[mythtv-users] New user : CATV issue and a graphical issue

[Allan Wilson]

On 6/27/06, Derek Meek <thekazan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dropping back to menu after attempting to use LiveTV is one of many
> failures of related to initializing the card - check your frontend log
> and past the appopropriate lines in a reply
>
> Schott, Andrew (GE Healthcare) wrote:
>
> >Hello!
> >
> >I am new to MythTV and have 2 issues.  The first one is a catv
> issue.  For some reason when I select watch tv, it blanks the screen for a
> second and then drops back to the menu screen.  What do I do to fix
> this?  The second issue is probably the least troublesome to repair but is
> perplexing me.  Perhaps I need a driver, maybe not.  I have a Unichrome 2
> based VGA card (integrated) and all output is in monochrome.  What XFree
> argument do I pass to fix this?  On my desktop system, the nVIDIA card
> needed to be forced into component out to work correctly (this is an svideo
> to an rca connection as well).
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Andrew Schott
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Before going in to Myth try testing your card by using cat /dev/video0 >
/tmp/test.mpg and playing it back with mplayer. If you see video then it
should work fine in Myth if you have your video sources setup correctly in
mythtvsetup. You may have to manually compile Myth to work with unichrome
support. Take a look at the link below to see if it will help you out.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/XvMC#Unichrome

Allan
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