[mythtv-users] Help please with Change Inputs on TV Tuner card

Derek Meek thekazan at gmail.com
Tue May 23 21:00:46 UTC 2006


I think you can only use one source per card - not sure though, check
the docs

Mercury Morris wrote:

>I've run out of ideas, so I'm asking for help with a PVR-250 card.
>
>Running kernel 2.6.16.5, mythtv 0.19.20060331-1, and ivtv-0.6.1,
>I have a problem getting the PVR-250 to switch to Composite1.
>
>Here are the latest two tests I have run.
>
> - Test 1
>
> - Deleted all the Capture Cards and Video Sources
> - Defined a single card - PVR-250 [MPEG:/dev/video0]
> - Defined two Video Sources - NTSC and 4DTV
> - Defined two Input Connections - Tuner1 -> NTSC, Composite1 -> 4DTV
> - After scanning the NTSC channels, I select Watch TV - Tuner1 comes up OK
> - Then pressing 'c' gives a pause, then Tuner1 continues, no switch
>to Composite1
>
> - Test 2
>
> - Deleted all the Capture Cards and Video Sources
> - Defined a single card - PVR-250 [MPEG:/dev/video0] but this time
>choosing Composite1
>   as the default input
> - Defined one Video Source - 4DTV
> - Defined one Input Connection - Composite1 -> 4DTV
> - Started the backend and frontend and selected Watch TV - Composite1
>comes up OK
> - Then I went back to mythtv-setup and defined another Video Source - NTSC,
>   and another Input Connection - Tuner1 -> NTSC
> - Back to Watch TV - but this time Tuner1 came up - NOT Composite1 !!
> - Pressing 'c' had the same effect as Test 1 ...,
>   a slight pause, Tuner1 continued, no switch to Composite1
>
>This just has to be something I'm doing wrong, or something I've failed to do.
>It's so frustrating because I have another system running mythtv 0.18 with a
>PVR-250, and it's working just fine.
>
>Can you see something I'm missing here?  Do you have a similar setup that's
>working (0.19 and a PVR-250 with Composite1 input)?
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>
>  
>



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