[mythtv-users] Composite since upgrade to 0.19

[James Pifer]

On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 21:05 +0100, Nick wrote:
> On 14/07/06, James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com> wrote:
> > I recently upgraded to 0.19 and most things are working well. One
> > problem I have is my composite input, which I had configured and working
> > with 0.18. After the upgrade I had to delete all my card settings and
> > redo them.
> >
> > I can't figure out what input to use. I have a PVR350 and a PVR250. I'm
> > trying to use the composite on the 250. Here's my ivtv output:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > So in mythtv I have /dev/video0 and /dev/video1. I assume my PVR250 is
> > video1 based on the ivtv setup?
> 
> Should be. You can see the ivtv0 output contains details on the
> decoder, which only the -350 card has. This should then be the first
> ivtv card udev handles, so should create the /dev/video0 device.
> However, I'm sure there could be timing/hardware issues which will
> contradict this.
> 
> > I've created a channel called composite. How do I know what input to
> > assign it to? I've tried a couple and it has not worked.
> >
> > I have:
> > S-Video 1
> > Composite 1
> > S-Video 2
> > Composite 2
> > Composite 3
> 
> (It's likely one of the composite inputs, but stranger things have happened...)
> 
> When configuring ivtv cards, I've found that there is no golden rule
> as to which driver input is the correct one for the particular card. I
> use ivtvctl (the -p option changes inputs, the -n lists available
> inputs) to change to each input in turn, and then read the device from
> mplayer/xine to test whether I'm receiving the feed correctly. Then I
> use mythtv-setup to assign the video source (the channel lineup) to
> the correct input on the card.
> 
> Nick
> 

Nick,

Thanks for the input. Using your suggestions I was able to figure out
that the composite is assigned to input 5 on the card, which is the last
one. So it's Composite 3 in mythtv. 

I have a channel 0 created called Composite and I have it assigned to
Composite 3. 

When I try to switch to composite whiole watching LiveTV I get this in
the log:
2006-07-14 20:19:34.820 Channel::GetCurrentChannelNum(0): Failed to find Channel '0'
2006-07-14 20:19:34.834 Channel(/dev/video1)::TuneTo(0): Error, failed to find channel.
2006-07-14 20:19:34.836 TVRec(2) Error: Failed to set channel to ToggleInputs.
2006-07-14 20:19:34.851 Finished recording CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "I-15 Murders": channel 1043
2006-07-14 20:19:34.860 TVRec(2) Error: Channel: '' was not found in the database.
                        Most likely, your DefaultTVChannel setting is wrong.
                        Could not start livetv.
2006-07-14 20:19:34.876 TVRec(2): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None

For composite what do you set for the default channel? Or is something
else wrong?

Thanks,
James