[ivtv-users] HVR-1800, NTSC and raw cable feed.

[Mark Jenks]

Hello all,

I am trying to connect a HVR-1800 directly to the cable from the cable
company without a STB.  I have it plugged into the TV port of the
card, since I want to capture the analog signals.

I have the latest mercurial drivers loaded and have the /dev/video
showing up and no errors that I can see.  If I move the cable over to
ATSC and scan for QAM, I find a few channels, but nothing like I would
get if I plugged it right into a TV without a cablebox.

The problem is, I can't seem to capture anything but a black screen on
it.   Maybe I am doing something wrong, since I don't seem to have a
ivtv-tune command anywhere?

I tried to cat /dev/video1 > test.mpg and didn't get anything.   If I
run v4lcrl -c /dev/video1 setnorm or setstation I don't get any
errors.  Even  v4l-info /dev/video1 doesn't show any problems that I
can see.

v4lctl -c /dev/video1 list
attribute  | type   | current | default | comment
-----------+--------+---------+---------+-------------------------------------
norm       | choice | NTSC-M- | NTSC-M  | NTSC-M NTSC-M-JP NTSC-443
PAL-BG PAL-I PAL-DK PAL-M PAL-N PAL-Nc PAL-60 SECAM-DK SECAM-L
input      | choice | Televis | Televis | Television Composite1 S-Video
audio mode | choice | mono    | mono    | mono stereo lang1 lang2
bright     | int    |     146 |     127 | range is 0 => 255
contrast   | int    |      62 |      63 | range is 0 => 255
color      | int    |      65 |     127 | range is 0 => 255
hue        | int    |       0 |     127 | range is 0 => 255
volume     | int    |   60928 |      63 | range is 0 => 63
mute       | bool   | off     | on      |


What am I missing?   It must be something basic?

Thanks!

-Mark