No the dd stuff is to /dev/video16 which is the mpeg playback not the frame buffer. The problem is probably that its lost its pal setting.
I would check that you have the std=2(I think and this is from memory since i'm at work) option to force PAL mode for ivtv and then reload ivtv as well as saa7127. John --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After you have loaded the modules, particularly the > ivtv-fb.o module, check the /var/log/messages file > > tail /var/log/messages > OR > cat /var/log/messages | more > > and find out what /dev/fb? file it the framebuffer > was mapped to. > It's possible you already have other framebuffer > device files mapped and you are "dd"ing to the wrong > device file. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Oliver Martini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:56 am > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 out > > > Hi all, > > > > I finally decided to install mythtv on a dedicated > computer. > > > > My hardware looks like the following: > > - P4P800SE Motherboard > > - Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz > > - 160 GB Samsumg HD > > - GeForce4 MX440 > > - PVR350 TV capture card > > > > I followed Jarod's Fedora guide till I got to the > following point: > > I tried to play some video thru the PVR-350's > output. with the > > followingcommands, but nothing got displayed on > the TV screen. > > # /usr/bin/ivtvfbctl /dev/fb0 -noglobalalpha > -localalpha > > # dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k > > > > I was able to get the test picture displayed on my > TV. But since I > > unloaded the module and loaded the module with the > following > > commands, I > > do have some weird strips accross my TV.# > /sbin/rmmod saa7127 > > # /sbin/modprobe saa7127 > > > > I did set the parameters for PAL output with the > following: > > # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0xff > > # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 > > # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=576 > > > > What are the steps I have to take, to get the > TV-out working? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Oliver > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
