[mythtv] Colors too mellow and no sound

Tim Ansell mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Sun Jan 5 02:29:50 EST 2003


I'm using

options tuner type=5
options bttv card=72 radio=1 pll=1

Every channel is good apart from Seven which has sound fuzz, i think
that might just be my reception. (As it goes away if i add an offset in
xawtv).

Tim

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 02:15, Dan M wrote:
> Tim, I have the american version of the card (PV-BT878P+  Rev 8E).  What
> card= and tuner= are you using?  I've been fighting with this POS card
> for several hours and see some of the same problems you see.
> 
> Here's the config I'm using for modprobe:
> # bttv
> alias char-major-81     videodev
> alias char-major-81-0   bttv
> options bttv            card=37 radio=1
> options tuner           tuner=2
> 
> With this config, I can get an ok TV Signal and Sound through xawtv, but
> get a high pitch whine I haven't dug into yet.
> 
> Hope this helps!
> -Dan
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been working on creating a "TiVo" like device for my family and I
> > to use.
> > 
> > I've got an 
> > 
> > Athlon 1700XP+
> > 64MB ram
> > 60gig - 7200 RPM Seagate (ATA 100)
> > TV Excel Tuner Card (Rebagded Pixelview for Australian market) 
> > Nvidia Ge-force 2 MX 200 (with TV)
> > 
> > I've managed to both compile mythtv from source and use the pre-compiled
> > debs.
> > 
> > After managing to find tv_grab_aus (as I'm in Australia) mythtv captures
> > video fine and viewing live TV also works fine.
> > 
> > However the colors are too mellow. When viewing through xawtv the colors
> > are there normal vivid self.
> > 
> > As well when I first go into the "Watch Live TV" mode the default
> > channel doesn't have any sound. If I change the channel and then change
> > back sound works fine. As well none of the recordings have sound.
> > I'm using the ALSA drivers for a SIS Trident sound card.
> > 
> > Tim Ansell
> > 
> 
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