Just to be clear, "using cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" (what I said in my last e-mail) does mean viewing test.mpg and seeing the distortion there as well.
- Christopher Thielen Christopher Thielen wrote: > I experience the same error after unloading and reloading ivtv and using > cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg. > > I should note it appears to occur on certain color combinations. On one > TV show, for instance, the camera cuts between a man in the studio with > a large blue background (blue color takes up most of the frame) and > another man in the field (with different colors). When on the man in the > field, this distortion occurs, but when it cuts back to the blue studio, > the distortion stops immediately. So, I think it's based on the frame > being displayed if that's possible.. > > - Christopher Thielen > > Hans Verkuil wrote: > >>> I have tried using multiple playback programs (mythtv, vlc, quicktime, >>> etc.) and I'm confident the video file is not corrupt or being played >>> back incorrectly. It is a problem during recording. >>> >>> Has anybody experiencing this tearing before? My PVR-500 worked >>> beautifully until I wiped clean, upped to FC7. Now I get this tearing: >>> >>> http://chris.luethy.net/get_photo.php?id=657 >>> http://chris.luethy.net/get_photo.php?id=658 >>> >>> Recently, I wiped it clean again and installed the latest version of >>> KnoppMyth and still, the problem persists. >>> >>> Any ideas? Firmware issue maybe? >>> >>> >> Weird. First a simple test: unload ivtv (rmmod ivtv) and load it again >> (modprobe ivtv). Then use ivtv-tune to select a channel and run 'cat >> /dev/video0 >test.mpg'. Check with mplayer or similar whether the test.mpg >> is correct or not. Let me know the result. >> >> Regards, >> >> Hans >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
