[mythtv-users] PVR350 test_image working but not video

[Olivier]

Thanks for the info... yes that was the problem. I was initially following
the original port of the howto in the mailling list, which did not have that
information. I then found the latest howto on the wiki which explains
this...

Thanks,
Olivier./

----- Original Message -----
From: "Torsten Schenkel" <torsten.schenkel at web.de>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR350 test_image working but not video


> Am So, den 21.12.2003 schrieb Olivier um 22:35:
> > I think I am almost there...
> >
> > I've got capture, test_image and auto out working, but still no video
> > out...
> >
> > with the following command, I do see the test patern on tv-out
> >     insmod saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0 test_image=1
> >
> > with the following commands, I do *hear* the mpeg audio out of the
> > audio/video out connector
> >     dd if=/tmp/test_capture.mpg of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
> >     dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
> >
> > but I still don't get video out of the tv-out...
>
> Do you have ivtv-fb loaded?
>
> If so it will lies "over" the video output. You can make it transparent
> using ivtvfbctl to set the alpha value:
>
> To set transparency:
> ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -localalpha
>
> Watch video:
> dd if=/tmp/test_capture.mpg of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
>
> Reset alpha:
> ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -nolocalalpha
>
>
> Do you see it now?
>
> > I have seen other message with people having similar problem, but I
> > have not found any answer;
>
> Then you didn't look hard enough :-)
>
> Torsten
>
>


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