(This is essentially a copy of the message at http://www.shspvr.com/smf/index.php?topic=8850.0)
I'm unable to get my Hauppauge PVR-500 working on my gentoo box. Can someone offer suggestions? I'm not sure if it is a setup issue, a driver issue, or a hardware issue. With ivtv-0.3.9, /dev/video1 works fine (picture, sound) but /dev/video0 just gives static. Same with ivtv-0.3.8. With the latest 0.2 and with 0.3.2s, both tuners give 'pulsing static', though they pulse at different rates. I tried the black_magic fix for these versions but it didn't help. I'm on NTSC and I hook up coax to the tv board. I'm in Canada. I've tried everything I can find via google searches. I've been testing the devices using: ptune.pl --input /dev/video0 -c 2 cat /dev/video0 > vid0.mpg (and the same for video1) I've tried using ivtvctl to change the tuner to 7 or 6 (6 is tuner0 which seems appropriate). This did not help. /etc/modules.d/ivtv is as follows: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 ivtv_std=1 tuner=57,57 I'm using the firmware from http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/mce/mce_cd_v27a.zip, I was unable to find any OLDER firmware for the PVR-500. Here are the appropriate section from dmesg: ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== ivtv: version 0.3.9 (development svn snapshot revision ) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 preempt K7 gcc-3.3 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 (iTVC16 based) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] enabled at IRQ 18 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:08.0[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60] tuner 2-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0) tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86 ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43] ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] tveeprom: The eeprom says no radio is present, but the tuner type tveeprom: indicates otherwise. I will assume that radio is present. tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 7894789 tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57) tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5) ivtv: This is the first unit of a PVR500 cx25840: loading /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44] ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b] ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!! ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv: Create encoder radio stream tuner 2-0060: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0 ivtv: ====================== NEXT CARD ====================== ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) ivtv: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] tuner 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1) tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86 ivtv: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43] ivtv: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] cx25840: loading /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM ivtv: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44] ivtv: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 7894789 tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57) tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5) ivtv: This is the second unit of a PVR500 ivtv: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!! ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total) tuner 3-0061: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1 ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== What can I try next? ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. 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