[mythtv-users] PVR-250 records only one channel

przybyls at engr.arizona.edu przybyls at engr.arizona.edu
Thu May 5 17:35:48 UTC 2005


Thanks much for all the help. I found out what it was. It's really silly.
Let me break it down:

I. I went from bt878 card to ivtv card (this is where it started.)
2. Had to change Television to Tuner 0 for Capture Card Settings.
3. Live TV works, but only one channel.
I read the backend output and it told me it couldn't find "Television"
4. Have to change Television to Tuner 0 for "Video Sources"
Problem with that is there wasn't a Tuner 0. I had to rebuild my database.
5. Of course after I did that, I still couldn't change channels because
there were none to change to. I had to run mythfilldatabase after
reconfiguring everything again. Finally, I can watch LiveTV and I'm
changing channels. Wonderful.

Much thanks for all the help,

Leo Przybylski
> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> Tom Lichti wrote:
>>
>>> Nick wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/5/05, Leo Przybylski <przybyls at engr.arizona.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I figured out why it would only play for a few seconds. I needed to
>>>>> enable libmpeg2 decoding.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are there any errors in the backend log when you try and change to
>>>> another channel? I'd also double check the other channels are setup
>>>> correctly (i.e. tuneable numbers) in case this is stopping the 250
>>>> card from being able to tune to the other channels.
>>>
>>>
>>> I would also verify that the tuner type is set correctly. I had a
>>> similar problem where if I manually set the tuner type, I could see
>>> one channel, but that was it. If I let it auto-detect and set the
>>> tuner, it works flawlessly.
>>> ...
>>> In my modules config I have:
>>>
>>> options ivtv tuner=-1,-1 debug=1
>>> ...
>>> I can probably remove the debug, since everything works.
>>
>>
>> As a matter of fact, you can (should) remove the tuner options since the
>> default is to autodetect the tuner (and, since -1 is not a valid tuner
>> type, -1 tells it to autodetect).  If you also remove the debug, you
>> should just remove the options line.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Ah, that makes sense. I'll have to try that. Why is it that every
> guide/how-to says to force it to type 2? Is the auto-detect stuff fairly
> recent?
>
> Tom
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