[pvrusb2] Trapped on Fox

[Mike Isely]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, David Rush wrote:

> Aha.  Now I'm getting somewhere.  Thanks, Mike.
> 
> Any idea how to use ivtv-tune to select the unit's composite input?

I am actually not familiar with ivtv-tune - never had a reason to use 
it.  Instead I just hit the ctl_input control in the sysfs interface.  
(Or, in the more general case, I use MythTV.)

  -Mike


> 
> David
> 
> Mike Isely wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, David Rush wrote:
> > 
> >> I've got a new WinTV-PVR-USB2 (24xxx series), and am trying to get it working right under Ubuntu
> >> 7.10 (Gutsy).
> >>
> >> Without having to explicitly install the driver, I can:
> >> use mplayer /dev/video0 to watch TV
> >> use totem /dev/video0 to watch TV
> >> use "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" to record video
> >>
> >> However, I've not been able to change channels at all - I'm stuck on the local Fox station.
> >> Ultimately the primary purpose of this box will be to encode from the composite (RCA) input.
> >>
> >> tvtime says "pvrusb2: Invalid argument", "Cannot open capture device /dev/video0", "No signal", and
> >> "No video source" in various places around the screen.
> >>
> >> Suggestions on where to go now?
> > 
> > Try here:
> > 
> > http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/usage.html#V4L
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> >   -Mike
> > 
> > 
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