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I got most things working but the TV-OUT with some 20 hours of
reading docs, mailing lists etc.

sound: alsa installation was ok, but I had to do some driver tweaking:

Code:

test_ioctl -y mute=0
test_ioctl -v input=2, output=1
test_ioctl -y volume=60000

did the job.
Still have to figure out, how to do this on module startup without
a post-install in /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv.

Some postings told that you need a Y-cable.
I did not. Just the BNC cable connected to the PVR 350 and a
working soundcard. No loopback from TV-card to sound-card.
And the picture and the sound seem to be in sync.

ivtv: had to get and rebuild the latest version of the driver to get pal working
This guide from Thorsten Schenkel did help me a lot
http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/myth/mythtv_debian_epia_pvr350_walkthrough
Use something like mplayer /dev/video0 to test your ivtv config

ir-remote: had to configure .lircrc
seems as if knoppmyth does not have native lirc support, or I did not get it to work
lirc works fine now with irxevent and irexec.
Use irw to test your ir-remote.

tv-out decoder via /dev/video16
I can watch TV with a

Code:

dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k

but I did not get mythtv to show the frontend on my tv.
Seems as if there has to be some XFree Config to be done.

epg in germany
tvmoviefetch works fine, but does not provide channel information.
I had to fill the table channel by hand with mysql.
I did a

Code:

mplayer /dev/video0 &
ptuni-ui.pl

to get the channel. The column freqid needs something like "E4", "SE17" etc.
I did not need further frequencies.
I found a table from NRW and changed it for the channels in Hamburg.

Cheers

Steve[/url]

Author:	skwee [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:09 pm ]
Post subject:	PVR 350 with PAL in Germany
I got most things working but the TV-OUT with some 20 hours of reading docs, mailing lists etc. sound: alsa installation was ok, but I had to do some driver tweaking: Code: test_ioctl -y mute=0 test_ioctl -v input=2, output=1 test_ioctl -y volume=60000 did the job. Still have to figure out, how to do this on module startup without a post-install in /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv. Some postings told that you need a Y-cable. I did not. Just the BNC cable connected to the PVR 350 and a working soundcard. No loopback from TV-card to sound-card. And the picture and the sound seem to be in sync. ivtv: had to get and rebuild the latest version of the driver to get pal working This guide from Thorsten Schenkel did help me a lot http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/myth/mythtv_debian_epia_pvr350_walkthrough Use something like mplayer /dev/video0 to test your ivtv config ir-remote: had to configure .lircrc seems as if knoppmyth does not have native lirc support, or I did not get it to work lirc works fine now with irxevent and irexec. Use irw to test your ir-remote. tv-out decoder via /dev/video16 I can watch TV with a Code: dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k but I did not get mythtv to show the frontend on my tv. Seems as if there has to be some XFree Config to be done. epg in germany tvmoviefetch works fine, but does not provide channel information. I had to fill the table channel by hand with mysql. I did a Code: mplayer /dev/video0 & ptuni-ui.pl to get the channel. The column freqid needs something like "E4", "SE17" etc. I did not need further frequencies. I found a table from NRW and changed it for the channels in Hamburg. Cheers Steve[/url]

Author:	Xsecrets [ Mon Dec 08, 2003 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: PVR 350 with PAL in Germany
skwee wrote: I got most things working but the TV-OUT with some 20 hours of reading docs, mailing lists etc. sound: alsa installation was ok, but I had to do some driver tweaking: Code: test_ioctl -y mute=0 test_ioctl -v input=2, output=1 test_ioctl -y volume=60000 did the job. Still have to figure out, how to do this on module startup without a post-install in /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv. this is not alsa these are ivtv commands, and it seems that there are several people having problems with this. I think they have found the problem and are looking into a fix for the next version, but don't quote me on that. I am not one of the developers. Quote: Some postings told that you need a Y-cable. I did not. Just the BNC cable connected to the PVR 350 and a working soundcard. No loopback from TV-card to sound-card. And the picture and the sound seem to be in sync. this makes sense the pvr250/350 picks the sound up from the signal and embeds it into the mpeg2 file so you do not need the cable to the sound card on either a pvr250 or a 350. Quote: ivtv: had to get and rebuild the latest version of the driver to get pal working This guide from Thorsten Schenkel did help me a lot http://www-isl.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de/~hi93/myth/mythtv_debian_epia_pvr350_walkthrough Use something like mplayer /dev/video0 to test your ivtv config ir-remote: had to configure .lircrc seems as if knoppmyth does not have native lirc support, or I did not get it to work lirc works fine now with irxevent and irexec. Use irw to test your ir-remote. knoppmyth does have native lirc support if you install the package with lirc support. I think the script is install-i686-l but at any rate it is in the install docs. I think maybe this part should be like bolded 24point font since lots of people seem to be missing it. Quote: tv-out decoder via /dev/video16 I can watch TV with a Code: dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k but I did not get mythtv to show the frontend on my tv. Seems as if there has to be some XFree Config to be done. epg in germany tvmoviefetch works fine, but does not provide channel information. I had to fill the table channel by hand with mysql. I did a Code: mplayer /dev/video0 & ptuni-ui.pl to get the channel. The column freqid needs something like "E4", "SE17" etc. I did not need further frequencies. I found a table from NRW and changed it for the channels in Hamburg. Cheers Steve[/url]

Author:	skwee [ Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:42 am ]
Post subject:	knoppmyth lirc native support
Thanks Xsecrets for your detailed analysis. I will look into the lirc native support as I will set up a new machine before Xmas.

Author:	hoberion [ Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:47 am ]
Post subject:
Quote: test_ioctl -y mute=0 test_ioctl -v input=2, output=1 test_ioctl -y volume=60000 fixes my issue with sound also (netherlands PAL) when I enter it in a command prompt but how do I get it to stick (what file do I need to edit??)

Author:	mephizto [ Mon May 10, 2004 11:52 am ]
Post subject:
I can't get the channels working tried it with mythfilldatabase --xawchannels 1 /etc/X11/cawtvrc but it says: 0 replacements made don't kniow how to get it working?!? any hints, can explain more detailed how you did it directly in the mysql database? is that possible with webmin or not so good? THX

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