I added on my website the outputs of lspci and dmesg (relative to ivtv). I also added a SCREENSHOT and short video captured from the card showing how bad it is. Like i said it seem as if the red,green,blue are not lined up properly or something.
http://www.colar.net/ivtv/ Thank you. thibautc colar wrote: > Sorry if that question was asked before but i could not find an answer > to this. > > Ok, i have a PVR-250, i bought it quite a while ago, maybe 2002, and > have used it since in a DVR project (Myth and other things) and it was > always great. > > Anyhow, last month i upgraded to digital cable TV and upgraded mythtv > and ivtv(0.8). > > After upgrading myth, my picture started being greatly distorted, at > first i thought i screwed up my install, but since i have tried other > things like freevo, or just simple things like 'cat /dev/video0' and > that just provides distorted results. > > Here is what i mean by distorted: the top20+ percent of the image is > flickering fast between good and black, then there is a distorted band > (image edged not straight, sort of like when you put a magnet next to a > screen). The whole image have messed up colors (sort of like the > Green,red,blue aren't lined up quite properly). > > Since i did not trust the cable signal too much i decided to try the > svideo input (DVD player), and besides the image being sharper it is > basically the same issue (especially the top 20% flickering black.) > > Anyway at this point i'm wondering the following: > 1) Is it possible that a newer ivtv does not work right with my older > card, did that happen to anyone ? if yes should i try an older version. > 2) Is it possible a newer firmware is causing the issue, did that happen > to anybody ? (should i try an old one) > 3) Does it sound like maybe my card is just toast (any way to test this, > beside testing in a winblows box ?) > 4) Does the distortion i describe just sound like i did not set > something right (i tried just about any v4l2-ctl and ivtv-tune settings > i could think about). > > Any ideas ??? > > Let me know if you need screenshort/pictures, logs file etc... > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
