Hello, An update: I installed Windows and found that I had the exact same problem. The card is probably malfunctioning and/or overheating.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using ivtv 0.10.5 that I compiled and installed myself and MythTV > 2.20.2-3 from the distro OpenSUSE 10.2. > > After watching the same channel for a few minutes the sound get distorted > (very noisy), if I switch channel or restart MythTV the sound is fine for > a few minutes. > > I am not sure if this problem is caused by my card, ivtv or MythTV. I have > not tested the card in Windows since I don't have Windows. I do not use > the analog loop cable from the hauppauge card to my soundcard as sound > seems to work without it. I use a optical cable from my soundcard. Sound > is fine when playing anything else. > > The hauppauge card is installed on the second PCI slot below the AGP > adapter, the first PCI is free and the thrid PCI slot below the hauppauge > card is free to make room for air. The black heatsink on the card is > pretty hot but from my experience with hardware I believe it is normal. > Except for that the PC is pretty cold. If it was overheated I guess it > wouldn't have worked switching channels. > > I have been playing with some different versions of ivtv and some > different firmware versions. > > According to the instructions on http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware > I shall use the PVR-150 driver for the encoder and the PCR-250/350 driver > for the decoder, is this correct? > > I think these are the ones I currently use: > > encoder: http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr150/cd_pvr150_27.zip > decoder: > ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_250-350/inf/pvr_1.18.21.22301_inf.zip > > I tried to get the latest driver from > http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/pvr250/pvr250_driver_118_23257.zip > and extract the firmware from that without any luck. > > Some info: > > Linux mediastation 2.6.18.8-0.5-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:17:53 UTC > 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > 02:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 > MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > > > mediastation:/home/jonas/Temp/hauppauge # dmesg | grep ivtv > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== > ivtv: version 0.10.5 (tagged release) loading > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.18.8-0.5-default SMP mod_unload 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between > ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with > ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based) > ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes) > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes) > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039 > ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 > i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed test. > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 > tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > msp3400 0-0040: MSP4418G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > ivtv0: Registered device video1 for encoder MPEG (4 MB) > ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB) > ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1 MB) > ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB) > ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio > ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPEG (1 MB) > ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (1 MB) > ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT > ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1 MB) > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes) > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, card #0 > ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== > ivtv0-fb: Framebuffer at 0xe9510000, mapped to 0xe1910000, size 1665k > ivtv0-fb: === Validated display mode === > ivtv0-fb: Display size 640x480 (640x480 Virtual) @ 8bpp > ivtv0-fb: Display position 41,49 > ivtv0-fb: Display filter : on > ivtv0-fb: Color space : RGB > ivtv0-fb: === Display mode change === > ivtv0-fb: Display size 640x480 (640x480 Virtual) @ 8bpp > ivtv0-fb: Display position 41,49 > ivtv0-fb: Display filter : on > ivtv0-fb: Color space : RGB > ivtv0-fb: === Display mode change === > ivtv0-fb: Display size 640x480 (640x480 Virtual) @ 8bpp > ivtv0-fb: Display position 41,49 > ivtv0-fb: Display filter : on > ivtv0-fb: Color space : RGB > ivtv0-fb: Framebuffer registered on ivtv card id 0 > > > mediastation:/home/jonas/Temp/hauppauge # md5sum /lib/firmware/* > e9a01d7fef428a7d2ae1188a61906bfb /lib/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw > e9a01d7fef428a7d2ae1188a61906bfb /lib/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw-261f > 12c35a92429131323f9ed2764fc457df /lib/firmware/ql2100_fw.bin > 44567f365ce6f668c69c6c40279cd878 /lib/firmware/ql2200_fw.bin > 9b74b4b06fe5bf292375e4fe324c4f0d /lib/firmware/ql2300_fw.bin > 2bed2595c74b92ac450fbf2c971040d5 /lib/firmware/ql2322_fw.bin > 18dba7459a56ca7b06cfb1fbcb139bba /lib/firmware/ql2400_fw.bin > 252ed7c582d83c1b3ff94f6f3c1b735c /lib/firmware/ql6312_fw.bin > 305dba74bbe5905447add8883f3ecb68 /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw > 9b39b3d3bba1ce2da40f82ef0c50ef48 /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > 0661f8b2693fe3123e6234557353eacc /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg > 99836e41ccb28c7b373e87686f93712a /lib/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw > > mediastation:/home/jonas/Temp/hauppauge # lsmod | grep ivtv > ivtv_fb 23712 1 > ivtv 130960 2 ivtv_fb > firmware_class 14336 2 bttv,ivtv > i2c_algo_bit 12808 3 cx88xx,bttv,ivtv > cx2341x 15364 1 ivtv > tveeprom 18576 3 cx88xx,bttv,ivtv > videodev 26880 6 cx8800,cx88xx,bttv,gspca,ivtv > v4l1_compat 16388 3 cx8800,ivtv,videodev > v4l2_common 26368 8 > cx8800,bttv,msp3400,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev > i2c_core 25216 11 > cx88xx,bttv,lirc_i2c,msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,nvidia,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom > > Here is what I got in my /etc/modprobe.d/tv file > > alias char-major-81 videodev > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > alias char-major-81-1 off > alias char-major-81-2 off > alias char-major-81-3 off > > options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1 > > One more question: Does the Hauppauge card only support 640x480 resolution > out on the s-video? > > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
