[mythtv-users] Re: showing snow on tv using Jarods Guide

[Micha]

well i tried p values 1-9, only 4 shows snow the others only show a black
screen,
i tired different channels using
./ptune.pl --channel 23 --input /dev/video0 --freqtable pal-europe-west
./ptune.pl --channel 21 --input /dev/video0 --freqtable pal-europe-west
...
any hints were i can find the failure ??
or are there any special settings i have to do for germany ...
thanks for any help
Micha


my modules.conf
path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
# default path
path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
options ivtv debug=0
options tuner type=8
options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c
alias eth0 8139too
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 usb-uhci
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
# OSS/Free compatability portion
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# Sound card #1
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
# Save & restore settings
post-install snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
pre-remove snd-card-0 /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || :


>On Dec 1, 2003, at 12:57, Micha wrote:
>
>> at the step where i have to proff the tv-card *cat /dev/video0 >
> >/tmp/test_capture.mpg* the movie only shows white and black ... not a
> >picture sorry i dont know how to describe exactly *coming from
>> germany* i
>> would suggest snow falling :)
>
>Sounds like you're not capturing on the right input. I see snow if I
>try to capture on the tuner without an antenna or cable feed. Try some
>different -p values, and/or hook up something to the coax input.
>
>> and the movie player does not work correct, if i want to use it it only
>> outputs the error: sorry, this color-depth is not enough.
>> my resolutions setings are 1024-768 using millions of colors.
>> oh yes i am using an pvr-350
>> thank you for any help.
>
>Not sure what's going on there... You certainly do have enough color
>depth, and your card seems to be recognized just fine...
>
>-- 
>Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE