[mythtv-users] Tuner Troubles

Phill Wiggin wigginp at mantech-wva.com
Thu Feb 12 17:50:31 EST 2004


Thanks for the reply, but I'm afraid it didn't help.  TVTime is doing 
the same thing as MythTV and xawtv.

--Phill

K Murphy wrote:

>I had similar trouble getting a couple of my cards working an old STB
>and WinTV.
>
>In my case I had everything correct but all I got was static. In my case
>the tuner was "stuck". It took another program to tune in the tuner.
>
>I downloaded TVTime (opensource). (TVTime is just another tv view.) I
>setup this up and bam everything start working. It fixed the issue I was
>having with Mythtv and static channels.
>
>You might want to get that a try.
>
>K Murphy
>maillist at citadelsystems.net
>
>On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:21, Phill Wiggin wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>    I've got a quick question.  I've specified my tuner card settings in 
>>/etc/mythtv/modules/bttv :
>>
>>options bttv card=34 tuner=2
>>#tried
>>#options bttv card=34 tuner=2 radio=1
>>
>>I'm still having the common problem that the channels appear colorless 
>>and not on the right channels.
>>
>>Checking dmesg, it says the tuner is set to 5.  Am I setting the options 
>>in the wrong place?
>>
>>I've searched the list and several forums, and it seems like I'm taking 
>>the right steps.
>>
>>I just wanted to be sure I'm not missing something.
>>
>>I've tried running configure_bttv, and tell it to use the second tuner 
>>the (Phillips : tuner=2), but it doesn't seem to have any effect.  The 
>>video stays garbled and dmesg reports tuner=5.  After that didn't work, 
>>I added the 'options' line above to my bttv file, but it also didn't 
>>seem to make a difference (neither reloading the module nor rebooting 
>>helped).
>>
>>I'm not new to Linux, but I'm new to debian (KnoppMyth is based on 
>>debian, as I understand it).
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>
>>Phill W.
>>
>>P.S. I'm not completely opposed to ditching my Leadtek card and buying a 
>>PVR-250, but I'd rather get the card I already have working.
>>
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