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Re: WinTV 401 with RH8.0 and xawtv

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Old 01-17-2008, 07:17 AM
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Default Re: WinTV 401 with RH8.0 and xawtv

Jon Hills wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I cant seem to get video out of my new TV card with xawtv. All I get
> is a bunch of coloured dots being crammed in at the top of the xawtv
> window. It sort of looks like coloured static. I've noticed that I get
> an error about i2c not being found when I try 'insmod i2c'. However,
> there are i2c-ish modules loaded in memory. when I start-up xawtv, I
> set it to use the following
>
> TV-norm: NTSC
> Video Source: Television
> Audio Mode: auto
> Freq. Table: us-cable
> Capture: overlay
>
> (ps. I'm in canada, and the cable is hooked up to the TV coaxial
> connector)
>
> I am wondering about all the nice PLL switching off messages I get in
> dmesg. Doesn't a TV need its PLL to be active to properly sync to a
> television signal? I'm guessing here...
>
> Any ideas?
> Jon


I guess the tuner type is not set correctly.

Check

http://fftv.sourceforge.net/Setup_X1...4l_tv-out.html


You may like fftv http://fftv.sourceforge.net

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