[mythtv-users] Re: IVTV Problem

[ray cielencki]

>When I go to the next step on the guide...
>
># cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg
>
>... it just records static or snow.  No error messages are 
>generated, so I'm not sure what to do from here.  Thanks for helping 
>a n00b... I wouldn't even be this far without your step-by-step 
>guide.
>
>Keola

are you trying to record from cable or broadcast tv? have you tuned 
to the desired channel with the ptune.pl script? if you're using 
cable and the standard cable frequencies don't work, try the 
cable-hrc set. it seems that a good deal of the u.s. uses this 
standard.

cheers,
/rayc