Well over the weekend I verified that Mythtv was setup for NTSC, ran a 
new cable from the demarc to eliminate cabling issues, and verified that 
disabling mythtv from starting and rebooting I have the same issue with 
ivtv-tune and cat'ing /dev/video0 to a file.

the ivtv module as well as the cx25840 module didn't like ntsc=m as an 
option, and I've been unable to locate anything on disabling/forcing the 
auto detection of the audio format.

It looks like a 2.6.16-1 kernel and ivtv 0.6.1 are on atrpms so I might 
try that tonight.

For what it's worth it seems like it's a transient signal on the line 
that causes the problem, as I did several tests this weekend scheduling 
things to record on tuner0 that are on problem channels and they worked 
fine.  Of course when a schedule recording came up that I actually 
wanted it didn't have audio :).

Anyone have any other thoughts on things I can try?

Below are the ivtvctl -a's for both tuner0 and tuner1 since I neglected 
to include those originally.

Thanks!
-Berant

# ivtvctl -a -d /dev/video0
ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
Codec parameters
aspect      : 2
audio       : 0x00e9
bframes     : 3
bitrate_mode: 0
bitrate     : 8000000
bitrate_peak: 9600000
dnr_mode    : 0
dnr_spatial : 0
dnr_temporal: 8
dnr_type    : 0
framerate   : 0
framespergop: 15
gop_closure : 1
pulldown    : 0
stream_type : 14
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
        Type   : Video Capture
        Width  : 720
        Height : 480
ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
        Driver name   : ivtv
        Card type     : WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
        Bus info      : 0000:03:08.0
        Driver version: 1028
        Capabilities  : 0x01070011
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
        Input   : 0
        Name    : Tuner
        Type    : 0x00000001
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 1
        Name    : Composite 0
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 2
        Name    : Composite 1
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 3
        Name    : S-Video 0
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 4
        Name    : S-Video 1
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0
ioctl VIDIOC_G_INPUT ok
Video input = 0
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT
ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO
        Input   : 0
        Name    : Tuner Audio In

        Input   : 1
        Name    : Audio Line 1

        Input   : 2
        Name    : Audio Line 2

        Input   : 3
        Name    : Audio Line 3

        Input   : 4
        Name    : Audio Line 4
ioctl VIDIOC_G_AUDIO ok
Audio input = 0: Tuner Audio In
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY ok
Frequency = 1076
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD
        index       : 0
        ID          : 0x0000000000003000
        Name        : NTSC
        Frame period: 1001/30000
        Frame lines : 525

        index       : 1
        ID          : 0x00000000000000FF
        Name        : PAL
        Frame period: 1/25
        Frame lines : 625

        index       : 2
        ID          : 0x00000000007F0000
        Name        : SECAM
        Frame period: 1/25
        Frame lines : 625
ioctl VIDIOC_G_STD ok
Video standard = 0x00003000
ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
Brightness = 128
Contrast = 64
Saturation = 64
Hue = 0
Volume = 58880
Mute = 1

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# ivtvctl -a -d /dev/video1
ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
Codec parameters
aspect      : 2
audio       : 0x00e9
bframes     : 3
bitrate_mode: 0
bitrate     : 8000000
bitrate_peak: 9600000
dnr_mode    : 0
dnr_spatial : 0
dnr_temporal: 8
dnr_type    : 0
framerate   : 0
framespergop: 15
gop_closure : 1
pulldown    : 0
stream_type : 14
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
        Type   : Video Capture
        Width  : 720
        Height : 480
ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
        Driver name   : ivtv
        Card type     : WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
        Bus info      : 0000:03:09.0
        Driver version: 1028
        Capabilities  : 0x01030011
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
        Input   : 0
        Name    : Tuner
        Type    : 0x00000001
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 1
        Name    : Composite 0
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 2
        Name    : Composite 1
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 3
        Name    : S-Video 0
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0

        Input   : 4
        Name    : S-Video 1
        Type    : 0x00000002
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
        Status  : 0
ioctl VIDIOC_G_INPUT ok
Video input = 0
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT
ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO
        Input   : 0
        Name    : Tuner Audio In

        Input   : 1
        Name    : Audio Line 1

        Input   : 2
        Name    : Audio Line 2

        Input   : 3
        Name    : Audio Line 3

        Input   : 4
        Name    : Audio Line 4
ioctl VIDIOC_G_AUDIO ok
Audio input = 0: Tuner Audio In
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY ok
Frequency = 1076
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD
        index       : 0
        ID          : 0x0000000000003000
        Name        : NTSC
        Frame period: 1001/30000
        Frame lines : 525

        index       : 1
        ID          : 0x00000000000000FF
        Name        : PAL
        Frame period: 1/25
        Frame lines : 625

        index       : 2
        ID          : 0x00000000007F0000
        Name        : SECAM
        Frame period: 1/25
        Frame lines : 625
ioctl VIDIOC_G_STD ok
Video standard = 0x00003000
ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
Brightness = 128
Contrast = 64
Saturation = 64
Hue = 0
Volume = 58880
Mute = 0


Hans Verkuil wrote:

>You can force the TV standard using the ivtv ntsc=m module option, but
>still it shouldn't be necessary. What does ivtvctl -U say before and after
>running MythTV?
>
>         Hans
>  
>
>

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