Yes it does. Which is nice actually: capture both digital and RF analog at the same time. :) Josh Borke <joshborke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Devin Heitmueller ><dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Josh Borke <joshborke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 18:23 -0400, Josh Borke wrote: >>>>> Thanks for the response! ÂReplies are in line. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 22:54 -0400, Josh Borke wrote: >>>>> >> I've recently noticed some distortion coming from my hvr1600 when >>>>> >> viewing analog channels. ÂIt happens to all analog channels with some >>>>> >> slightly better than others. ÂI am running Fedora 12 linux with kernel >>>>> >> version 2.6.32.21-166. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >> I know I need to include more information but I'm not sure what to >>>>> >> include. ÂAny help would be appreciated. >>>>> > >>>>> > 1. Would you say the distortion is something you would possibly >>>>> > encounter on an analog television set, or does it look "uniquely >>>>> > digital"? ÂOn systems with a long uptime and lots of usage, MPEG encoder >>>>> > firmware could wind up in a screwed up state giving weird output image. >>>>> > Simple solution in this case is to reboot. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if I would classify it as "uniquely digital". ÂThe >>>>> distortion happens across most of the screen with it being >>>>> concentrated in the top third. ÂAdditionally shows that include black >>>>> bars the top black bar is seemingly stretched and the image seems like >>>>> the colors are over-saturated where they colors are brighter. >>>>> Rebooting had no effect :( >>>> >>>> OK. >>>> >>>>> > 2. Have you ensured your cable plant isn't affecting signal integrity? >>>>> > http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Improve_signal_quality >>>>> >>>>> The cable plant hasn't changed the signal strength or integrity as far >>>>> as I know. >>>> >>>> OK. ÂKeep it in the back of your mind though. >>>> >>>>> > 3. Does this happen with only the RF tuner or only CVBS or only SVideo >>>>> > or more than one of them? ÂIf the problem is only with RF, then it could >>>>> > be an incoming signal distortion problem. ÂDo you have cable or an over >>>>> > the air antenna for analog RF? >>>>> >>>>> I only have input for the RF tuner. ÂI have cable for analog RF. >>>> >>>> Please try and test the output of a VCR or DVD play plugged into the >>>> HVR-1600. Â(We don't need sound, just the video.) >>>> >>>> This will tell us if the problem happens before the CX23418 chip's >>>> analog front end (i.e. in the RF and analog tuner) or not. >>>> >>>> >>>> $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -n >>>> (List of possible inputs displayed) >>>> >>>> $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -i 2 >>>> Video input set to 2 (Composite 1) >>>> >>>> # v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -s ntsc-m >>>> Standard set to 00001000 >>>> >>>> $ cat /dev/video0 > foo.mpg >>>> ^C >>>> >>> >>> I only have S-Video but doing this produced a perfect picture. >> >> Before debugging any further, it might make sense to install the tuner >> into a Windows box and make sure it's not just a hardware failure in >> the can tuner. >> >> Devin >> >> >> -- >> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs >> http://www.kernellabs.com >> > >It could be the tuner card, it is over 2 years old...Why would the >analog tuner stop functioning while the digital tuner continues to >work? Is it because the analog portion goes through a different set >of chips? > >Thanks, >-josh ÿô.nlj·Ÿ®‰†+%ŠË±é¥Šwÿº{.nlj·¥Š{±þg‰¯â^n‡r¡öë¨è&£ûz¹Þúzf£¢·hšˆ§~††Ûÿÿïÿ‘ê_èæ+v‰¨þ)ßø
