[mythtv-users] Red bt8x8 capture?

[Brian LeFevre]

nate s wrote:
> Good to know, my bttv was doing the same (before I broke down and
> bought a 250 -- unrelated problems)
> 
> -Nate
> 
> 
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:37:47 -0800, Bruce Markey <bjm at lvcm.com> wrote:
> 
>>Jonathan Markevich wrote:
>>
>>>Every few captures I do (1 in 5) doesn't work - the picture is EXTREMELY
>>>dark with only red making up the picture.  If this happens when
>>>switching to live TV, I just exit and re-enter, it seems to wake up.  If
>>>this is on timer, though, it can be a problem.  I've missed a few shows
>>>because of it.  Has anyone else come across that, and found a
>>>solution/cause?
>>
>>It's come up many times and was the result of a bug in the
>>bttv driver for about a year. It was fixed a couple months ago
>>and the fix is included in the current video4linux snapshots
>>at bytesex.org or with linux version 2.6.9.
>>

Dang!  If I knew that I wouldn't have hacked my own myth source to fix 
it.  I just made it reset the card (actaully swap inputs back and forth) 
when it turned on.  The problem is I upgrade myth more often then bttv! 
  So I had to remember to fix the problem every time.