[mythtv-users] Tuner - static on .19

Jonathan Markevich mythtv at jonandtina.net
Thu May 18 13:45:13 UTC 2006


  On 5/17/06, Jonathan Markevich <mythtv[at]jonandtina.net> wrote:
 > >> Tuner 0 on my PVR250 only shows static. I tried different tuner 
types,
 > >> but the one that works the best is the autodetected one, "8". I 
can say
 > >> "best" because if I add S-Video as a source (even if not connected to
 > >> anything), switch to that and back, the tuner all of a sudden works.
 > >> Until I reboot or unload the ivtv driver or something.
 >
 >I had to manually tune a channel before using my PVR-250 in MythTV
 >with something like:
 >/usr/local/bin/ivtvctl -r 980 -d /dev/video0
 >
 >That's channel 3, but it shouldn't matter what you tune it to.
 >
 >-Khanh

Brilliant!  That did the trick.  Strange why that would be required now 
and not before.  I stuck this in my bootmisc.sh script and it sets it on 
bootup.

Thanks very much for your response.


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