[mythtv-users] Re: pvr-150 no tuner

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Sat May 28 20:18:01 UTC 2005


On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 01:25:42PM -0600, Garry Cook wrote:
> On 5/28/05, Peter T. Abplanalp <pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
> > * On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 09:28:17AM -0600, Garry Cook wrote:
> > > On 5/28/05, Peter T. Abplanalp <pta-myth at psaconsultants.com> wrote:
> > > > i can watch and record tv; however, when i watch tv, i
> > > > am seeing the upper left corner of the stream.  i.e. it
> > > > seems like the "tv" screen is larger than my display and
> > > > i am only seeing the upper left corner.
> > >
> > > Hmmm... Trying to recall exactly where those settings are.
> > > I only used them during initial setup of the card, so it's
> > > been a while...  I believe you'll locate this under
> > > mythtv-setup, but if not, check the setup section of
> > > mythfrontend, look for 'playback' under 'TV settings', it
> > > might be found there instead.  Either way, what you're
> > > looking for are the recording profiles. This is where you
> > > tell MythTV what resolution to capture at depending upon
> > > the recording profile in use. Since I use a PVR-500, I've
> > > set all of my recording profiles to 720x480.  I think that
> > > someone recently posted that this should not be necessary
> > > with the newest ivtv drivers...
> > 
> > i am using the latest stable drivers, .2 i believe.  i found
> > some resolution define stuff under setup -> appearance.  i
> > tried to use separate stuff for videio and gui but had no
> > luck.  it did change the playback resolution but i always
> > only saw the upper left corner.  any other ideas?
> 
> Latest 'stable' drivers? I'm not sure that these support the
> PVR-150/500. You probably want the latest testing drivers, which I
> believe are version 0.3.Nx. For my PVR-500-MCE, I think I'm still
> running 0.3.2r, but I've seen people using even newer drivers, such as
> 0.3.4g.

0.2.x also has some basic support for PVR-150/500. But I recommend
using 0.3.x for PVR-150/500 and perhaps even for ivtv in general.

> Unless I've misunderstood what you're saying, you should go back to
> Jarod's guide and read the section on setting up capture cards. Be
> sure to expand the section about PVR-150/500s. There he describes how
> to setup apt to use the atrpms testing branch, as opposed to the
> stable branch which is the default.

-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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