On Thursday 25 May 2006 14:10, Håvard Wall wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 May 2006 11:28, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > On Wednesday 24 May 2006 09:19, Håvard Wall wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm running ivtv-0.6.2 on kernel 2.6.16.14 (gentoo-2.6.16-r7) and
> > > I'm experiencing several issues such as the firmware sometimes
> > > fails to load. But most annoying is the colors on playback: The
> > > red color seems to be way to weak (or maybe totally absent?).
> > > This happens both in passthrough mode, and cat foo.mpg >
> > > /dev/video16.
> > >
> > > Below is the ivtv messages from the syslog and the output of
> > > ivtvctl --log-status
> > >
> > > Any hints on how to solve or troubleshoot this is much
> > > appreciated.
> >
> > There is a saturation bug in the cx25840 module. Unfortunately you
> > will either have to patch the kernel yourself (see the README and
> > the patches in the misc directory of ivtv), wait for
> > 2.6.17/ivtv-0.7 or use the v4l-dvb repository and the ivtv trunk
> > version.
>
> Thanks a lot for the tips.
>
> I used the cx25840 patch and the image quality improved
> significantly! But the color issues are still there (absence of red
> colors). I also have issues with changing channels which usually
> doesn't work. I my log files I find error messages saying something
> about firmware timeout. I then plugged my card into my ancient
> wintendo, and there the pvr-350 works perfectly. No color issues. No
> issues when changing channels.
>
> Any more hints?
I apparently didn't pay attention: the pvr350 uses the saa7115, not the
cx25840. So that patch wouldn't have mattered. Is the color issue also
present if you capture a recording and then play it with xine or
mplayer? Or only when watching the TV-out?
Hans
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