[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 out

[sschaefer1 at woh.rr.com]

:0  How stupid of me. I'm mixing issues up... sorry if I set up anyone up for failure.

----- Original Message -----
From: Oliver Martini <mythtv at x-surfing.ch>
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:39 pm
Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 out

> Thanks for your hints, gonna try it tommorow, when I'm back at the 
> mythtv-pc
> 
> Just as an information, I went thru all the other steps sucessfully.
> 
> I can't wait till it works with TV out.
> 
> thanks,
> oliver
> 
> ------------------
> 
> No the dd stuff is to /dev/video16 which is the mpeg
> playback not the frame buffer.
> The problem is probably that its lost its pal setting.
> 
> I would check that you have the std=2(I think and this
> is from memory since i'm at work) option to force PAL
> mode for ivtv and then reload ivtv as well as saa7127.
> 
> John
> --- sschaefer1 at woh.rr.com wrote:
> > After you have loaded the modules, particularly the
> > ivtv-fb.o module, check the /var/log/messages file
> >
> > tail /var/log/messages
> > OR
> > cat /var/log/messages | more
> >
> > and find out what /dev/fb? file it the framebuffer
> > was mapped to.
> > It's possible you already have other framebuffer
> > device files mapped and you are "dd"ing to the wrong
> > device file.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Oliver Martini <mythtv at x-surfing.ch>
> > Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:56 am
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 out
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I finally decided to install mythtv on a dedicated
> > computer.
> > >
> > > My hardware looks like the following:
> > > - P4P800SE Motherboard
> > > - Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz
> > > - 160 GB Samsumg HD
> > > - GeForce4 MX440
> > > - PVR350 TV capture card
> > >
> > > I followed Jarod's Fedora guide till I got to the
> > following point:
> > > I tried to play some video thru the PVR-350's
> > output. with the
> > > followingcommands, but nothing got displayed on
> > the TV screen.
> > > # /usr/bin/ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -noglobalalpha
> > -localalpha
> > > # dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
> > >
> > > I was able to get the test picture displayed on my
> > TV. But since I
> > > unloaded the module and loaded the module with the
> > following
> > > commands, I
> > > do have some weird strips accross my TV.#
> > /sbin/rmmod saa7127
> > > # /sbin/modprobe saa7127
> > >
> > > I did set the parameters for PAL output with the
> > following:
> > > # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0xff
> > > # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4
> > > # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=576
> > >
> > > What are the steps I have to take, to get the
> > TV-out working?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > > Oliver
> > >
> > >
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