I used xawtv with my old WinTV PCI GO card, so just tried it here. But I can't even cat /dev/video0 and get any output at this point from the PVR-150.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas M. Pluth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ivtv-devel] pvr-150 installation problems Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 02:37:37 -0800 > > Why are you using xawtv? That's for frame grabbers, not MPEG encoders. Try > mplayer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Hammack > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 9:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ivtv-devel] pvr-150 installation problems > > I'm trying to install a pvr-150 on an AMD Athlon system running Slackware > 10.0 with kernel 2.4.26. I'm using ivtv-0.3.2a (earlier versions locked up > when I tried "modprobe ivtv". Modules seem to load okay, but xawtv will seg > fault and reloading the firmware with "ivtvctl -H" fails with dmesg > reporting: > > ivtv: FW Reload: Set DEC IRQ Mask! > Resetting Firmware!!! > ivtv: Sleeping for 10 ms > ivtv: Sleeping for 10 ms > ivtv: invalid api mailbox > ivtv: Decoder firmware dead! > ivtv: Firmware not responding, trying mailboxes again > ivtv: invalid api mailbox > ivtv: Decoder firmware dead! > ivtv: Firmware not responding, giving up! > ivtv: invalid api mailbox > ivtv: Decoder firmware dead! > > Here's the rest of dmesg output (prior to the firmware reload): > > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== > ivtv: version 0.3.2 (a) loading > ivtv: Linux version: 2.4.26 > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info > ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when > ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. > ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card > ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip > ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3099 vendor: 0x1106 > tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26052, rev = C185, serial# = 7579877 > tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 6A (idx = 85, type = 50) > tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) > tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5) > ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[1],ok] > i2c-core.o: client [tveeprom[1]] registered to adapter [ivtv i2c driver > #0](pos. 0). > saa7127: detecting saa7127 client on address 0x88 > saa7127: Selecting NTSC video Standard > saa7127: Selecting S-Video+Composite > saa7127: Turn WSS off > saa7127: Widescreen Mode 4:3 Full Format > saa7127: Selecting Normal Encoder Input > saa7127: Enable Video Output > ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7127[0],ok] > i2c-core.o: client [saa7127[0]] registered to adapter [ivtv i2c driver > #0](pos. 1). > tuner: chip found @ 0xc2 > tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) > [insmod] > ivtv: i2c attach [client=Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and,ok] > i2c-core.o: client [Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and] registered to adapter > [ivtv i2c driver #0](pos. 2). > saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) > wm8775: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) > wm8775: detecting client on address 0x36 > wm8775: writing init values > ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[0],ok] > i2c-core.o: client [wm8775[0]] registered to adapter [ivtv i2c driver > #0](pos. 3). > i2c-core.o: adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 registered as adapter 0. > ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 > ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011 > ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 4 streams > ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers 4194304 kbytes total > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0 > ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32 > ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224 > ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total > ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24 > ivtv: Could not detect tuner standard, defaulting to NTSC. > ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC. > ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0 > ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== > > and relevant parts of /etc/modules.conf: > # WinTV PVR-150 > alias char-major-81 videodev > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 > options tuner type=2 > options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 > add below ivtv wm8775 msp3400 saa7115 tuner > # end > > I'm also confused about what modules are needed for the 150. I think I need > cx25840.o, but I cannot load this module: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# modprobe cx25840 > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840.o: unresolved symbol > open > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840.o: unresolved symbol > read > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840.o: unresolved symbol > close > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840.o failed > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840.o: insmod cx25840 > failed > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Jim Hammack > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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