Sorry. I mean cardtype, but I was getting the flu then (and have it now) and I just screwed up :)
Thanks, Jason --- Isaiah Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I have video, YAY! > It turns out that my tuner is 55 in the f version. > All I have to do now is figure out why my image is > distorted and the > hue is all screwed up, but I don't think that that > will be difficult. > One note, cardfmt=1 isnt a valid argument for > cx25840: > cardtype:Card type: 0=pvr150, 1=pvr500, 2=pg600 > Not that I really thing it matters since I get the > following no matter > what I feed it: > cx25840: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence > of obsolete ones > I'm not sure which are the new-style and which are > the old, I will > look around in the source and see if I can figure > out what it wants to > see. > > Thank you so mush for helping me, I looked around > for a week and a > half but couldn't find anything that explained all > the details. > I will do a write up on this and post it to a few > different forums so > that other folks can get it working too. > > > On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 01:05:30 -0800 (PST), Jason > Knisley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A couple of things... > > > > The PVR-500 is almost exactly like the 150, except > the > > first i2c bus on it has an FM tuner on 0060. The > TV > > tuners are on 0061. > > > > You can get good the other hunks of firmware from > > atrpms.net's archive. If you use "yum list" you'll > > find what the package name is.. It's fairly > obvious > > and I can't remember atm. > > > > As for tuning fuzz.. This is an NTSC tuner, right? > > Also, have you tried it with Windows and have done > the > > "Help.. About" in the WinTV applet to see what the > > tuner is? If it's NTSC, we've been seeing mostly > the > > FQ1236A MK4. You might also want to check > /dev/video1 > > and not just video0 since we've been having > > interesting issues with that (although the ivtv > tuner > > module should find everything correctly). > > > > If you're getting i2c write errors, there's > another > > issue with the CX25840 and the autodetect (i.e. > > anything on 88 on any i2c bus will have the damn > thing > > attach to it). > > > > Anyhow, if you get the video1 part to work, check > > /sys/bus/i2c/drivers. There's an "i2c TV Tuner" > > directory there and in it you should have x-0061 > and > > y-0061 where x and y are two sequential integers. > If > > one of those is 60 or some other bs, then I can > help > > you from there. :) > > > > Again, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING THE IVTV > TUNER > > MODULE. :) > > > > Jason > > > > --- Isaiah Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I ended up extracting the bin files from > > > pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe. While > > > it is fairly old it did allow me to get mythtv > > > running. Currently I am > > > tuning fuzz, but I'm a lot further along than I > was. > > > I am going to look into extracting the bin files > > > from the latest > > > driver, pvr48wdm_2.0.22280.exe. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 08:19:43 +0000, stephen > > > parkinson > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Isaiah Frantz wrote: > > > > > > > > >Also is this message ok in dmesg: > > > > >ivtv: Unknown card: vendor/device: 4444/0016, > > > subsystem vendor/device: 0070/e817 > > > > >ivtv: Defaulting to WinTV PVR 150 card > > > > > > > > > >Or do I need to add a definition for the PVR > 500? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:39:56 -0800, Isaiah > Frantz > > > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Thanks a lot for all of your help. That > almost > > > worked for me. > > > > >>I got the following error: > > > > >>Unable to open > '/lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin'. > > > > >>ivtv: failed loading encoder firmware > > > > >>ivtv: Error loading firmware -3! > > > > >>ivtv: Error -3 initializing firmware. > > > > >>ivtv: Error -12 on initialization > > > > >>ivtv-iTVC15_16_mpg2_encoder_card: probe of > > > 0000:02:09.0 failed with error -12 > > > > >>ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV > > > ==================== > > > > >> > > > > >>I went looking in the source and found this > in > > > ivtv-driver.h: > > > > >>/*Used for locating the firmware mailboxes*/ > > > > >>#if defined(LINUX26) && > > > defined(CONFIG_FW_LOADER) && > defined(IVTV_FW_LOADER) > > > > >>#define IVTV_FIRM_ENC_FILENAME > "ivtv-fw-enc.bin" > > > > >>#define IVTV_FIRM_DEC_FILENAME > "ivtv-fw-dec.bin" > > > > >>#else > > > > >>#define IVTV_FIRM_ENC_FILENAME > > > "/lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin" > > > > >>#define IVTV_FIRM_DEC_FILENAME > > > "/lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin" > > > > >>#endif > > > > >> > > > > >>Can I substitute the ROM file you mentioned > for > > > the enc and dec bin > > > > >>files, or do I need to extract the bins from > the > > > ROM? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:32:53 -0800 (PST), > Jason > > > Knisley > > > > >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>>A couple of things you need to remember: > > > > >>> > > > > >>>1. The kernel tuner module is behind the > times. > > > > >>>Because of this, you need to rename or > remove > > > the > > > > >>>kernel tuner module so that the ivtv one > will > > > load. > > > > >>>It's in > /lib/KVER/kernel/drivers/media/video > > > > >>> > > > > >>>2. The kernel needs to be compiled WITHOUT > > > 4kstacks. > > > > >>>For the moment, pending a new patch, ivtv > is > > > dependent > > > > >>>on 8k stacks. > > > > >>> > > > > >>>As for the firmware, it's actually right > out in > > > plain > > > > >>>sight on the PVR500 CD. It's a file called > > > HcwMkoA.ROM > > > > >>>(and yes, the copy is case-sensitive) and > it > > > needs to > > > > >>>be placed in the /lib/modules directory. > > > > >>> > > > > >>>0.3.2f will get things working nicely, > although > > > > >>>there's a slight modification to tuner.c > (you > > > change > > > > >>>the FQ1236A MK4's VHFHI->UHF threshold to > > > 16*442.00), > > > > >>>but it should mainly work after that. We're > > > hoping to > > > > >>>get rid of the ivtv tuner and move it into > the > > > new > > > > >>>v4l2, which will require using the addr > > > parameter for > > > > >>>the tuner module. Don't worry about that > for > > > now and > > > > >>>just use the tuner included with ivtv. > > > > >>> > > > > >>>There are still some issues with scaling > and > > > VBI > > > > >>>slicing. You need to use the 720*480 mode > when > > > trying > > > > >>>to record or you'll crop the right half of > the > > > > >>>picture. Additionally, the VBI data isn't > > > sliced off > > > > >>>and is in a fine line at the top of the > > > recording. > > > > >>> > > > > >>>modprobe cx25840 i2c_enable=1 > no_black_magic=1 > > > // > > > > >>>audiofmt=1 cardfmt=1 > > > > >>> > > > > >>>(where that double slash indicated you're > > > supposed to > > > > >>>keep it on the same line) > > > > >>> > > > > >>>then "modprobe ivtv tuner=54,54" > > > > >>> > > > > >>>It's type 54 for me, but I think I added > mine > > > in at > > > > >>>the end. If that doesn't say "FQ1236A MK4" > when > > > you > > > > >>>load it up (check your log dir/messages) > then > > > look in > > > > >>>tuner.c and find said tuner. TCL2002N is > type > > > 50, so > > > > >>>count down however many it is to that one. > > > There's > > > > >>>your tuner. > > > > >>> > > > > >>>That should do it. > > > > >>>Jason > > > > >>> > > > > >>>--- Isaiah Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>Hey there, > > > > >>>>I have been watching this mail list and > keep > > > seeing > > > > >>>>people say that > > > > >>>>they have their PRV500 working. What > nobody > > > has > > > > >>>>bothered to do is > > > > >>>>concisely tell what ivtv codebase (as > there > > > appears > > > > >>>>to be two forks) > > > > >>>>and what patches (as there seem to be many > > > floating > > > > >>>>around) they are > > > > >>>>using when they get it to "work". > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>I have tried to get 0.3.2f to work on a > > > 2.6.10-r7 > > > > >>>>gentoo-dev kernel, > > > > >>>>but every time I modprobe ivtv I get a > kernel > > > panic. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>Would it be possible for one of you folks > to > > > write a > > > > >>>>short guide to > > > > >>>>getting this working, including where one > > > obtains > > > > >>>>the firmware. I > > > > >>>>tried to use the firmware extractor in the > > > util dir > > > > >>>>but it looks like > > > > >>>>it is expecting the pvr250-350 file which > is > > > totaly > > > > >>>>different from the > > > > >>>>pvr500 file: > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > >>>http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr150/pvr150_2028_23053_whql.zip > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>Thanks. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > >>>------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>>>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. > > > > >>>>Start reading now. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > >>>http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>>_______________________________________________ > > > > >>>>ivtv-devel mailing list > > > > >>>>[email protected] > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > >>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > >>>------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >>>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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