[mythtv-users] Static on

Bruce McKenzie bruce at doublepup.com
Sun Dec 19 23:22:32 UTC 2004


I'm in the same boat. I get partial success by using a cheap RF amp, but 
I'm taking a more drastic step in rebuilding the box as a FC2 (instead of 
FC3). Oh, and I also tried the bleeding (0.3) ivtv...no joy.

Please let me know if you figure something out. (FWIW, I'm tuner type 2)

At 02:59 PM 12/19/2004, Asciimonster wrote:

>I'm really out of options. So I am asking for some help. If you think I'm 
>whining please say so.
>
>I've got a PVR350 which so far has given my nothing be static (I tried 
>both ivtv0.1.9a, from zzz, and 0.2.0rc3b from Chris). When I change 
>channels The pattern in the static doesn't change so I believe It's not 
>doing anything. In my Win98 box the card works ok. I've checked the 
>modules.conf, I've upgraded the firmware (pvr_1.18.21.22266_inf.zip), I've 
>set the right values though ivtvctl (-f width=720,height=576, -p 4, -u 
>0xff), tried the new tuners patch. All with no effect.And oh, and funnily 
>enough in ptune-ui.pl the frequency table (europe_west) is not in the 
>table (weird). Any ideas?
>
>Here's a list of my data and stuff:
> From tveeprom:
>ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3418W-B3,ok]
>tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48139, rev = K257, serial# = 7597097
>tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 ME MK3 (idx = 57, type = 38)
>tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(D/K) (eeprom = 0x74, v4l2 = 0x00400e17)
>audio_processor = CS5331 (type = 9)
>ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[1],ok]
>
> From /var/log/messages:
>
>Dec 14 09:44:43 mythtv last message repeated 3 times
>Dec 14 09:44:43 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
>Dec 14 09:44:43 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
>Dec 14 09:44:44 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
>Dec 14 09:44:44 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
>Dec 14 09:44:55 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 
>contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
>Dec 14 09:44:55 mythtv last message repeated 3 times
>Dec 14 09:44:55 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder set size
>Dec 14 09:44:55 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output
>Dec 14 09:44:55 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output
>Dec 14 09:45:23 mythtv kernel: saa7115: decoder set picture bright=127 
>contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
>Dec 14 09:45:23 mythtv last message repeated 3 times
>
> From modules.conf.local:
>
>alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
>alias char-major-81 videodev
>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
>alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
>options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 ivtv_std=2 tuner=28,38
>options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=1
>add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner
>add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c ivtv-fb
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