[mythtv-users] Video coming out on composite0nottelevision output

[mythtv]

Hey Ray,

I saw a special for a pinnacle TV rave card for 9 bucks, so I went and got it. I
stuck it in and everything works, no problems(Except finetuning and editing the
mysql database and a weird audio problem).

Thanks for your help, I will save the other card for a future install.

If you dont mind...when using that mythfilldatabase --xawchanneals.  What is
sourceid?

Also, I just used the number "1" as sourceid and I now have duplicate entries in my
SQL database for channels.

Can you tell me the header entries for the SQL table for channels?

The rest I will try and figure out on my own..

Thanks,

Bruce

Ray Olszewski wrote:

> I can't help with most of this, since I do not use the hardware you use,
> and I am not familiar with how tvtime labels things. I limit myself to
> answering a couple of the specifics you asked about (and even that much
> only because I have seen no other replies to this ... I really doubt I am
> the most knowledgeable person here with respect to your problem).
>
> I do recall in the past seeing some threads on the Leadtek card, so you
> might find it useful to search the list archive to see if they contain any
> helpful advice.
>
> At 12:58 AM 11/28/2003 -0500, mythtv wrote:
> [...]
> >I have been trying for ~3-4 weeks trying to get mythtv to work at all. I tried
> >tv-time
> >because it has less overhead and I can see the results more instantanious.
> >
> >first, I am not sure what dictaes the input as composite0 or televison.
>
> Neither am I, in tvtime. But usually,
>
>          "television" is associated with the RF signal, coming on on a coax
> jack, that is tunable to specific channels
>
>          "composite*" is associated with an NTSC or PAL composite signal,
> coming in on an RCA jack, that is not tunable.
>
> On the vidcap cards I have used (A Hauppauge and an AverTV), the sources
> were Television and Composite1. Television was source 0.
>
>  From your comments below, it does sound like your test tvtime setup ... or
> perhaps the v4l driver itself ... is somehow mixing up the inputs. Its use
> of "composite0" is certainly consistent with that sort of mixup, but I
> can't help you with the details.
>
> [...]
> >Now I tried the card on an old PC and everything works fine, except that
> >it is an old
> >
> >500mhz system and I do not want to use it there.
> >I cant see any difference in the above hardware outputs between the 2
> >systems. I am
> >using a Nvidia mx440 with their drivers installed on X.
>
> I don't understand this. "everything works fine" and "I cant see any
> difference" seem to be contradictory statements. Anyway, since you don't
> tell us the details of either system's hardware, we are unlikely to be able
> to suggest any possible hardware problems.
>
> >So What I am doing is trying to get any picture I can. In television input
> >mode, I
> >can change the channels, but get a "no signal" on the display. When I
> >switch to
> >composite0 I can see 1 channel, the channel that I last tuned to while I
> >was in
> >"television mode".
>
> This description is what makes me think that your tvtime setup is in fact
> associating "composite0" with the RF input source.
>
> >For mythtv, I tried all diferent inputs during setup input configuration.
> >What dictates composite0, 1,3 and television as inputs? It seems to me
> >that my video
> >is being ported to the wrong one of the aforementioned.
>
> Does Myth (not tvtime) really report both a "Composite0" and a "Television"
> as available to you? Does it behave the saem way as tvtime with respect to
> use of these inputs?
>
> Try reporting here how the source-identification problem manifests itself
> in Myth and you might get better help.
>
> >Thanks for your help. This is driving me nuts.
> [old stuff deleted]