[mythtv-users] PCHDTV-5500 Sound and Contrast on ubuntu

[Nathan Smith]

Hey Sam,

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Samuel Leathers wrote:

> I just got a PCHDTV-5500 card. Two issues I'm having. The first is the
> contrast is too high by default (looks great if I go in TVTime and change
> the contrast to 25%). How do I do this with mythtv to default to that?

I have had to do the same thing.. along with boost the color level to
about 80%, and the brightness to 60%, on every channel. Also, I don't know
if it's more the card or the software, but I found the default sound
configuration to be very low quality (you could hear the compression), so
I am now running with uncompressed audio.

> Next issue is audio. everytime I change the channel in mythtv, it resets
> the capture in alsamixer for the card to 49. It needs to be around 100 for
> it to be audible. Why is mythtv changing that level in the mixer on
> channel changes? Or if it's not mythtv doing it, what would cause that?

Did you set the default mixer volume level in the setup?

> Next issue is how do I get it so the sound is only on when I'm watching
> TV, or if I record something, it records from my line-in? Currently, after
> I go to the channel I want, ssh in to increase the capture volume, I can
> hear the audio, but when I stop watching TV, the audio continues to play.
> What would cause this?

Did you mute your line-in?

Nate