On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:51 PM, raphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > A while back I reported I was having problems with compiling drivers > for a HVR-1250. > I got the drivers compiled recently using the latest source from > v4l-dvb. I saw that cx23885 loaded and detected the card ok, so I > tried watching video in mythtv, to no avail. I then tried dumping > /dev/dvb/adaptor0/dvr0 to a file and got something 0KB in size. Also > using azap, I don't get a lock... > > But the card seems to be loading drivers ok. > the output of "dmesg |grep cx" gives the following: > [ 1230.386126] cx23885 driver version 0.0.1 loaded > [ 1230.386186] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7911, board: Hauppauge > WinTV-HVR1250 [card=3,autodetected] > [ 1230.487835] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 0 registered > [ 1230.487852] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 1 registered > [ 1230.487863] cx23885[0]: i2c bus 2 registered > [ 1230.514568] cx23885[0]: warning: unknown hauppauge model #0 > [ 1230.514569] cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=0 > [ 1230.514571] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card > [ 1230.575799] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0]) > [ 1230.575944] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb0 > [ 1230.575950] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 2, irq: 17, > latency: 0, mmio: 0xfd000000 > > So It looks like the card should be working. However, the output of azap > shows: > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > tuning to 677028615 Hz > video pid 0x0031, audio pid 0x0034 > status 00 | signal 0082 | snr 0087 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > status 00 | signal 0087 | snr 0087 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > status 00 | signal 007d | snr 007d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > status 00 | signal 0082 | snr 0082 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > status 00 | signal 0087 | snr 0087 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > status 00 | signal 0082 | snr 0082 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > > and so on. I never get FE_HAS_LOCK, which seems to mean that my tuner > can't actually change channels or tune a particular one...? > The next thing I tried was upgrading my kernel to 2.6.24, because I > read that the HVR-1250 is supported in this kernel. However, still no > luck, and I get the same output of azap and can't seem to watch TV. > > I'm stumped at this point, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? > > Cheers, > Raphael >
Ok, scratch that.... It looks like I forgot that the included antenna with this card is a total piece of junk. Everything was working fine; I just needed to replace the antenna with one that came with a usb tuner and suddenly I could lock and view TV, etc. I should have known better on this one. Cheers, Raphael _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
