[mythtv-users] PVR-350 on FC6 black screen on playback

Fred Firestine ffluvssg1 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 4 00:34:41 UTC 2007


Mitch,

It works in every other respect, and I have seen this problem reported
several places with a suggested fix. I just don't know why it isn't
working for me.  :-(

Fred

On 3/3/07, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try using the computer with a VGA or DVI monitor first.  If that works you
> know it is the PVR-350 card (which most likely it is)
>
> Mitchell
>
>
> On 3/3/07, Fred Firestine <ffluvssg1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Apologies if you have seen this on the ivtv list... After being a big
> > fan of MythTV for months on Fedora Core 4, I decided it was time to
> > upgrade to Fedora Core 6 (actually a fresh install). Most of my
> > settings, database info, etc. have been migrated properly, and
> > everything is working, except for watching recorded programs. When I
> > press play, sometimes I see a flash of the program followed by a black
> > screen, most of the time just a black screen. Audio is fine. I have
> > been searching around for several days now, and this seems to be a
> > common problem. The IVTV Howto recommends the following in
> > /etc/modprobe.conf:
> >
> > options ivtv-fb osd_compat=1
> >
> > This does not work for me. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I
> > noticed that if I minimize mythfrontend, I can see the video image
> > "bleeding through" the icons on the desktop, the taskbar, etc. Is
> > there any way I can take advantage of that as a workaround?
> >
> > Please help. My family is abandoning MythTV for the VCR.  :-(
> >
> > My setup:
> >
> > Fedora Core 6 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
> > MythTV 0.20.153
> > Two capture cards: PVR-350, PVR-150
> > Video output on PVR-350 TV Out
> >
> > [root at mythtv rules.d]# rpm -qa ivtv*
> > ivtv-0.10.1-126.fc6.at
> > ivtv_xdriver-0.10.7-8_r3843.fc6.at
> > ivtv-kmdl-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-0.10.1-126.fc6.at
> > ivtv-firmware-20070217-13.at
> >
> > /var/log/messages output during playback:
> >
> > Mar  3 13:15:19 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Stereo mode changed
> > Mar  3 13:15:19 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-fb warning: ivtv_fb_prep_frame:
> > Nothing to do. count = 0
> > Mar  3 13:15:40 mythtv last message repeated 610 times
> > Mar  3 13:15:40 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-fb warning:
> > IVTVFB_IOCTL_GET_ACTIVE_BUFFER no longer supported
> > Mar  3 13:15:40 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-fb warning:  - Please use
> > FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO
> > Mar  3 13:15:41 mythtv kernel: ivtv0-fb warning: ivtv_fb_prep_frame:
> > Nothing to do. count = 0
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Fred
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