[pvrusb2] WinTV USB2/Tv-Viewer question

[Lorne Shantz]

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 It has been awhile since I've done any bash prompt commands, but before that, I have to tell it what to capture first. IE: right this moment, the unit is set to watch TV, so it is just capturing what ever channel is on, and not the Tape. I'm pretty sure I can pass that on to it though. Good advice. I'll have to go try to find that on the web somewhere. 

From: Martin Dauskardt <martin.dauskardt at gmx.de>
To: pvrusb2 at isely.net 
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [pvrusb2] WinTV USB2/Tv-Viewer question
 

try it without tv-viewer simply by using the command

cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg


while the VCR is playing.

Then open the test.mpg file with vlc. You can watch it while it is 
recording.

Let' s see if this recording works or if again any encoder command 
errors appear

You can check this in another console with

tail -f /var/log/syslog

> I have done some more tinkering... It seems to be related to the composite cables coming from the vcr player. ? Tv-viewer would not play. I'm getting a lot of this below:
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> [19727.089020] pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** device's encoder appears to be stuck (status=0x00000003)
> [19727.089023] pvrusb2: Encoder command: 0x81
> [19727.089024] pvrusb2: Giving up on command.? This is normally recovered via a firmware reload and re-initialization; concern is only warranted if this happens repeatedly and rapidly.
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