[mythtv-users] I'm getting real pissed off about IVTV

Richard Bronosky mythtv at bronosky.com
Wed Jan 25 17:02:53 UTC 2006


I tried:
cat /dev/video0 > ~/tmp/video0.mpg
[wait 5 seconds, ctrl-c]
cat /dev/video1 > ~/tmp/video1.mpg
[wait 5 seconds, ctrl-c]

video0.mpg contained a viewable file that was 5.7meg
video1.mpg was 0 bytes


Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>   
>> I don't own a windows box.  Is there a method of testing it in Linux 
>> that I have not done?  (see my logs link in the "situation" page below.)
>>     
> Not that I know of short of cat /dev/video1 > test.mpg to dump the 
> output of the card to a file.  It is impossible to say without having 
> other evidence of the card functioning in another system whether you are 
> experiencing a hardware problem.  It is not uncommon from the messages 
> I've read to have a PVR-500 with one tuner defective.  I've also seen 
> reports where loading the Windows drivers/firmware on a Windows system 
> resets the card to a working state.  I think this is usually indicative 
> of a firmware issue but either way, testing in another OS should give 
> you the confirmation of whether the card works at all.
>
> Kevin
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Thank you for your time,
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Before posting to a mailing list I check the following locations:
	http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/
	http://ivtvdriver.org/
	http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/
	http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/
	http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/users/
	http://knoppmythwiki.org/
I may have missed the answer there, in which case, please point out the article to me, but don't say "check forum X."

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