[mythtv-users] Using PVR-350 to record old VCR video

Ben Kamen bkamen at benjammin.net
Wed May 23 23:28:29 UTC 2012


On 2012-05-23 6:18 PM, Ben Kamen wrote:
> On 2012-05-23 6:01 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>> You need to go into mythtv-setup, Capture Cards section, then select the PVR-350 device(s) and hit DELETE (by default 'D' key) to delete the cards from MythTV's configuration.
>
> I thought I did that -- but I'll double check.
>
> yea.. "config files" == generic for "removed via" the myth setup interface..

Yup. It's out of the list...

And I did a reboot.

And it's funny because on the first pass, mplayer complains of "NO SIGNAL" when tuning to CH:3...

but eventually, I get this:

> [root at MythTV ~]# gmplayer pvr:// -tv channel=3:input=0:chanlist=us-bcast:normid=0
> MPlayer SVN-r29134-snapshot-4.3.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> 137 audio & 296 video codecs
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display ":0.0".
>
> Playing pvr://.
> [v4l2] select channel list us-bcast, entries 82
> [v4l2] Switch to user station channel:        3 - freq:    61250 - station:
> [pvr] Using device /dev/video-pvr350
> [pvr] Detected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [v4l2] Available video inputs: '#0, Tuner 1' '#1, S-Video 1' '#2, Composite 1' '#3, S-Video 2' '#4, Composite 2' '#5, Composite 3'
> [v4l2] Available audio inputs: '#0, Tuner 1' '#1, Line In 1' '#2, Line In 2'
> [v4l2] Available norms: '#0, NTSC' '#1, NTSC-M' '#2, NTSC-M-JP' '#3, NTSC-M-KR' '#4, NTSC-443' '#5, PAL' '#6, PAL-BG' '#7, PAL-H' '#8, PAL-I' '#9, PAL-DK' '#10, PAL-M' '#11, PAL-N' '#12, PAL-Nc' '#13, PAL-60' '#14, SECAM' '#15, SECAM-B' '#16, SECAM-G' '#17, SECAM-H' '#18, SECAM-DK' '#19, SECAM-L' '#20, SECAM-Lc'
> [v4l2] Frequency 61250 already set.
> [v4l2] Video input: Tuner 1
> [v4l2] Audio input: Tuner 1
> [v4l2] Norm: NTSC-M.
> Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)

And it just sits there.... durp.

Maybe I'm better off trying one of the pcHDTV cards in NTSC|Composite mode.

  -Ben


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