[mythtv-users] green video from cat /dev/video0

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sat Mar 13 22:01:08 UTC 2010


On Saturday 13 March 2010 02:11:39 pm James Pifer wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 17:23 +0000, Mike Perkins wrote:
> > James Pifer wrote:
> > > I'm trying to split my video storage from my OS and data to see if it
> > > fixes my bad video problems on some recordings. I installed a new
> > > smaller drive for the OS. I figured I'd also upgrade everything. I
> > > installed CentOS 5.4 and installed all the packages for myth. Imported
> > > my database, etc, etc. I also installed the latest ivtv packages.
> > >
> > > When I cat test videos all I'm getting in the resulting video is a
> > > green picture. I've compared my modprobe.conf with my old one and it
> > > looks good. The /dev/video? devices appear to be there. ivtv modules
> > > appear to be loaded.
> > >
> > > I have a PVR150/250/350.
> > >
> > > myth recording do not work, which is why I started testing.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Dodgy cable or connector somewhere? Sounds more like a physical problem
> > than a software one.
> 
> Cards and connections haven't changed, just put in a new hard drive for
> the OS.

If you had your hands in the case, be careful, it's easy to knock something 
loose (cable or card). I speak from many unhappy experiences.


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