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Hi, am I the only one that is noticing a quite noticeable and annoying distortion on all of the Star Trek episodes with DirecTV? This is happening on G4 and SpikeTV. I have a DirecTivo, if that makes a difference.
The sound is akin to warbling, and is most noticeable when there are trumpets or other winded instruments during scenes. It almost sounds like a hiccup, whereby the music is momentarily (few milliseconds) slowed or there are dropouts.
I have a 94% signal strength on my receiver, so I doubt it is a problem with the receiver or signal strength. It also is only noticeable on Star Trek episodes. It doesn't even happen on any of the classical XM radio channels.
Anyone else notice this?
Specifically, G4 is channel 354, and G4 is 325. I am using Svideo for video, and left/right audio outputs from the DirecTivo. I noticed this with my old receiver, SD-DVR40, as well as my new receiver, HR10-250.
The sound is akin to warbling, and is most noticeable when there are trumpets or other winded instruments during scenes. It almost sounds like a hiccup, whereby the music is momentarily (few milliseconds) slowed or there are dropouts.
I have a 94% signal strength on my receiver, so I doubt it is a problem with the receiver or signal strength. It also is only noticeable on Star Trek episodes. It doesn't even happen on any of the classical XM radio channels.
Anyone else notice this?
Specifically, G4 is channel 354, and G4 is 325. I am using Svideo for video, and left/right audio outputs from the DirecTivo. I noticed this with my old receiver, SD-DVR40, as well as my new receiver, HR10-250.
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sample file - MP2
I just used my Hauppauge WinTV USB2 PVR device, with the WinTV2000 application. Captured the audio and video, then used Flask to strip out the audio. I then just renamed the .mp2 file to .mp3. It still played correctly in WinAMP so I guess it's smart enough to figure out a misnamed file.
After an attempt to upload this, it said that it exceeded the forum limit of 4.29MB. So then I transcoded it to ogg. Oops, no way to upload an OGG file format. So I renamed it to .mp3. Be sure to save the file, then rename the extension to .ogg manually, then you can open it up with WinAMP. Maybe the admins can also allow file types of .ogg in addition to .mp3
I then uploaded the original MP2 capture, changed the extension to .doc. I would hope that everyone wouldn't automatically open MS-Word docs w/o saving and scanning them first.
If anyone can't hear the distortion with this, please do let me know.
Sure hope no copyright violations here; hopefully not since it's a lossy capture. If this is not the case, please let me know immediately so I can remove it.
I just used my Hauppauge WinTV USB2 PVR device, with the WinTV2000 application. Captured the audio and video, then used Flask to strip out the audio. I then just renamed the .mp2 file to .mp3. It still played correctly in WinAMP so I guess it's smart enough to figure out a misnamed file.
After an attempt to upload this, it said that it exceeded the forum limit of 4.29MB. So then I transcoded it to ogg. Oops, no way to upload an OGG file format. So I renamed it to .mp3. Be sure to save the file, then rename the extension to .ogg manually, then you can open it up with WinAMP. Maybe the admins can also allow file types of .ogg in addition to .mp3
I then uploaded the original MP2 capture, changed the extension to .doc. I would hope that everyone wouldn't automatically open MS-Word docs w/o saving and scanning them first.
If anyone can't hear the distortion with this, please do let me know.
Sure hope no copyright violations here; hopefully not since it's a lossy capture. If this is not the case, please let me know immediately so I can remove it.
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So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home thoughI don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that.
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