[mythtv-users] Please Help! Blank Capture, PVR250

Jeremy Deininger jeremy at pacific-linux.com
Wed Sep 22 19:43:16 EDT 2004


Hi, I'm very frustrated, and I know this is not really mythTV specific, 
but since MythTV is what I'm really wanting to use I decided to post 
here as a last resort to reverting to WindowsXP/Snapstream (ugh!).

So, I'm running Debian Sid, all latest updates, stock kernel 2.4.26.  
ATI Radeon 9800PRO, with ATI drivers XFree86 4.3.0.  IvTV module is 
using the latest Hauppague driver.  Below is a list of modules I'm 
currently running and also a SNIP from my dmesg.

My problem is when I do 'cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/1.mpg' and then view it 
with vlc/xine all I get is a solid blue/black screen playback (the same 
thing happens when I use LiveTV in MythTV).  It seems everything is 
setup correctly, and I'm not getting *any* errors at all from any logs I 
can find.  I've tried all 9 inputs (using test_ioctl), trying to find 
the right one, same thing everytime.  Is there somthing I'm missing?  
Has anyone seen this before?  I'd love to become a useful part of this 
community, but I'm frustrated beyond belief.  Thanks for any help/hints 
you can provide!!

-Jeremy



****OUTPUT FROM LSMOD****
tveeprom                5728   0  (unused)
fglrx                 185384   8
apm                     8680   1  (autoclean)
mousedev                3796   1
keybdev                 1888   0  (unused)
hid                    19364   0  (unused)
input                   3040   0  [mousedev keybdev hid]
af_packet              12072   1  (autoclean)
ehci-hcd               15592   0  (unused)
usb-ohci               17000   0  (unused)
usbcore                54240   1  [hid ehci-hcd usb-ohci]
i810_audio             22616   0
ac97_codec             11624   0  [i810_audio]
soundcore               3300   2  [i810_audio]
ide-scsi                8688   0
sis900                 11148   1
crc32                   2880   0  [sis900]
ohci1394               22312   0  (unused)
ivtv                   79332   0
saa7115                 5888   0  (unused)
videodev                5664   3  [ivtv]
msp3400                16384   1
tuner                   9536   1
i2c-algo-bit            6664   1  [ivtv]
i2c-core               12036   0  [tveeprom ivtv saa7115 msp3400 tuner 
i2c-algo-bit]
sr_mod                 12440   0  (unused)
sbp2                   15948   0  (unused)
ieee1394              180100   0  [ohci1394 sbp2]
scsi_mod               87192   2  [ide-scsi sr_mod sbp2]
ide-cd                 28608   0
cdrom                  25696   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
rtc                     6492   0  (autoclean)
ext3                   69548   0  (autoclean)
jbd                    36640   0  (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect               288   0  (autoclean) (unused)
sis5513                10672   1  (autoclean)
hpt366                 13476   2  (autoclean)
ide-disk               13056   3  (autoclean) [hpt366]
ide-core               96876   3  (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd 
ide-detect sis5513 hpt366 ide-disk]
************

***DMESG SNIP***
saa7115[0]: decoder set norm NTSC
saa7115[0] set audio: 0x02
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=254 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set size
Setting full NTSC width
Setting full NTSC height
saa7115[0]: decoder set norm NTSC
saa7115[0] set audio: 0x02
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=254 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set size
Setting full NTSC width
Setting full NTSC height
saa7115[0]: decoder set input (3)
saa7115[0]: now setting Composite input
saa7115[0]: decoder set norm NTSC
saa7115[0] set audio: 0x02
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=254 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
********



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