[mythtv-users] help with xawtv

[brian wojnar]

Let me clarify my problem.  The channels are off in
both xawtv and mythtv.  The channel listings are
correct, but the actual displayed TV channels are
incorrect.  So i assumed the problem exists within
xawtv.  I've go into my /etc/modules.conf and the
correct tuner card is selected.  I tried to follow the
link from the FAQ pointing me to the video4linux
mailing list, but I've been unable to subsribe to the
private archives.  Help is appreciated.  

--- Ray Olszewski <ray at comarre.com> wrote:
> At 01:20 PM 6/12/2003 -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
> [...]
> >>My own guess in this instance is that he has
> specified different 
> >>frequency settings in mythbackend and xawtv. This
> is the common second 
> >>cause of this symptom, and it probably should be
> mentioned in the FAQ reply.
> >
> >My experience is that if I choose the wrong
> frequency table
> >I get nothing but snow or a blue screen. The
> exception, I guess,
> >would be if you had the correct tuner type and
> selected the
> >bogus Canada Cable in xawtv (no longer in myth ;-).
> 
> My experience differs from your here. My cable
> provider recently changed 
> over from us-cable-hrc to us-cable. One of my
> capture hosts was ofline for 
> repairs, and when I started it up again, I forgot to
> change to the new set. 
> I got, at least on *some* channels, a B&W picture --
> bad but recognizable 
> -- with lousy sound.  Other channels did bluescreen.
> 
> I recall looking at the actual frequency tables some
> time ago, and these 
> two are fairly close for some parts of their ranges,
> probably close enough 
> to give bad reception rather than none.
> 
> [...]
> >If you (or anyone else =) could put together a
> troubleshooting
> >item that actually walks through fixing an off by
> one channel
> >problem, that would be great! This would then be
> the best place
> >to mention the possibility that the wrong frequency
> table has
> >been selected.
> 
> I may give this a try. (I don't know where to submit
> FAQ-page changes, 
> which is why I didn't consider updating the Myth
> FAQ, and I'd simply 
> forgotten that the HowTo ... for which I do know how
> to propose updates 
> ...also had something on this.) It probably won't be
> quite what you are 
> suggesting, but perhaps close enough to help the
> many people who seem to 
> run into this problem.
> 
> 
> 
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