On Tuesday 13 February 2007 03:26, Andrew Ziobro wrote:
> Yes I was using ivtv-tune.
>
> I am in the us and tried us-cable freq. I testing with tuning
> channels 2-10 on cable and only got 5 and 6. The frequency reported
> back looks like it agrees with the frequencies table I found online.
>
> I am wondering if there is anything special about this pvr-500. It
> came build into an HP dec Z558 system.
>
> Any ideas on what to try next? Thanks for the help.
It's a really weird problem. It's a completely standard tuner that's
used by many others without any problem. Are you really, really sure
you are using the correct frequencies? You can verify the selected
frequency by running v4l2-ctl --log-status.
Regards,
Hans
>
> Drew
>
> On 2/12/07, Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Monday 12 February 2007 19:21, Andrew Ziobro wrote:
> > > I have tried everything that I know and am looking for help.
> > >
> > > When I can use mplayer to play a stream from the card, but the
> > > tuner only seems to lock on channel 5 and 6. And the quaility of
> > > that tunning is very poor. Channel 5 audio is clear, but video is
> > > mostly black and white. Channel 6 the video is mostly color, but
> > > the sound has static on it.
> > >
> > > This seems like the same issue as
> > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=298743 but there does
> > > not apear to have been any resolution.
> > >
> > > Please any help would be greatly welcomed.
> > >
> > > I am running a Fresh Gentoo install with kernel 2.6.19-r5 (Build
> > > from gentoo-sources)
> > > I have emerged the ivtv driver form portage.
> > > I have tried both the firmware that is recommended and the recent
> > > version attached to the .10 series. release canditate.
> > > I did try to install ivtv version 0.10.0r1, but had issues
> > > getting the test directory to comiple. I was able to comment that
> > > out and get the 0.10.0r1 to install, but had the same issues. I
> > > even tried the svn and that had the same results.
> >
> > I assume you are using ivtv-tune to select a channel. Did you
> > select the correct frequency table? I suspect that is simply the
> > problem.
> >
> > Hans
> >
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