alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv alias char-major-81-2 ivtv alias char-major-81-3 ivtv
alias tuner tuner-ivtv alias msp3400 msp3400-itvt alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
options saa7127 i2c_enable = -1,-1,-1,-1 options cx25840 i2c_enable=1,1,1,1 no_black_magic=1 options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=2,2,57,57
Note that I had two working PVR-250's in the box before and they are still working after the install (so far, knock on wood, fingers crossed). As originally installed, I had not included the "alias tuner tuner-ivtv" line and that led to failures to initialize the PVR-500 tuners. Also, I originally had a line "options wm8775 mixer=2" line in modprobe.conf, but that resulted in no sound - deleting that line restored sound.
Other messages on this list led me to think that commenging out the 'VSCALE' line in the file cx25840-driver.c might allow horizontal scaling to work, but it did not. I also tried 0.3.2y, which has the VSCALE line pre-commented out and that did not work either. In fact, with 0.3.2y, not only did horizontal scaling not work, but there were many nasty, multicolored vertical lines across the picture recorded from either/both halves of the PVR-500 (the PVR-250's were ok). Reverting to 0.3.2q eliminated the PVR-500 vertical lines and in addition, without scaling, I'll be recording everything at 720x480 for the time being.
Setup was a little peculiar, trying to figure out whether the video2 device was associatged with the tuner0 input or the tuner1 input, and the same question with the video3 device. Ended up with tuner0 on video2 and tuner1 on video3.
At this point, the only things I would wish for are:
1) Stability (please keep working! 0.3.2q has been very stable on my PVR-250's but only time will tell how it does with the PVR-500)
2) Horizontal scaling, as I prefer to do routine recordings at 352x480x3000 kbps.
Assuming I haven't spoken too soon and everything keeps working, I would be more than happy to cross-check my setup against anyone who is having problems getting their PVR-500 to work.
Bill
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