[mythtv-users] Almost there.. PVR 350 w/ X TV OUT Problem.

[rick-myth at perlmonkey.org]

Thanks for the suggestions, but neither worked.  starting myth just
started it w/ the same distored video, pressing enter didn't do anything.

> Am So, den 11.04.2004 schrieb rick-myth at perlmonkey.org um 22:27:
>> I have been scouring the internet for the last 5 hours or so trying to
>> find the solution to my problem.  I've got the ivtv drivers setup for my
>> PVR 350, and the input and output (via dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16
>> bs=64k) is working beautifully.  However when I start X (4.3.0) the
>> display on my screen is distorted.  It loooks as if it is horizontally
>> compressed, and mirrored, vertically the whole image isn't shown
>> (streches
>> off screen).  I've tried just about every resolution I can think of as
>> well as frequency.  This is NTSC output, so no PAL options are holding
>> me
>> back.  I haven't been able to find a single person that has a similar
>> problem. Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Hmm,
>
> this sounds like an old problem. Usually you get it if you have any
> test_ioctl commands in the chain before you start X.
>
> Try hitting Enter twice after mythtv has started, this usually fixes it.
> Or try a dd to /dev/video16, this should fix it as well.
>
> Torsten
> --
> Walkthrough: MythTV on Epia with PVR350 using Debian:
> http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/myth/mythtv_debian_epia_pvr350_walkthrough
>
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