On Sat, 2010-10-23 at 18:35 +0100, Ian Armstrong wrote:
> On Saturday 23 October 2010, David wrote:

> > So, I think my rawvideo options were mostly correct, and it's actually
> > some v4lctl option that I need to set.
> > 
> > I did just try using "NTSC" and "SECAM" values with "v4lctl setnorm",
> > and they look even worse.
> > 
> > Are there some other v4lctl options I should play with? (I'm a
> > beginner with this).
> > 
> > In case you're interested, here's a link to the mpg, so you can see
> > the current distorted look
> > 
> > http://wizzardx.isisview.org/uploads/misc/output_vid.mpg
> > 
> > (produced by v4lctl setnorm "PAL", then catting /dev/video0 to the
> > mpg, for a couple of seconds)
> 
> That looks like a format mismatch. Though the capture is pal resolution, the 
> captured video looks like ntsc.
> 
> When using v4l2-ctl simply setting the format to ntsc or pal should be 
> sufficient for the capture to work. I think the same applies to v4lctl.

David,

Also make sure all captures on that card
(/dev/video0, /dev/video24, /dev/video32) are stopped when changing TV
norm, otherwise it may not take effect.

BTW 
        v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --log-status 

will show you the driver version and the card status (the cx25843 status
mostly applies to the tuner input).

        v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -L

will show you the settings of the user controls.

        v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -S

will show you what TV norm that the input is set to expect.

        v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -I

will show you the currently selected input.     

Regards,
Andy



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