[mythtv-users] Sound issue with PVR 250 (ivtv driver)

[Mark Staudinger]

> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:01:13 +0200
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Sound issue with PVR 250 (ivtv driver)
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
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> Hello,
> 
> I have a problem with the sound on mythtv using a WinTV PVR 250. It vanishes
> randomly specially when recording one particular channel. I have to say that
> the card PVR250 works well with mplayer or other.
> I have made a test playing /dev/video0 with mplayer just after closing 
mythtv.
> There was no sound. I tuned with 'ptune.pl' the same channel and then the 
sound
> came back.
> It sounds (not a joke) like mythtv missconfig the ivtv driver.
> I didn't notice such a problem on my old config (PIII 733 MHz; mandrake 
10.1;
> mythtv 17) apart from the jerky pictures.
> Can someone help?
> 
> My config: mob ASUS p4p800-e delux; P4 3.0E GHz; PVR 250; mandriva 2005; 
mythtv
> 18.1; SECAM France.
> The change for mythtv 18.1 points out that the bug about MPEG stream was
> corrected. It seems not.
> 
> Yves
> 

I had a similar problem with my PVR 250 with the 0.2.0 series ivtv drivers.  
The fix in my case was to pass along options to the msp3400 module.

in /etc/modules.d/aliases :

  options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 standard=0x20

followed by the obligatory modules-update ; depmod -ae

This is the one that worked for me.  Note that standard=0x20 is for NTSC in 
the US.  PAL/SECAM needs standard=0x09 according to this link (read the Q: 
about tinny audio).

http://ivtv.writeme.ch/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1

-=Mark