On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:04:43 -0400 Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 17:42 -0400, SoxSlayer wrote: > > I have just gotten my HVR 1600 working, well sortof, and I'm running > > into some problems. I have used the latest driver from linuxtv.org. > > The driver and firmware load just fine and dmesg report nothing > > which would indicate an error. When I try and view the tv feed > > with mplayer tv:// the following is the output: > > > > $ mplayer tv:// > > MPlayer SVN-r29463-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team > > > Do this instead: > > $ v4l2-ctl -i 0 > Video input set to 0 (Tuner 1) > > $ ivtv-tune -t us-cable -c 4 > /dev/video0: 67.250 MHz (Signal Detected) > > $ mplayer /dev/video0 -cache 8192 > MPlayer dev-SVN-r26936-4.3.0 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (Family: 15, > Model: 107, Stepping: 2) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 > SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote > control. > > Playing /dev/video0. > Cache fill: 18.85% (1581056 bytes) > MPEG-PS file format detected. > VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 8000.0 kbps (1000.0 > kbyte/s) .... > > > > When I do cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg then play the file there is no > > audio and the video is not clear. I can barely tell what channel > > it is but it is in black and white and is very badly distorted. > > Hmmm, that should always work. Perhaps trying to use the tv:// option > to mplayer set the cx18 driver to an unusual state. Unload and reload > the module just to be sure you're in a known good state before running > the above test. > > Regards, > Andy > > > My linux distro is Gentoo with the latest, 2.6.30-gentoo-r4, kernel. > > Can anyone help with this problem? I just want to be able to watch > > tv from my linux box, no fancy mythtv or recording. > > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users Thanks a lot it worked. It's not too crucial but when there is a lot of motion it seems like every other pixel row is laggin behind the rest. It kinda looks like something to do with deinterlacing. Is there some setting in mplayer that can get rid of this. Also, what is the status of the IR remote that is included with the HVR-1600? I didn't see too much information while researching the other topics with the card and linux. -- Dustin Mitchell [email protected] _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
