[mythtv-users] TV Screen Scrambled

[Darren]

> Dear list,
>
> I have the tv card configured and it works fine with kdetv and xawtv.
 It's possible kdetv and xawtv apply their own scan rates and resolution. 

>The  mode is set to pal. When I start mythtv, the tv screen is scrambled. 
 I'm not sure where mythtv gets it's resolution and sync info from but you can 
try adjusting your xorg.conf for the xserver. 

> When I start xawtv after terminatin mythtv I can't see any screen. I think a 
When an application like xawtv or mythtv uses the tv card it locks it up so 
other apps can't use it. You must completely close down the app to free up 
the tv card. Same goes after using mythtv, you must shutdown mythbackend to 
free up the tv card.

> tracked it down v4linfo shows that the mode is set to auto when mythtv is
> running. How can I tell mythtv to use PAL mode?
You will find the mode in mythtv-setup in the General area.

>
> best regards
>
> Dani
>
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 tveeprom
> alias char-major-81-1 em28xx
> options em28xx tuner=71
> options tuner pal=bg mode=pal
>
>
> tuner
>     VIDIOCGTUNER
> 	tuner                   : 0
> 	name                    : "Tuner"
> 	rangelow                : 704
> 	rangehigh               : 15328
> 	flags                   : 0x7 [PAL,NTSC,SECAM]
> 	mode                    : AUTO
> 	signal                  : 65535
>
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The following mythtv doc may help.

http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.4

cheers

darren