[mythtv-users] Upgraded to .19 and only get static

[Kevin Kuphal]

Bill Bradley wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Just upgraded to .19 from .18 and everything works great except for 
> LiveTV and obviously new recordings.  When I try and view LiveTV all I 
> get now is static.  I have a PVR-250 taking input from an external 
> cable box.  I only upgraded the myth debs (i built them from source 
> since I run KnoppMyth but didnt want to blow away my entire system to 
> upgrade).  Since I am getting static it appears that ivtv is still 
> functioning but it is not setting the tuner to chan 3 so that it can 
> receive the input from the cable box. I still have ivtv 0.2.0 on the 
> backend.  Does .19 require a higher version (0.4.x) ?  I tried to 
> reset ivtv with ivtvctl -v input=3,output=1 but still get static.  
> Here is the output from a sql query showing myths tuner settings:
Did you update IVTV at the same time?

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_I_upgraded_my_ivtv_drivers_to_the_latest_version_and_now_I_can.27t_record_anything.

Also, the best diagnosis is to get your capture working outside of Myth 
before looking at a Myth problem.

Kevin