Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:09:42 -0400 From: Josh Elsasser <jre@vineyard.net> To: Levi Masterson <kugeln@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tuner Problems with Xawtv (but not fxtv) Message-ID: <20040421220942.GA51579@jade.elsasser.org> In-Reply-To: <28634.1082427577@www41.gmx.net> References: <28634.1082427577@www41.gmx.net>
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On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:19:37AM +0200, Levi Masterson wrote: > I decided after a long while to try out my Hauppage WinTV Theater card with > FreeBSD-- > > It works great in FXTV, but I'm having problems with xawtv (and MoTV). The > problem with MoTV, other than having to disable glx support to get it to > run, is that the channels are off a channel or two, or in some cases it > seems randomly placed on the dial, and in some cases missing altogether. In > addition, the channels that do work have to be fine-tuned to get any color. > > I've tried us-bcast, us-cable, and us-cable-hrc. None of which work > properly. I also tried going into the channel freq list for us-cable (which > is what I need to work) and shifting them all up by 1mhz. That fixes most > of the color, but the channels are still out of place and out of whack. > > For example, the Cartoon Network, which on a cable-ready tv, comes in on 22, > shows up on xawtv at 7. And as I said before, the others I've tested come > in 1 or 2 channels below where they should be. Any ideas? > > It seems odd to me that fxtv would work 100% and xawtv wouldn't. I have the same problem with xawtv/motv and mplayer. What is odd is that these programs are setting the correct frequency, I have verified this with fxtv, but the card still appears to not be tuning it correctly. I have a quick workaround, but I want to investigate a little more and find out what the real problem is before I start submitting patches. -jre
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