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Ok I figured it out thanks<BR>
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I define a new video source Rogers cable and select us-cable. Now I can see channel 4 which is what I've been using for testing. <BR>
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I must say that the video quality is just awful need to work on that now.<BR>
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Thanks<BR>
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Hugues<BR>
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On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 16:19 -0400, Hugues Belanger wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hey All,</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Well I've always been a big fan of MythTV, but I've yet to get it working properly...! </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I've tried two different capture cards and I get the same problem now I figure it must be something I just don't understand this is why I'm begging for help:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hardware:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">MediaReady 5000</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Via 1G CPU</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">VIA S3 Unichrome w/tvOut</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">PVR 150</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Software:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ubuntu 5.04</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv 0.38</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">mythtb 0.18.1</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's what I know:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv works, mplayer /dev/outputs video and ptune.pl allows me to change channels. Not sure about the sound yet I have got that far.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I can play movies with mythvideo.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I configure mythtv-setup with the following</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">-capture card v4l</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">/dev/video0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/dev/dsp</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/dev/vbi0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tuner 0</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">- Configured Video Source starchoice (zapt2it)</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">- Configured input Connnection</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/dev/video0 --> Tuner0</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">When I start Livetv I just get a blanck screen with the following in my mythbackend.log:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.568 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.600 adding: mediaready as a client (events: 0)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.660 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.663 adding: mediaready as a client (events: 1)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.671 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.673 adding: mediaready as a client (events: 0)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.696 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.699 adding: mediaready as a client (events: 0)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.708 adding: mediaready as a remote ringbuffer</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.724 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.786 Unknown video codec</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.789 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.791 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.793 Assuming RTjpeg for now.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.796 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:20.877 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">VIDIOCGCHAN: Invalid argument</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Can't read vbi data</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:30.878 NVR: Only read -1 bytes of 4096 bytes from '/dev/dsp</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">read audio: Input/output error</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">2005-10-24 15:47:30.884 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's what dmesg say about ivtv:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.10-5-386 preempt 386 gcc-3.3</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26032, rev = C199, serial# = 2984601</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tveeprom: audio processor = CX25841 (type = 23)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25841 (type = 1c)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom[50], addr=50]</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">cx25840: loading /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840[50], addr=44]</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775[50], addr=1b]</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c driver #0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================</FONT><BR>
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