[mythtv-users] Guidance to get Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 350 to work on PAL-N

Jeff Simpson jeffsimpson at alum.wpi.edu
Mon Apr 10 18:35:37 UTC 2006


On 4/10/06, Julian Cerruti <jcerruti at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello mythtv-users,
>
> I'm trying to get a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 350 to work under KnoppMyth
> using PAL-N standard and would appreciate any guidance, pointers or
> tips on how to do this.
>
> In particular, I'm a little bit confused about which options should be
> set where and how to test a given step of the config is working
> properly.
>
> I've noticed that ivtv and associated drivers (tuner, tveeprom, etc.)
> have options that appear to be related to this configuration (i.e.:
> tuner=47 or type=5 or ivtv_std=2) but had no luck with the multiple
> configuration values I tried.
>
> Also, there are some configuration values in mythtv-setup (in the
> channel editor, for example) that appear to be related. Of course I
> tried setting them to PAL-N with no result.
>
> Finally, I noticed that .xawtv has some options related to tv standard
> and frequency table that appear to be affecting what mythtv shows.
>
> In short, I would greatly appreciate any orientation, pointer or
> information that can help me understand what I should do to get my
> WinTV-PVR 350 to tune PAL-N

I don't know much of PAL setup, but I know that the utility ivtvctl
can be used to change to that format for encoding / decoding, so give
some of those options a try (type the command by itself for a listing
of options)

 - Jeff


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