[mythtv-users] why won't myth play with my PVR-500?

Greg Ferreri gferreri at gmail.com
Thu May 3 16:48:31 UTC 2007


Hi All,

I recently upgraded my myth box to Ubuntu Feisty 64-bit (from Edgy) and
decided to give my PVR-500 another chance.  In the past, the picture was
fuzzy and unwatchable... I figured due to ivtv/kernel issues.  Suprisingly,
feisty loaded up the drivers and detected the card just fine.  I can even
use the ivtv tools to change the channels, and I captured some nice video
using:

 cat /dev/video2 > test.mpg

So, I know the tuners are working.  I set up the cards in mythtv-setup, no
apparent problems there.  However, when I try to watch TV using either tuner
I just get a black screen for 10 seconds, then I'm returned to the main
menu.  Meanwhile, the backend is outputing a continuous stream of the same
message block over and over... I'm at work and don't have the actual text to
share, but I'm wondering if anyone has any pointers?


Thanks,
Greg
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