Alas, Avermedia will only take their card back after 14 days. To save others some hassle, I don' recommend using the m179. When I had it running under windows, the picture quality wasn't real good, and I think the PVR150 from hauppauge must be easier to get working, and it's about the same price.
That said, I will try to get this sucky card working since I'm stuck with it. So here's my latest thought (I can only muster up one at a time). Does the m179 use the same firmware as the hauppaugge? To anyone who has a working m179, what firmware are you using? Thanks. Bob On Sunday 10 July 2005 04:49 am, Dennis Hand wrote: > >I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. > > I > > >tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same > >behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. > > > >I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 > > card > > >in my AMD64 system, and it works fine. So, it's a problem with ivtv and > > the m179, at least when coupled with an amd64, it seems. > > > >When I run: > >> ivtvctl -I > > > >I get > >Check SAA7115 input signal > >ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad > > > >That's probably a pretty good indication of the problem, but I don't know > > what > > >to do about it. > > > >Come Monday, I'm going to return the m179 to avermedia and get another > >PVR-250. They're a little pricey, but at least I can get it to work. > > Unless, > > >of course, someone can save me the hassle by guiding me in the right > >direction. Tnx again. > > Well I unfortunately have a alot of experience with the M179's. I'm using > FC3 with one of the later > rc3 ivtv versions on a test box and it works fine. Granted I'm not using a > amd64 system but that > shouldn't have anything to do with it. What does your modprobe.conf look > like? I will say the > M179 is very very stubborn. You usually have to trick it especially on a > reboot as this card doesn't get > autorecognized by ivtv. If your getting static then thats a good sign. What > I have to do sometimes > is change the tuner to something that doesn't work then change it back to > the right one. Like so, > ivtvctl -p 0 ivtvctl -p 3. If composite(3) is what your using. I've tried your trick Dennis, changing the input with ivtvctl, to 3 and backto 0 (I'm using the coax input), but it still doesn't work. Now, going back to the latest gentoo driver, I don't even get a picture, just static, or blank screens when I have a different input. I've attached my modprobe.conf file. As things look now, though, I'll return the m179 and get a PVR150. I think that should be easy to get working, and there isn't much price difference. > Dennis -------------------------------------------------------
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