Re: channel switching

Hi,

I have got the same problem. But I am not sure if this is a avicap
problem or a problem with bttv itself.

I can only switch to some channels, with other a get this in the log
files:

tuner: TV freq (68002581.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002669.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002669.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002058.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002058.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002037.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002037.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002501.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002501.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002669.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002669.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002613.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002613.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002357.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002357.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002557.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002557.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002314.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002314.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002279.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002279.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002837.06) out of range (44-958)
tuner: TV freq (68002837.06) out of range (44-958)


So either avicap is trying to set the wrong channels or bttv has mis
guessed my tuner type.

Greetings,

Jurgen

On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 03:05, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I started using avicap to recode my old videotapes after a long and
> painful experience with other tools on my linux box: only avifile
> gives perfect AV sync, and I can record 48000 Hz video (for some
> reason my audio card will make a hissing sound when playing a 44100).
> 
> Anyway, I have these two issues, a small one first:
> 
> (1) I can't switch TV channels in avicap. "Xawtv stations" menu item
>     is available but when I select a channel the only thing that
>     happens is the title bar is updated with the channel name, not the
>     picture.
> 
> (2) More important is this. When I'm recording from a video camera,
>     and there is a several second long gap in the recording on the
>     tape, avicap will, at the end of the gap, switch to a TV channel,
>     while continuing recording. I couldn't get avi file split or merge
>     work because AV-sync issues (transcode didn't work for me either),
>     so for now I would like to just convert the whole tape to the AVI
>     format.
> 
> I wonder if there's a simple explanation to (1) and a quick fix for
> (2).
> 
> Thanks in advance