From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com ([74.125.78.24]:58501 "EHLO ey-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933438AbZJIPXa (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:23:30 -0400 Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so238922eyf.5 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:22:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4ACF714A.2090209@xfce.org> Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:22:18 +0000 From: Ali Abdallah MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Devin Heitmueller CC: Michael Krufky , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hauppage WinTV-HVR-900H References: <4ACDF829.3010500@xfce.org> <37219a840910080545v72165540v622efd43574cf085@mail.gmail.com> <4ACDFED9.30606@xfce.org> <829197380910080745j3015af10pbced2a7e04c7595b@mail.gmail.com> <4ACE2D5B.4080603@xfce.org> <829197380910080928t30fc0ecas7f9ab2a7d8437567@mail.gmail.com> <4ACF03BA.4070505@xfce.org> <829197380910090629h64ce22e5y64ce5ff5b5991802@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <829197380910090629h64ce22e5y64ce5ff5b5991802@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Ali Abdallah wrote: > >> Okay, i installed the latest drivers+the firmware of the device using >> extract_xc3028.pl, the device seems to be detected now, i can detect all the >> analog TV of my cable using tvtime, but manually, i mean i had to disable >> signal detection when scanning, otherwise i got no results, since the >> picture quality is terrible. >> >> Of course i'm sure that all the connections (cable to antenna, cable to the >> usb stick, ...) are correct, since it works with my old PC equipped with a >> PCI TV card. >> >> Any advice, what could be the problem? firmware? since you said (you added >> support for this device) should i open a bug report? is this device reported >> as working by other users? >> >> Please help if possible, almost two weeks with no real success. >> > > Could you please provide a screen shot of the tvtime output? > Screenshots here for TV and S-Video input configuration with TV time. http://ali.blogsite.org/files/tvtime/ > > Could you try the S-Video or composite input and see if the picture > quality is still bad (as this well help isolate whether it's a problem > with the tuner chip or the decoder. > Same picture quality with S-Video, but with composite there is no picture. Many thanks. > Devin > > Cheers, Ali.