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 Post subject: Pinnacle PCTV Pro
PostPosted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 1:01 pm 
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I have a PCTV pro card, but I cant get the TV viewing to work. The screen just goes blank and the PC freezes and i Have to reboot. I am admittedly a linux newbie, I just need a few pointers to get this thing working. I would just buy a winpvr 250, but i just graduated and have no money. Any help is appreciated. Especially in regards to configuring specifically for the PCTV pro, which im not sure how to do.

I have seen posts on other message boards about configuring the BTTV drivers specifically for the PCTV pro card, but i dont know where to find the config file or how to edit it.


Any help is appreciated!
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You can read how to solve this in my new book called "Perhaps a Search of the Forum". It is in the hardware chapter.

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LMAO :lol:
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fej64
 Post subject: best sellers list....
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Ok I smiled too, but I checked before and after I posted that and I still cant find what I need. I checked for configuring bttv, PCTV, etc. What am i looking for? Is there a guide to configuring BTTV once it is installed with Knoppmyth Auto-install? That would be ideal
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cesman
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First read:http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31
The file to edit is /etc/mythtv/modules/bttv not /etc/modules

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fej64
 Post subject: making progress..
PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:15 pm 
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Ok, i used vi to edit that file to the specs in that previous post you gave me. I changed the cardtype to 52. I also tried the default values you gave me.

I didnt get a blank screen, instead i got a mostly green screen with multi-color static in the top 15% of the screen. It "appeared" to be changing channels, and it responded to the # pad.
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I use:

options bttv card=52 tuner=2

works fine.
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fej64
 Post subject: still green screen
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I tried the tuner=2, but to no avail. Still the green screen with static. :cry:
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Cledus
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I have to reboot after changing it.

# reboot
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fej64
 Post subject: rebooting, same result
PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:57 pm 
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Reboot didnt work, tried twice. Changes definitely saved. Any other ideas?
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Do you have cable or a good antenna attached? Make sure the cable/antenna is connected to the TV input and not the radio input (if any). And did you tune to a valid channel? Also, make sure you have the correct signal type chosen in mythsetup (i.e. us-broadcast or us-cable if you are in the US).

Your problem sounds like the system is trying to process channel with no signal on it.
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