On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 20:09 -0600, Mark Jenks wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Josh Borke <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Mark Jenks wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> I am trying to connect a HVR-1800 directly to the cable from the cable >> >> company without a STB. I have it plugged into the TV port of the >> >> card, since I want to capture the analog signals. >> >> >> >> I have the latest mercurial drivers loaded and have the /dev/video >> >> showing up and no errors that I can see. If I move the cable over to >> >> ATSC and scan for QAM, I find a few channels, but nothing like I would >> >> get if I plugged it right into a TV without a cablebox. >> >> >> >> The problem is, I can't seem to capture anything but a black screen on >> >> it. Maybe I am doing something wrong, since I don't seem to have a >> >> ivtv-tune command anywhere? >> >> >> >> I tried to cat /dev/video1 > test.mpg and didn't get anything. If I >> >> run v4lcrl -c /dev/video1 setnorm or setstation I don't get any >> >> errors. Even v4l-info /dev/video1 doesn't show any problems that I >> >> can see. >> >> >> >> v4lctl -c /dev/video1 list >> >> attribute | type | current | default | comment >> >> -----------+--------+---------+---------+------------------------------------- >> >> norm | choice | NTSC-M- | NTSC-M | NTSC-M NTSC-M-JP NTSC-443 >> >> PAL-BG PAL-I PAL-DK PAL-M PAL-N PAL-Nc PAL-60 SECAM-DK SECAM-L >> >> input | choice | Televis | Televis | Television Composite1 S-Video >> >> audio mode | choice | mono | mono | mono stereo lang1 lang2 >> >> bright | int | 146 | 127 | range is 0 => 255 >> >> contrast | int | 62 | 63 | range is 0 => 255 >> >> color | int | 65 | 127 | range is 0 => 255 >> >> hue | int | 0 | 127 | range is 0 => 255 >> >> volume | int | 60928 | 63 | range is 0 => 63 >> >> mute | bool | off | on | >> >> >> >> >> >> What am I missing? It must be something basic? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> -Mark >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> ivtv-users mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users >> >> >> > Take what I have with a grain of salt because I'm still new at video >> > devices in linux but, I have a HVR-1800 and this is what I know: >> > >> > 1) The HVR-1800 does not use the ivtv drivers so this isn't the correct >> > list (I think). >> > 2) In order for me to get anything out of my HVR-1800 I have to tune the >> > analog video (/dev/video0) and then cat the mpeg video (/dev/video1). >> > So, I either open tvtime and tune that way or use '$ v42-ctl -f >> > <frequency> -d /dev/video0' and then cat /dev/video1 >> > >> > I hope this helps. >> > -josh >> > >> >> This isn't working for me. Maybe I'm missing something. dmesg is >> showing a firmware error when I try to do this, but when the driver >> loads, it doesn't have the error. > > A good number of the v4l drivers defer firmware loading until the first > call to open() on the device. The reasons are that some devices load > really slowly and on some systems when the driver module loads, the > filesystem with the firmware might not be mounted yet. So just because > the driver loads, doesn't mean everything is OK with the firmware. You > have to open a device to check if the firmware loads. > > Regards, > Andy > >> -Mark >>
Thanks, that helps. I will work on it and see what happens. Where is the latest firmare for the 1800's? i have no idea where I got the one that I am using now. -Mark _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
