I'm using mythtv .19 to record normally, however for testing I can get
the card to mute just by doing an ivtv-tune -d /dev/video0 -c x and the
card will mute.
I'll check mythtv settings though.
Hans Verkuil wrote:
>What application are you using to record or view or whatever? Check what
>it thinks the TV standard is. I suspect it is set to V4L2_STD_NTSC_M_JP
>instead of plain V4L2_STD_NTSC_M.
>
> Hans
>
>On Thursday 30 March 2006 23:37, Berant Lemmenes wrote:
>
>
>>Hmm well that's not good... as I live in the USA so standard NTSC.
>>
>>And as a typical American I didn't even think that it would default
>>to something else! ;)
>>
>>I'm not using any module options when loading the ivtv module
>>(module.conf snip)
>>
>># cat /etc/modprobe.conf
>>alias eth0 forcedeth
>>alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv
>>alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
>>options snd-card-0 index=0
>>options snd-intel8x0 index=0
>>remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
>>; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
>>alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>>alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
>>
>># ivtv (PVR-500MCE)
>>alias char-major-81 videodev
>>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
>>alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
>>
>>is there a module option to force the type? I did some quick checks
>>on the ivtvdriver.org site and didn't see anything. I'll start
>>googling.
>>
>>Thanks for the quick response!
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Berant
>>
>>Hans Verkuil wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Thursday 30 March 2006 22:50, Berant Lemmenes wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello all,
>>>>
>>>>I've recently setup a mythv system with a single PVR-500, taking
>>>>input from a Comcast basic (non-digital) cable feed.
>>>>
>>>>The issue I'm having is that the first tuner on the PVR-500
>>>>(tuner0) will automatically mute it's self when tuning to certain
>>>>channels. Once this happens I can't un-mute the card (via ivtvctl
>>>>-y mute=0 -d /dev/video0), and have to remove the ivtv module and
>>>>reload it.
>>>>
>>>>I can it's not just the lower frequency channels ( which I under
>>>>stand overlap with the FM radio range) either, it will mute when
>>>>tuning to us-cable channel 8 (181.250 MHz), as well as channel 62
>>>>(451.250 MHz) but works fine on 33 (277.250 MHz).
>>>>
>>>>While tuner1 works great on all the channels.
>>>>
>>>>Visually there is not much of a difference as far as quality (other
>>>>than some ghosting on channel 8), and the audio sounds perfect when
>>>>listening on tuner1.
>>>>
>>>>#ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 --log-status while muted
>>>>ivtv0: ================= START STATUS CARD #0 =================
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Video signal: present
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Detected format: NTSC-M
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Detected audio mode: mono
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Detected audio standard: EIAJ
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Audio muted: yes
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Audio microcontroller: running
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Configured audio standard: automatic detection
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Configured audio system: EIAJ
>>>>cx25840 2-0044: Specified standard: NTSC-J
>>>>
>>>>
>>>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>
>>>Specified standard NTSC-J? What module options did you use? That's
>>>the Japanese NTSC standard. Or do you live in Japan?
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
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