreshing to play xquake with sound. Really something kewl. > There are some people I know whos only reason not to use FreeBSD was > because of no sound in quake, now they can have that too. The only Well, I still don't have sound, but I don't have the time or financial resources to fix that problem properly. > problem I have noticed in fxtv is that only certain channels seem to work. > I remember seeing a document somewhere talking about this. Anyone know > what could be wrong or where that document is? Thanks again! > What do you mean doesn't work? Just snow, or just a lack of sync hold? Are you watching on a CATV system or over the air? I found my Wincast to be pretty deaf and in need of a preamp before I ended up using my VCR as a tuner front end. Bernie