dont use setfreq unless you plan on putting in the value in mhz

first ivtv-tune --help

and use ivtv-tune -c channel -f freqmap (freqmap can be listed via the
-L option)

On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 20:05 -0500, Bob Wessen wrote:
> more progress, but still no solution
> 
> using "dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16" and tuning manually with 
> "ivtvctl --set-freq=xxx" I can tune the card to channels and have them 
> come in correctly.  Using ptune.pl and myth still do not work.
> 
> For example:
> 
> ivtvctl --set-freq=1024 (lucky random value I started with) tunes the 
> card to the correct channel 5 (ntsc-cable).  Adding 100 to that tunes me 
> to Channel 6, I'm not sure what the actual Hz between channels should 
> be, but adding 100 gave a quality picture, where bumping it up or down 
> 20 after that made the picture start ghosting.
> 
> This doesn't work for all channels, but I have this so far:
> channel 3 = 760
> channel 4 = 860
> channel 5 = 1024
> channel 6 = 1124
> channel 95 = 1250 ???
> 
> Does this give anyone smarter than I any idea what is messed up?  Is the 
> tuner being detected wrong?  Is there a frequency to channel mapping 
> somewhere I can edit?
> 
> 
> Bob Wessen wrote:
> > In an effort to resolve the issues I've had with 0.4-0.4.2 I upgraded to 
> > kernel 2.6.15 and therefore upgraded to ivtv-0.5.1 (think this is 
> > necessary from reading the docs)
> >
> > All is going much better, no more errors reported in dmesg when loading 
> > ivtv and all the modules needed are there and registering properly as 
> > far as I can tell.
> >
> > I configured the kernel to build everything related to v4l + dvb as 
> > modules.  They are installed as expected in 
> > /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/kernel/drivers/media/ + the ivtv modules 
> > are installed in /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/ivtv/.  The only modules 
> > in the ivtv directory are ivtv.ko + ivtv-fb.ko, I am using all other 
> > modules from the 2.6.15 kernel.
> >
> > I can send video from video0 -> video16 and get a picture, although it 
> > is all static.
> >
> > My problem is now all channels come through as static except one 
> > channel.  The signal for this channel can be found by tuning to channel 
> > 5 (both using ptune/mplayer or mythtv), but the content of the signal is 
> > not channel 5, it is a home shopping channel, that is normally found 
> > somewhere in the channel 50-100 range.
> >
> > The only errors of any type I can come up with are related to building 
> > the 0.5.1 driver, it complains:
> >
> > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-gentoo-r1/build M=/root/ivtv-0.5.1/driver 
> > modules
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1'
> >   Building modules, stage 2.
> >   MODPOST
> > *** Warning: "tveeprom_hauppauge_analog" 
> > [/root/ivtv-0.5.1/driver/ivtv.ko] undefined!
> > *** Warning: "tveeprom_read" [/root/ivtv-0.5.1/driver/ivtv.ko] undefined!
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.15-gentoo-r1'
> >
> > (yes, I'm running as root till I can get this all working and the source 
> > isn't in the most logical place, but it works)
> >
> > This is supposedly related to the version of v4l in the kernel according 
> > to the wiki (but even in 2.6.15?).  I tried the instructions on the wiki 
> > for getting the cvs version of v4l, doing a make distclean and tried 
> > again.  This did not help.
> >
> > I'm making progress but once again stuck, google doesn't have any ideas, 
> > and I've seen scattered thoughts on similar problems on the mailing 
> > lists, but nothing seems to help.   Anyone have any suggestions as to 
> > where to go next or experience with this problem?
> >
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