[mythtv-users] HD PVR NTSC or PAL?

[Rajil Saraswat]

On 10/27/2017 09:48 PM, Rajil Saraswat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a couple of HD PVR 1212 bought from ebay. One of the devices
> worked out of the box, however I could not get the other device to work.
> Poking with v4l2-ctl i see
>
> For working device:
>
> Video input : 0 (Component: ok)
> Audio input : 2 (SPDIF)
> Video Standard = 0x00000007
>         PAL-B/B1/G
>
> For Non-working device:
>
> Video input : 0 (Component: ok)
> Audio input : 2 (SPDIF)
> Video Standard = 0x0000f900
>         PAL-M/60
>         NTSC-M/M-JP/443/M-KR
>
>
> HD PVR-1212 doesnt seem to be a multi-PAL device (my video feed is
> PAL-B). This is news to me. The Hauppauge page
> (http://hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hdpvr.html) lists both PAL and
> NTSC formats.
>
> Can the video standard be changed?
>
> Is there a model number specific to the video standard supported?
>
> Thanks
>
I was able to change the Video standard of my non-working device using

v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0  --set-standard=6

and now it works. Solved!