I suggest using the latest version (0.4.1) and using vlc. Vlc works pretty decently for tv viewing on a pvr with sound and all. It's the only player atm that comes close to viewing TV on a PVR card without it feeling like a hacked setup, plus it has live tv options (mostly just pausing and playing)
My rule when things dont work, when in doubt, use the latest version. also, using ivtv-tune -c channel helps. if this didnt make sense or sounded like rambling, it prolly is, I havent slept much lately :P On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 15:00 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been trying to set up mythtv for 3 weeks. Google is sick > of hearing from me. > I have made quite a lot of progress, but am now stuck, and badly > need some help. > > I am running Knoppmyth R5A26.iso, with came with ivtv 0.4.0, on a > P4, 3.2GHz, 1MB RAM > Tuner is PVR-150 (with remote). > I am in europe-west (London) & my TV system is PAL. > > Knoppmyth seems to be set up OK, it has the channel listings > etc., but I am not using it as I cannot even get a watchable > picture from the command line: > > mplayer /dev/video0 > shows a very noisy picture (video just discernable on one > channel), sound is OK after I ran alsaconfig as root. > I have tried different inputs (No 6 seems to be the tuner), and > also the svideo input (I get nothing from the svideo input). > I can use ptune-ui.pl to change channels (but they are bad > pictures, if at all) > I cannot use ivtvctl -r frequency to change channels, although > its output says "channel changed to 26, freq = '511250', nothing > changes in the mplayer window. > > Here is my INIT IVTV: > > Linux video capture interface: v1.00 > lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61 > bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded > bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== > ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2-chw-3 SMP preempt 586 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. > ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based) > ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) > tveeprom: ivtv version > tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26039, rev = C1A5, serial# = 8034750 > tveeprom: tuner = TCL MPE05-2 (idx = 105, type = 38) > tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/K) > (eeprom = 0x74, v4l2 = 0x00400e17) > tveeprom: audio processor = CX25842 (type = 24) > tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25842 (type = 1d) > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] > tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] > cx25840 1-0044: cx25842-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > cx25840 1-0044: loaded /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (14264 > bytes) > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44] > wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b] > tda9885/6/7: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 > ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43] > ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers > (4096KB total) > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 161 x 12960 buffers > (2048KB total) > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 x 26208 buffers > (2048KB total) > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers > (2048KB total) > tuner: type set to 38 (Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)) by > ivtv i2c driver #0 > ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0 > ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== > cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.5 loaded > ================================================= > > The above looks OK to me, but I see the bttv module is being > loaded - I thought this was not needed for this card(?). Is this > a cause of conflicts? I tried commenting out bttv from my > /etc/modules file & rebooting, but it is still being loaded. > > ================================================= > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ivtvctl -I > > check SAA7115 input signal > ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad > > SAA7115 reg[STATUS#1 - 0x1E] = 00 > Color Standard (D0-D1): BW/No color > White peak loop (D2): Not activated > Gain value for act.lum. (min) (D3): Not limited > Gain value for act.lum. (max) (D4): Not limited > WIPA-mode slow-time constant (D5): Not activated > Horizontal frequency (D6): Locked > Field length (D7): Non-standard > > SAA7115 reg[STATUS#2 - 0x1F] = 00 > Ready for capture (D0): No > Macrovision 7.01 (D1): No > MV Colorstripe burst (D2): No > MV Colorstripe burst type 3 (D3): No > Input signal timebase (D4): Non-stable (VCR) > Field frequency (D5): 50Hz > H & V loops (D6): Locked > Interlace (D7): Not detected > ================================================= > > The above does not look good > > ================================================= > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ivtvctl -a > > ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok > Codec parameters > aspect : 2 > audio : 0x00e9 > bframes : 3 > bitrate_mode: 0 > bitrate : 4500000 > bitrate_peak: 6000000 > dnr_mode : 0 > dnr_spatial : 0 > dnr_temporal: 0 > dnr_type : 0 > framerate : 1 > framespergop: 12 > gop_closure : 1 > pulldown : 0 > stream_type : 0 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok > Type : Video Capture > Width : 352 > Height : 288 > ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok > Driver name : ivtv > Card type : WinTV PVR 150 > Bus info : 0000:00:0d.0 > Driver version: 1024 > Capabilities : 0x01030051 > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT > Input : 0 > Name : S-Video 0 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 1 > Name : S-Video 1 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 2 > Name : Composite 0 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 3 > Name : Composite 1 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 4 > Name : Composite 2 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 5 > Name : Composite 3 > Type : 0x00000002 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000007F3FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 6 > Name : Tuner 0 > Type : 0x00000001 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000000000FF ( PAL ) > Status : 0 > > Input : 7 > Name : Tuner 1 > Type : 0x00000001 > Audioset: 0x00000003 > Tuner : 0x00000000 > Standard: 0x00000000000000FF ( PAL ) > Status : 0 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_INPUT ok > Video input = 6 > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT > ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO > Input : 0 > Name : Tuner Audio In > > Input : 1 > Name : Audio Line 1 > > Input : 2 > Name : Audio Line 2 > > Input : 3 > Name : Audio Line 3 > > Input : 4 > Name : Audio Line 4 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_AUDIO ok > Audio input = 0: Tuner Audio In > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY ok > Frequency = 511250 > ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD > index : 0 > ID : 0x0000000000003000 > Name : NTSC > Frame period: 1001/30000 > Frame lines : 525 > > index : 1 > ID : 0x00000000000000FF > Name : PAL > Frame period: 1/25 > Frame lines : 625 > > index : 2 > ID : 0x00000000007F0000 > Name : SECAM > Frame period: 1/25 > Frame lines : 625 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_STD ok > Video standard = 0x000000ff > ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL > Brightness = 127 > Contrast = 63 > Saturation = 63 > Hue = 0 > Volume = 58880 > Mute = 0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > =================================================== > In the above, this doesn't look good: > > ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument > > > Any suggestions? > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
