From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EveT0-0006L3-E6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:36:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k08HYYiE001003; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:34:36 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.203]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k08HWb3A000696 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 17:32:37 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i6so1388011wra for ; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:32:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DJqxNeOmFIugXWB+0PBUSARyqwnWWt+hhAbFi3Acc9svBaeB9NEohc9PuX6mLkinB7bfXle8Z58XtBpdVmFHEwyCuUCnPNGADis30G3HysiouFvCr1oxwwLwV31kU9eydzjGmDVV16R0xqNHmKB7300zG88Hc5i4iEWRwoPQQ40= Received: by 10.65.213.18 with SMTP id p18mr2315888qbq; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:32:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.163.16 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:32:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0601080932u2edb0562xdad5c8e0c5abd238@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:32:36 -0800 From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT - Need MythTV setup help (resend) In-Reply-To: <20060108085031.5e850782@chi.speakeasy.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <1135878795.9187.17.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1136154629.9572.4.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1136155627.3028.3.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <1136156252.3686.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20060101174719.0a21e8de@chi.speakeasy.net> <20060101192012.7dce0470@chi.speakeasy.net> <1136680929.9948.4.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20060107195002.7f9200f9@chi.speakeasy.net> <1136697447.10009.2.camel@camille.espersunited.com> <20060108085031.5e850782@chi.speakeasy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k08HWb3A000696 X-Archives-Salt: 34b3c628-d49d-4cec-8218-75ae23f89f7b X-Archives-Hash: d119335f47070ba21805f41928417385 Michael Sullivan wrote: > I tried the test "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" and opening it in mplayer > and all I got was the blank screen. I've been through this numerous times. It's no fun. Sorry. First, and most important, what does dmesg about ivtv show when you boot? Second, when you record 10 seconds of data to test.mpg what is the file size? Zero/small means ivtv simply isn't working. Large means it is but the tuner or something else is not working correctly. Note that there are a number of us that are unable to reboot PVR cards. We must cold boot them to have them operate correctly. Info will show up in dmesg if you are one of this unfortunate select group. lspci -x after a warm and cold boot would show a difference. Hope this helps, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list