[mythtv-users] New Mythtv/Plextor TV402U installation, some questions

[Alan E. Davis]

An update about corrupted images: it's back, with red and blue
splotches on a black background.  It doesn't persist when the unit is
unplugged though.  I'll try to clear out the database.

Any clue would be appreciated.

Alan

On 4/10/06, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your response.
>
> On 4/9/06, Dale E. Martin <dale at the-martins.org> wrote:
> > Are you using myth 0.19?
>
> Yes.  I tried to compile svn but the compile failed.
>
> > > But today, somehow, only channel 5 worked.  I had seven or so channels
> > > typed in.
> >
> > What do you mean that the other channels don't work?  Do they not tune in,
> > or you can't even try to access them?
>
> Cannot change the channel.
>
> >
> > > Also, I might mention that previous installations led to unusual,
> > > corrupted video output of several types to the screen.
> >
> > If it's all garbled green, that is a classic symptom of not setting up
> > recording profiles in the front-end setup section (for Plextor USB tuners
> > anyways.)  You need to set the default profiles and live TV profiles at
> > least.
> >
>
> This was one of the symptoms, and I saw it on the new install
> yesterday.  Yes, setting up the recording profile fixed that.  Some
> other types of corruption included square blocks seemingly randomly
> scattered (like a DVD that is out of sync briefly), blue and red
> splashes on the black screen, moving (that didn't go away when I
> unplugged the unit!), and vertical stripes.  These are not happening
> now.
>
> > Take care,
> >   Dale
> > --
> > Dale E. Martin - dale at the-martins.org
> > http://the-martins.org/~dmartin
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