[mythtv-users] PVR-350 +Comcast

[Art Fore]

On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 21:09 -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
> , 2006, at 8:42 PM, Art Fore wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 19:16 -0800, Art Fore wrote:
> >> On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 02:25 +0000, Leigh wrote:
> >>> Art Fore wrote:
> >>>>
> >>> How have you got the cable connected to the 350? i.e which physical
> >>> input on the card?
> >>> In my setup I've got a normal terrestrial coax connected to  
> >>> tuner0, and
> >>> my cable box connected to Composite0 (via a SCART <--> SVID adapter
> >>
> >> Don't have a cable box, never have had for over 10 years now. Have  
> >> the
> >> cable hooked directly to the tuner input on the card.
> >>
> > cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg now works, but to watch tv from  
> > mythfrontned,
> > I get a black screen and the only way out is to kill it. I get the
> > following message from the mythbackend
> >
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.632 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.652 Unknown video codec
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.652 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording
> > Profiles and
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.653 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.653 Assuming RTjpeg for now.
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.653 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec
> > 2006-02-04 19:29:16.667 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface,
> > falling back
> > VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument
> >
> > Probably setup with mythtv-setup which is rather cryptic and have  
> > tried
> > both composite0 and tuner0, same thing. Is there a sample setup
> > somewhere that one can look at?
> 
> Sounds like you have set up your capture card as a "v4l" type. You  
> need to set it up as a "MPEG-2" type, the description of the card  
> will mention the PVR-250/350 I believe. After positioning the cursor  
> on the card type with the up and down arrows, use the right and left  
> arrows to select the card type. It's a little tricky to know where  
> you are in the screen sometimes, but you can figure it out.
> 
> >
> > BTW, how do you change channels in mythtv when viewing a channel (If I
> > ever get to that point)?
> >
> 
> With the number keys on the keyboard, followed by CR (unless you have  
> instant channel change enabled). You can also use a remote-control if  
> you have set that up.

At last, got the video with sound. Thanks for the info.

Now to get the brightness up. LCD monitor is fine, it is the output from
the card. Now, how to adjust?

Art