In order to get a card with TVOut I had to exchange my PC with my oldest sons. Lost some hardware in the process, gained an AGP slot for the TVOut card.

Updated Hardware information.

1.2 GHz Duron
40 GB Hard drive
USB 802.11b adapter
built-in 10/100 card
Monitor - Acquired IBM (Trinitron Clone) If you hit it hard it works. LOL!
ATI TV Wonder VE
XFX nVidia Geforce2 MX400 64MB AGP Video w/TV OUT
& Integrated SiS 3d video on Motherboard
56X CD-ROM

Current status
KnoppMyth installed with TV option and configured with time and guide data apparently correct. nVidia drivers installed via install-nvidia.sh

Next Steps
TVOut issues

The display from the console does not work. Screen distorts and rolls. I understand this is normal with the current version of nVidia drivers and Myth.

X displays fine for TVOut. When I switch to viewing live television the screen changes to Black and White but the picture jumps and shifts. Also no audio. Possibly a refresh thing?

What I've tried:The TVOut is the same whether the sVideo or composite cable is used or if composite or sVideo is specified in the XF86Config-4 file.

Also the TVOut does not work if I use an RFConverter. The room I want to set this box up on does not have composite or sVideo inputs. I can test on a TV with them however with the above results.

Channel line up
The channels appear to be offset by one. Guide data is correct, but the tuner is displaying the wrong channel. Channel 25 is actually 24, etc...

Wireless Lan
I have yet to attempt to apply Xsecrets Wlan fix since I have been reinstalling often. Hopefully however I have the install stable enough at this point to make changes without hosing the box down with each attempt.

generally the channels off by one is the result of an improper tuner setting for the tvcard. You should check the cardlist and make sure you are using the right tuner setting for that card.

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Xsecrets

Where do I go to check and change the card type?

sould be in /etc/knoppmyth/modules/bttv or something similar.

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Xsecrets

That isn't where it is, that is where you'd set it... He should...oh I don't know... Search the forum.

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cesman

When the source is open, the possibilities are endless!

Been all over the forum. Searching for card= type= bttv modprobe all sorts of stuff. No dice.

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cesman

When the source is open, the possibilities are endless!

Did as you suggested. Created the bttv file and ran update-modules



Channel Line up is now correct. Video is in color. However picture is jittery, color is off and no sound. Ideas?

not sure about the jitter, but there are some jitter controls in the settings, plus some say that you need to change the resolution in the recording profile for PAL can't remember now if you are NTSC or PAL.

The color being off (can't remember your video output device) if it's nvidia you need to enable the use xv color controls in the playback options and adjust the settings with the F key to get it right.

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Xsecrets

Ok. I'm NTSC. Also I guess the best description I've seen on the site for the display is "washed out" meaning that the brightness is too high. Also there are streaks through the picture and it has some pincushioning.

I'm using an nVidia card with tvOut

I'm away from the box now or I would try it, but has anyone experienced better images using composite instead of svideo?

Remaining Issues:

TV Picture shifts and blurs.
Picture offset from center
No audio

Current Settings


I have experimented with other settings as well, changing the card type to 63, 17, 13, and 19 based on articles I've seen online. Since the issue with the channel lineup was resolved I have not changed the tuner type, it has remained 2.

TV PICTURE PROBLEM:

If your using Nvidias twinview, turn it off. because it causes picture imperfections. Not MAJOR inperfections..but they are there.

Picture offset from center:

Overscan it. Then usie the gui scaling settinging under setup/appearences, to dial it in perfect.

No audio:

Did you use a look cable into line in? Also you need to set the capture to the proper channel.. most of the time people use line in.. other times microphone.

Is twinview on by default with the drivers installed with install-nvidia?



Overscan? Is that an option in the GUI? Gui scaling is listed as percentages as I recall, or are you referring to another section.



Hmm. Audio capture? Is that in the setup? I'm currently running the TVcard output into the line/mic in on the sound card.