[mythtv-users] Myth w/ PVR-250,
EPIA M-10000 on gentoo MORE INFORMATION
Patrick M. Gray, Jr.
pgray at epcotnet.dyndns.org
Wed Oct 22 18:34:49 EDT 2003
It appears the problem is related to the damn VIA video drivers. Ivtv
and via_v4l_drv (video for linux via driver) do not appear to like each
other, so they can't be loaded at the same time.
Removing via_v4l_drv breaks my ability to play mpeg files with xine, so
I think the via xfree drivers are looking for their counterpart v4l
drivers. I think I'm going to have to switch from the binary via xfree
driver back to the one in the later Xfree distros and see how that goes.
Any other ideas are of course appreciated!
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Patrick M. Gray
Sent: Wednesday, 22 October, 2003 14:35
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Myth w/ PVR-250, EPIA M-10000 on gentoo;so
close yet so far!
Thanks for the comments. This is via TV-Out on the EPIA mobo itself. I
know
TV-out works fine, since I can see the console as well as xwindows and
the myth
GUI itself with no problem. I've gone into program listings, etc in
myth and
all has gone well.
When I go through the myth GUI and select "Watch TV" the screen blanks
for a
couple of seconds, the HD starts spinning, and the pink screen starts
up. As I
mentioned in the origional email I can change channels, and amidst the
pink
mess it looks like the OSD comes up, since i can vaguely make out some
text
that appears when I change the channel then goes away after a second or
two.
I haven't actually tried using the CRT out since I've always had this
puppy
hooked to the television.
I like the suggestion of trying to view the video in a standard player,
and I
installed xine this afternoon (I'll have to wait until I get home to
play with
it, since I'm at work at the moment).
Here's an output of lsmod if it helps... I don't think I'm missing
anything
that I'd need:
video root # lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
lirc_i2c 4416 0 (unused)
lirc_dev 9040 1 [lirc_i2c]
ivtv 51488 1
msp3400 16012 1
saa7115 6044 0 (unused)
tuner 10912 1
i2c-algo-bit 7656 1 [ivtv]
i2c-core 13668 0 [lirc_i2c ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
i2c-algo-
bit]
ohci1394 25896 0 (unused)
ieee1394 47236 0 [ohci1394]
ehci-hcd 17800 0 (unused)
snd-pcm-oss 37380 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 12152 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-via82xx 12384 0 (autoclean)
snd-ac97-codec 38744 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx]
snd-pcm 57824 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx]
snd-mpu401-uart 3168 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx]
snd-rawmidi 13472 0 (autoclean) [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-page-alloc 6100 0 (autoclean) [snd-via82xx snd-pcm]
snd-seq-oss 25952 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 3552 0 [snd-seq-oss]
snd-seq 34448 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-timer 13764 0 [snd-pcm snd-seq]
snd-seq-device 4064 0 [snd-rawmidi snd-seq-oss snd-seq]
snd 29156 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx
snd-
ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-oss
snd-seq-midi-event
snd-seq snd-timer snd-seq-device]
Is this enough detail?
Quoting jose rubio <debian at nc.rr.com>:
> On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 10:49, Patrick M. Gray wrote:
> > After about a month, I finally have my EPIA M-10000 nearly up to
snuff,
> with X
> > and everything else working. After a lot of mucking around, I
compiled
> ivtv
> > and am able to capture good quality video with sound using cat
/dev/video0
> >
> > foo.mpg. ( I don't have a player on my linux box, but the video
works fine
>
> > with Windows Media player).
> >
> > I've obtained and compiled Myth 0.12 under kernel 2.4.23-pre7-epia1
and
> > successfully installed and everything, however, when I try to view
live TV
>
> > abour 95% of the screen is pink "fuzz," while the bottom inch or so
of the
>
> > television has a strip of "visible" TV. Channel change also appears
to
> work
> > fine, although every channel has the pink fuzz.
> >
> > I've checked all the cables and connections, and all are fine. I'm
also
> > suspicious that its something in myth since the ivtv capture is
perfect.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any and all advice! I've searched the forums to the
extent
>
> > possible and didn't see anything that looked like a solid lead.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Pat
> > _______________________________________________
> Well, it sounds like it's a tv-out problem. But you are not giving us
> much to go on. I've never heard of the pink fuzz. Are you viewing
this
> on a monitor or a tv. if on a tv, try out viewing in a monitor first.
I
> would get myself a "player" and see if the picture displays properly.
>
>
> -jose-
>
>
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