[mythtv-users] PVR-500 (MCE?) Firmware

cythrault at gmail.com cythrault at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 19:23:17 EDT 2005


On 7/19/05, cythrault at gmail.com <cythrault at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/19/05, John Clabaugh <bubbaslash at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/19/05, cythrault at gmail.com <cythrault at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I wanted to let you know that I prevailed against a PVR-500. :)
> > >
> > > I had the oh-so-common static / back screen. While Googling about it I
> > > found a "bug report" for Jarod's guide filed by Niklas :
> > >
> > > http://svn.wilsonet.com/projects/mythtvology/ticket/20
> > >
> > > … which says that the message from the ivtv driver about using the
> > > recommended firmware version is "nothing to be worried about". Well,
> > > sorry Jarod, it's not. ;)
> > >
> > > I downloaded the right firmware. I had to shutdown for a minute but
> > > after that everything started working like a charm.
> > >
> > > I don't know if it's a issue with the MCE version of the PVR-500 or
> > > certain revisions of the card. Anyhow, here's the output of lspci -vv:
> > >  [...]
> >
> > Is your tuner PAL or NTSC?  I have a 500MCE version D492 (NTSC) that I
> > can't get audio on the second channel.  If you have the same, I'd love
> > to know how you got the audio to work.
> 
> Doh! I did not take the time to actually check that part. As soon as I
> saw thumbnails in MythWeb I declared victory.
> 
> I'm in the same boat. No sound on the second "card". Does not look
> like a Myth problem though.

http://svn.wilsonet.com/projects/mythtvology/ticket/52

;)

-- 
cyth


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