[mythtv-users] PVR-500 Only one turner works --- Hardware of Software problem?

[Nick Rosier]

On 09/10/05, Chris Gackstatter <Chris at coldspringdirect.com> wrote:
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> I am trying to determine if I have a faulty board or I just have a setting
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> I am following wilsonet for FC4 instruction.  This works great for me as I
> have the identical hardware/software  (FC4 and two captures cards PVR250 and
> a PVR500)
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> I recently installed the PVR500 following wilsonet and also found on the
> mythtv user mail list the instruction on updating the firmware for the
> PVR500.  When I did this I had both tuners on the card working well using
> the cat /dev/video1 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg suggested by willson.
> Unfortunately in my haste to get the card working I screwed up something in
> my mythsetup that caused my hard drive to be filled and I was only able to
> access the system in fail safe mode.  I corrected this problem by deleting
> the MySQL database.
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> Just to make sure everything was working correctly I reinstalled the
> firmware for the PVR500 and ran the cat /dev/video1 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg
> test again  This time only one of the tuners (video2) worked, video1 just
> gives a gray screen.
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> I have checked and re-checked.  All my setting re follows the recommendation
> of wilsonet.  Normally I would assume that I have a setting wrong, but being
> I have seen these settings work before by backend crash I am beginning to
> suspect a hardware problem.
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> Does any one have any suggestions?
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Check http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Troubleshooting and
http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Asking_for_help

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