still getting the same compile errors, but I moved to the latest svn 
version (0.7) and everything is working great, we'll see how stable it is.

Bob Wessen wrote:
> thanks for the reply,
>
> using ivtv-tune gives the same results as ptune + myth.  "ivtv-tune -c 5 
> -t us-cable", Channel 5 (77.25 Mhz) Signal Detected comes up, but it is 
> the content from what should be channel 95.  No other channels come in 
> at all, it is as if the frequency->channel mapping is all wrong.  I 
> think the only reason that I get anything here is because there is a 
> point of convergence between whatever channel->frequency map my tuner is 
> stuck on the frequencies actually in use here (Comcast cable, US).
>
> I can still manually find the channels by using ivtvctl --set-freq=xxx 
> by specifying the values in (in what I thought was Hz, but I looking 
> again don't think thats quite it).  I have found many more channels 
> since my last email and I can reach every channel my TV can with enough 
> frequency hunting, so everything is functioning, just not tuning properly.
>
> Is this a general bug in us-cable ntsc land with 0.5.1? or am I the only 
> one seeing it? (aka: still something wrong with my box)
>
>
> ShadowRage wrote:
>   
>> 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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