[mythtv-users] Black screen when using "pvr-350 decoder/tv-out" option

[Jomama]

Using those commands I have gotten a real picture from my TV for the first time.
Thanks.
Unfortuantly I am also stuck without the ability to change chanels or
escape to the menu system.
A victory nonetheless.




On 7/4/05, Oscar Curero <oscar at naiandei.net> wrote:
> El Lunes, 4 de Julio de 2005 20:55, Oscar Curero escribió:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. Without the option "Use
> > pvr-350 decoder/tv-out" (settings -> Tv settings) the picture was slow and
> > choppy with skipping frames. Reading the mail list I found the solution: I
> > should us the decoder instead of  the framebuffer, so I actived that option
> > and now I have... nothing. Black screen. The gui works, but the Livetv
> > doesn't.
> >
> > Capture card device: /dev/video0
> > Pvr-350 decoder (mythtv): /dev/video16
> >
> Oops! I forgot that:
> 
> 1- In the command line with this two commands I can see and heard the TV:
> 
> ivtvfbctl /dev/fb1 -noglobalalpha -localalpha
> dd if=/dev/video of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
> 
> 2- Output of mythfrontend is:
> 
> 2005-07-04 23:10:45.207 New DB connection, total: 1
> Total desktop width=720, height=576, numscreens=1<----------------- PAL
> 2005-07-04 23:10:45.256 Using screen 0, 720x576 at 0,0 <----------------- PAL
> 2005-07-04 23:10:45.262 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050510-1 www.mythtv.org
> 2005-07-04 23:10:45.263 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-07-04 23:10:45.870 Switching to square mode (Iulius)
> 2005-07-04 23:10:46.197 Joystick disabled.
> 2005-07-04 23:10:46.199 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-07-04 23:10:46.289 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2005-07-04 23:10:47.312 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media handler
> 2005-07-04 23:11:02.239 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.0.5:6543 (try 1
> of 5)
> 2005-07-04 23:11:02.245 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-07-04 23:11:02.290 Using protocol version 15
> 2005-07-04 23:11:03.566 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-07-04 23:11:03.566 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2005-07-04 23:11:03.571 Using resampler. From: 0 to 1000
> Using the PVR-350 decoder/TV-out <--------------------------- RIGHT
> 2005-07-04 23:11:03.915 Realtime priority would require SUID as root.
> 2005-07-04 23:11:03.936 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> Writing to videodev: Invalid Argument <------------------------PROBLEM?????
> 
> 
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