Not sure if that solution was directed at my PVR-350 issue, but if thats the
case...no love...still have the same issue.

*sigh*

Starting to think it *is* the card...dammit

Will have to try to find a windows box and see what happens..



On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Mark Kaufman <[email protected]>wrote:

> I have resolved the issue using a hauppauge pvr-150 and a simple script
>
>
> #! /bin/bash
> #tune it to my cable box channel 3
> ivtv-tune -c 3 -d /dev/video0
> #use v4l2ctl to redirect audio
> v4l2-ctl --set-audio-input 0 -d /dev/video0 --set-audio-output /dev/audio
> #now show the thing on player
> mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 -autosync 30
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
> Mark F. Kaufman
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ryan Headley <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:05:15 AM
> *Subject:* [ivtv-users] PVR-350
>
> Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
> Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel 2.6.27-11)
>
> Card is found, etc.
> When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled.  i've seen
> several posts around the net on this same issue, but never a resolution.
> (Not sure if people just aren't getting back to the list or what).
>
> Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
> Here is the detection from dmesg:
>
> [    8.964309] ivtv:  Start initialization, version 1.4.0
> [    8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
> [    8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)
> [    9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ
> 21
> [    9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was
> 32)
> [    9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [    9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv
> i2c driver #0)
> [   10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [   10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver
> #0)
> [   10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [   10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
> [   10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
> [   10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
> [   10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
> [   10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> [   10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
> [   10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
> [   10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
> [   10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
> [   10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [   10.639244] ivtv:  End initialization
>
> doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[   26.866394] ivtv0: Loaded
> v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> [   26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> [   27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> [   27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> [   27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
> [  458.270706] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full. Dropping
> data.
> [  458.270713] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
> [  458.562591] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full. Dropping
> data.
> [  458.562599] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
>
>
> Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --log-status while recording (cat
> /dev/video0 > test.mpg):
>   [ 1676.827938] ivtv0: =================  START STATUS CARD #0
> =================
>    [ 1676.827956] ivtv0: Version: 1.4.0 Card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
>    [ 1676.880987] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev J323, serial#
> 7065439
>    [ 1676.880991] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 (idx 23,
> type 2)
>    [ 1676.880995] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
>    [ 1676.880998] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
>    [ 1676.881001] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
>    [ 1676.881004] tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR
> transmitter
>    [ 1676.881010] saa7115 0-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
>    [ 1676.887057] saa7115 0-0021: Input:           Composite 4
>    [ 1676.887065] saa7115 0-0021: Video signal:    VCR
>    [ 1676.887068] saa7115 0-0021: Frequency:       60 Hz
>    [ 1676.887070] saa7115 0-0021: Detected format: NTSC
>    [ 1676.887073] saa7115 0-0021: Width, Height:   720, 480
>    [ 1676.887077] saa7127 0-0044: Standard: 60 Hz
>    [ 1676.887080] saa7127 0-0044: Input:    normal
>    [ 1676.887082] saa7127 0-0044: Output:   S-Video + Composite
>    [ 1676.887085] saa7127 0-0044: WSS:      disabled
>    [ 1676.887087] saa7127 0-0044: VPS:      disabled
>    [ 1676.887089] saa7127 0-0044: CC:       disabled
>    [ 1676.895982] msp3400 0-0040: msp3400 rev1 = 0x0117 rev2 = 0x3042
>    [ 1676.895988] msp3400 0-0040: Audio:    volume 58880
>    [ 1676.895992] msp3400 0-0040: Standard: 4.5  M BTSC-Stereo (stereo)
>    [ 1676.896010] msp3400 0-0040: Audmode:  0x0001
>    [ 1676.896013] msp3400 0-0040: Routing:  0x00000000 (input) 0x00000044
> (output)
>    [ 1676.896015] msp3400 0-0040: ACB:      0x0c00
>    [ 1676.896020] tuner 0-0061: Tuner mode:      analog TV
>    [ 1676.896023] tuner 0-0061: Frequency:       175.50 MHz
>    [ 1676.896025] tuner 0-0061: Standard:        0x0000b000
>    [ 1676.896031] ivtv0: Video Input:  Tuner 1
>    [ 1676.896033] ivtv0: Audio Input:  Tuner 1
>    [ 1676.896036] ivtv0: Video Output: S-Video + Composite
>    [ 1676.896039] ivtv0: Audio Output: A/V Audio Out (Stereo/Bilingual:
> Stereo/Left)
>    [ 1676.896041] ivtv0: Output Mode:  None
>    [ 1676.896140] ivtv0: Overlay:      Off, Alpha: Global, Pixel Format:
> ARGB 8:8:8:8
>    [ 1676.896143] ivtv0: Tuner:  TV
>    [ 1676.896147] ivtv0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream
>    [ 1676.896150] ivtv0: VBI Format: No VBI
>    [ 1676.896152] ivtv0: Video:  720x480, 30 fps
>    [ 1676.896156] ivtv0: Video:  MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable Bitrate, 6000000,
> Peak 8000000
>    [ 1676.896160] ivtv0: Video:  GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP Closure
>    [ 1676.896166] ivtv0: Audio:  48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps, Stereo, No
> Emphasis, No CRC
>    [ 1676.896170] ivtv0: Spatial Filter:  Manual, Luma 1D Horizontal,
> Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
>    [ 1676.896175] ivtv0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
>    [ 1676.896177] ivtv0: Median Filter:   Off, Luma [0, 255], Chroma [0,
> 255]
>    [ 1676.896180] ivtv0: Status flags:    0x402000c0
>    [ 1676.896184] ivtv0: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 2% of 4096 KiB
> (128 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896187] ivtv0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB
> (64 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896191] ivtv0: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 1040 KiB
> (61 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896194] ivtv0: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0% of 324 KiB
> (72 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896198] ivtv0: Stream decoder MPG: status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB
> (16 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896201] ivtv0: Stream decoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 65 KiB
> (29 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896205] ivtv0: Stream decoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB
> (16 buffers) in use
>    [ 1676.896208] ivtv0: Read MPG/VBI: 9359360/0 bytes
>    [ 1676.896210] ivtv0: ==================  END STATUS CARD #0
> ===============
>
> The issue is the same as a few other have reported.  Its recording video,
> but looks as if your trying to watch a channel that you aren't paying for
> circa 1988.  Sound is fine (can be choppy).
>
> I've tried us-cable, us-cable-hrc, us-cable-irc with the best results
> coming from us-cable.  I've tried tweaking the frequency 1/10th at a time
> and occasionally saw "better" results -- meaning not as scrambled, but still
> scrambled.
>
> What more does anyone need?  I'd love to get this resolved...
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
>
>
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