Tuner will only record one channel (was Re: [mythtv-users] Re: No sound after apt-get upgrade)

[Josh Burks]

You need to add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf:

alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv

If you look at your dmesg between the IVTV lines, you would probably
see something like "Error -19" or "module tveeprom not found".

References:
http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/106223

Josh


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:39:42 -0600, Andy Rabin <andy.rabin at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I've tracked this down, but if anybody can confirm that my
> theory is right, or have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.  This
> afternoon, while I was busy trying to get my sound working, I rebooted
> my computer while my wife had a show scheduled to record.  That show
> was on channel 51.  This evening, trying to track down the problem, I
> switched the priorities between my two cards, forcing myth to record
> off of card 0, instead of 1.  When it is recording off card 0, live tv
> is playing through card 1.  In live tv on card 1, when I change the
> channel, I still only see what is on channel 51.  Is my tuner card
> broken?  Or could something else be causing this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:11:11 -0600, Andy Rabin <andy.rabin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Adding
> >
> > alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> >
> > to my /etc/modules.conf now seems to give me sound all the time, so
> > I'm almost back to a perfect state for my system.  The only problem I
> > have left is that no matter what channel I set the system to record,
> > it only records channel 51.  I've tried several different channels
> > now, and no matter what, it's always the same channel.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andy
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:28:09 -0600, Andy Rabin <andy.rabin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Well, I fixed the sound problem that was system wide, and now have
> > > sound both out of mythtv and in it.  Unfortunately, the sound isn't
> > > always there in live tv, though changing channels seems to reassert
> > > the sound on the stream.  I haven't had a chance to try the
> > > msp3400-ivtv fix yet, but I will post after I have a chance to do
> > > that.  One strange thing I've noticed though...since upgrading, all
> > > the test recordings I've done have recorded channel 51, no matter what
> > > channel I'm trying to record.  This also seems to have started with my
> > > upgrade last night.  Any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 12:28:04 -0800, William Lott
> > > <mythusersmail at wlott.org> wrote:
> > > > Andy Rabin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:03:06 -0600, Andy Rabin <andy.rabin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>I've been using my system for a few months now.  After finally fixing
> > > > >>the video quality, the recordings timing got goofy on me.  An hour
> > > > >>long show recorded would show that it was an hour and a half or
> > > > >>longer...but actually play the hour (less commercials : )  So I
> > > > >>figured before mailing the list, I'd make sure everything was upgraded
> > > > >>and give it a reboot.  Now, I suddenly have no sound!!!  I'm pretty
> > > > >>sure its a config that got screwed up somewhere, but I don't know
> > > > >>where to look.  Recordings and live tv have the same problem, even
> > > > >>recordings that were made previously that i've seen with sound!!!
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Please help!!  Let me know what I should post info wise here, and I'll
> > > > >>be more than happy to.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>System is FC1, running 2 PVR-250's, and lots of old hardware, but it
> > > > >>all worked before!!
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Thanks in advance,
> > > > >>Andy
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I realize this probably isn't the right list for this now, but after
> > > > > more digging around with the system today, it appears that my whole
> > > > > install is pretty screwed up.  The hat menu doesn't have any entries
> > > > > in it, and kcontrol has nothing in it for me to modify.  I'm not sure
> > > > > what happened, but I'd be happy to post any logs or send this to a
> > > > > different list if someone could just point me in the right direction!!
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Andy
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > This sounds a lot like some of the problems I've had.  The KDE menus
> > > > came back on their own after a restart, so I have no idea if I actually
> > > > had to do something to fix them.  The no-sound issue turned out to be
> > > > that the new ivtv driver needs a special version of the msp3400 driver
> > > > named msp3400-ivtv.  Put:
> > > >
> > > >         alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> > > >
> > > > in your modules.conf and check the logs for 'msp34xx: ivtv version'.  (I
> > > > can't access my mythtv box right now, so I can't check for the exact
> > > > message.)
> > > >
> > > > Oh wait, I just noticed that you said that even old recording has no
> > > > sound.  You probably have some other sound problem then -- I was getting
> > > > some recordings with sound and some without.
> > > >
> > > > Hmm...  I guess I don't have anything helpful to add afterall.  Sorry
> > > > about that.  But you'll need that alias thing once you get your other
> > > > problems figured out.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck.
> > > >
> > > > -William
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> 
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