Tvheadend

I have no idea how to use this card but -

What are you planning on using it to record, analogue TV, svideo, digital TV or all?

While you are testing with s-video trying to tune doesn't make sense.

Your log shows -

[ 1633.356655] cx18-0 843: Detected format: NTSC-M
[ 1633.356658] cx18-0 843: Specified standard: PAL-BDGHI

so maybe try a different --set-standard= for the s-video test.

Andy,

Thanks for the response.

All i want is something that i thought would be very easy. I have a Bell Satellite TV and i just want to record through the svideo connection off of the satellite receiver. Just analogue svideo don't need to pause or stop or epg just raw signal recording.

The tuning using the svideo was something i was trying to see if it would make a difference it came to me because what is being displayed reminds me of when my dial TV (ya i remember using a dial) was just a bit off. Also from when i would connect my VCR (YA YA) and it had the CH3-CH4 switch on the back and had to make sure the TV was on the correct channel or it would not work.

I tested all of the different standards with no success. Thank you for the idea i never thought of testing all of them i just automatically switched it to NTSC.

Thanks Again and i welcome any suggestions!!

Ok, I was hoping that trying the different standards would get rid of the -

cx18-0 843: Specified standard: PAL-BDGHI

Which seems a bit odd when it is detecting NTSC, but then I don't have any experience with this card, or any card with an encoder.

Maybe someone who knows the card could help if you asked on the ivtv or linux-media mailing lists.

Andy,

Thanks for the help!

I will try those mailing lists maybe someone closer to the specific card and driver might help. Great suggestion thanks!