[ivtv-users] unable to change the tv standard (SECAM, PAL) when the PVR-X50 is in use.

[Sander Sweers]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 20:41, ps1 <ps1 at schirrms.net> wrote:
> I don't know the exact term (and my English is somewhat incomplete, in
> some cases), but when the PVR card is 'in work', it's not possible to
> change the tv standard. For instance, v4l2-ctl  -s pal)doesn't do anything.
> This is not new (I think I did allready research about that on ivtv
> 0.7.x), but it's still annoying.

If I recall correctly (and Hans might correct me ;-)) this is by
design as the card can not handle this when a capture is in progress.
You always have to stop the capture and then change standard.

Greets
Sander