[mythtv-users] TV-Out with Matrox Marvel G400-TV

[Joseph A. Caputo]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Wayne Veilleux
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:05 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] TV-Out with Matrox Marvel G400-TV
>
>
> Sorry if my description is not helpfull. I understand that maybe my TV
> tuner card (Matrox Marvel G400-TV) is not support by MythTV but I
> read on that list that the Marvel G200-TV is working so maybe it is not
> very far. What do you need to know to help me ? When I run the
> "setup" tool and choose my capture card on /dev/device it actually
> detect that my Marvel card has 3 input device in the same order as
> xawtv show it, which is (remember, xawtv run perfectly with it):
>
> 1- Composite
> 2- S-Video
> 3- Television
>
> And I choose "Television" but for a raison that I don't know, when I
> launch "Watch TV" in MythTV, I have a blue screen (probably because
> it sync on "Composite" channel). I tried to choose S-Video and Composite
> instead of Television to see the difference and it is the same problem
> saying that (mythbackend logs):
>
> channel '0' has no tuner (composite)
> strange error flushing buffer ...

When you ran the backend setup, did you complete *all* of the sections *in
order*?  After that, did you run mythfilldatabase?  You shouldn't have a
channel '0'... what happens if you enter in a channel number while watching
the blue screen?

>
> I also tried to choose the card type to "Hardware MPEG encoder card"
> instead of "Standard V4L or MJPEG capture card" and it does not work
> saying that (mythbackend logs):

This is wrong; you want to choose "Standard V4L or MJPEG capture card".
Only the Hauppauge PVR-250/350 use the "Hardware MPEG encoder card"
currently.

Also, do the following: in the frontend, go to Setup->TV->Recording and edit
your "Default" and "LiveTV" profiles.  Choose the codec to be "Hardware
MJPEG" instead of "MPEG-4" or "RTjpeg".

When in LiveTV, if you get the blue screen, try hitting "C" to switch
between inputs.


-JAC