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ANDYSWAIN
PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:17 am 
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I have Knoppmyth up and running finally - fantastic
However for 2 weeks the PVR 250 wouldn't tune to any channel and I eventually found that I needed to Edit /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv and set tuner type to 20 for Pal not Ntsc.

Is this something that should have happened automatically? If not it would be really helpful to have a line in the install instructions, or better a PAL/NTSC question in the setup scripts. with that info my install would have been overnight.

I did find the info in the forums eventually but I didn't know what I was looking for and the instructions imply it "just works" which it does apart from this.

Great project. I have failed to get Myth working several times under redhat and this is far easier. Thanks.

Andy
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beamland
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:11 am 
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I'm in PAL land (Switzerland) and had to edit these files to get it working with my PVR 350:

/etc/init.d/set_ivtv_params

Change line 4:
from IVTV_DT='0' to IVTV_DT='4'

Change line 5:
from IVTV_DF='NTSC' to IVTV_DF='PAL'

Change line 29:
from "...height=450" to "...height=576"

/etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv

Change line 4:
from "options tuner type=2" to "options tuner type=5"

BTW: what's the difference between tuner type=5 and tuner type=20?!?

After this do a update-modules and then a depmod -a... then reboot. Of course some settings in mythtv-setup (you can start it from command line) need to be set to PAL as well.
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krypton_john
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Hey guys, what model number do your cards have? I have the 32559 card (PVR-250 MCE OEM - Pal version) and so far I cannot get it to tune to the PAL broadcast in New Zealand.

I will try all your configs tonight, but am not sure if they apply to my card or not.

Cheers,
JohnO
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beamland
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Mine is a PVR 350. Unfortunately I've "lost" (thrown away :( ) my packaging so I can't really give more details on it. The label on the tuner itself tells me "PAL-B/G 48134 REVI21" with a copyright from 2002... but that probably doesn't help.
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krypton_john
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Well it helps in as much as it tells me your card (48134) is not the same as mine (32559), so if your settings don't fix my tuning problems I won't have to ditch the card yet!

Cheers,
JohnO
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beamland
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I just searched the forum a bit more and found a way how to determine the tuner type you'll need to specify in /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv. Take a look at (b) in http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3389#3389. The output in /var/log/messages looks like this on my box:

Code:
Apr 27 10:05:03 mythtv kernel: tveeprom.c: detecting tveeprom client on address 0xa0
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   9 [04] 20 77 00 40 e5 ef 5d 00
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   3 [05] 99 00
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   8 [06] 06 bc 00 00 91 14 a5
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   2 [07] 70
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: Not sure what to do with tag [07]
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   3 [09] 13 5f
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: Not sure what to do with tag [09]
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   3 [0a] 04 15
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   3 [0b] 59 8c
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: Not sure what to do with tag [0b]
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   2 [0e] 01
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   2 [0f] 01
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: Not sure what to do with tag [0f]
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   2 [10] 01
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: Not sure what to do with tag [10]
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   2 [11] 00
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: Not sure what to do with tag [11]
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: Hauppauge: model=48134, rev=I121, serial#=6156261
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: tuner=Philips FM1216 (idx=21, type=5)
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: tuner fmt=PAL(B/G) (eeprom=0x04, v4l2=0x00000007)
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: audio_processor=CS5331 (type=9)
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tveeprom.c: starting probe for adapter bt878 #0 [sw] (0x10005)
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tveeprom.c: detecting tveeprom client on address 0xa0
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:  18 [00] 05 50 0e 7f 04 30 01 04 af 18 15 91 ff 00 00 00 00
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:  10 [01] 01 20 77 00 40 aa 10 6a 00
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel:   4 [02] 01 00 02
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: Hauppauge: model=44804, rev=D148, serial#=6951082
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: tuner=LG TP18PSB11D (idx=48, type=29)
Apr 27 10:05:04 mythtv kernel: tvee: tuner fmt=PAL(B/G) (eeprom=0x04, v4l2=0x00000007)

I have to capture cards in my box!

First one (PVR 350):
tvee: tuner=Philips FM1216 (idx=21, type=5)

Second one (WinTV Express BT878 chip):
tvee: tuner=LG TP18PSB11D (idx=48, type=29)

Setting the correct tuner type is essential in order to get your card working correctly.

Krypton_john: Did you set the correct "Channel frequency table" in mythtv-setup (3d screen in "1. General")?
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krypton_john
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:12 am 
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Yeah, I set the frequency type to "newzealand". I think I need to do a lot of more basic stuff as discussed previously to force the thing into PAL mode. I'll re-install the PVT-250 (I'd reverted to a BT878 card in the mean time :roll: ) and play some more...

Cheers,
JohnO
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ANDYSWAIN
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2004 3:48 pm 
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> Hey guys, what model number do your cards have?

sorry for the delay in replying - just had a baby.
(I'll be using that as an excuse for most things for the next 18 years!)
The big sticker on the tuner of my Pvr250 purchased in UK reads
"Pal-I 32035" so I guess its different again.

> BTW: what's the difference between tuner type=5 and tuner type=20?!?

I am only guessing but are they different flavours of PAL eg Pal-M etc?
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krypton_john
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PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2004 9:51 pm 
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Hey Andy congrats! I have my 2nd on the way!

You may have a little less time for messing around with MythTV nowdays!
:D
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