[mythtv-users] Blank Screen PVR-150 and LiveTV

Josh Boggis josh.boggis at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 16:54:39 EDT 2005


On 10/24/05, Hugues Belanger <hbelanger at look.ca> wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Well I've always been a big fan of MythTV, but I've yet to get it working
> properly...!
>
> I've tried two different capture cards and I get the same problem now I
> figure it must be something I just don't understand this is why I'm begging
> for help:
>
> Hardware:
>
> MediaReady 5000
> Via 1G CPU
> VIA S3 Unichrome w/tvOut
> PVR 150
>
> Software:
>
> Ubuntu 5.04
> ivtv 0.38
> mythtb 0.18.1
>
> Here's what I know:
>
> ivtv works, mplayer /dev/outputs video and ptune.pl allows me to change
> channels. Not sure about the sound yet I have got that far.
> I can play movies with mythvideo.
>
> I configure mythtv-setup with the following
>
> -capture card v4l
>
> /dev/video0
> /dev/dsp
> /dev/vbi0
> tuner 0
>
> - Configured Video Source starchoice (zapt2it)
>
> - Configured input Connnection
> /dev/video0 --> Tuner0
>
> When I start Livetv I just get a blanck screen with the following in my
> mythbackend.log:

  I just setup MythTV this weekend with my PVR-150. For capture card I used
the MPEG-2, not v4l. Works for me!
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