On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 16:32 -0600, Lane Schwartz wrote: > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:40:18 -0600, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am running the coax out from a digital cable box into the tuner of a > > PVR 250 and I can't get it tuned in at all. I have been running > > `/usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl & mplayer /dev/video0` and trying all > > different combinations. Things definitely change and range anywhere > > from a black screen to a screen with wavy colors, to regular old snow. > > The tuner > > shows up as a type 2 and I added that option to modprobe.conf: > > Have you tried this: > > cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/tmp.mpg > mplayer -vo xv /tmp/tmp.mpg > > That is what finally worked for me. Also for me, even when I tuned > snow or waves with what you tried, Myth had no problems with the > tuner. Might be worth seeing if Myth recognizes the card, even if you > have problems manually tuning. > > HTH, > Lane
-- This turned out to be my case as well. Even though I cannot tune a viewable picture by manually tuning, mythtv shows the picture fine (well, it needs a little work, but I am happy for now). Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone. Brad
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