Ryan, Please don't top post. It breaks up the logical flow. Try to respond in line. I was guilty of top-posting on my last reply - ooops.
On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 22:21 -0500, Ryan Headley wrote: > I've plugged the same coax into a regular TV and the signal was fine > so we can rule that out. I've also tried removing the splitter so I'm > going directly to the cable outlet with no luck either. God I hope > its not the tuner... Well TV's can dedicate for components for tuning under very adverse conditions. Your test doesn't quite rule out the signal quality, but it's a strong indicator. Well the tuner on a PVR-350 is not big loss, if the rest of the card works. The PVR-350's main unquie features are its hardware MPEG decoding to and creating an output video signal. Those are the functions you really don't want to loose. An PVR-150 or HVR-1600 are common and work fine for RF input. > As far as feeding it something good, would hooking up a video camera > up to the thing tell me what I need to know? I have the little > s-video to composite connector somewhere. Yes, that should be fine > Would I then use cat /dev/videoX > test.mpg where X is the number > for the s-video IN?? $ v4l2-ctl --help $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-inputs $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -i 1 $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -s ntsc $ cat /dev/video0 > foo.mpg BTW did your card stop working after the OS/software upgrade, or was it like this before? Good Luck. Regards, Andy > > > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Andy Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > You need to start narrowing down the problem and eliminating > variables. > > > Let's get the RF signal source and tuner out of the loop and > see if > things are better. Try feeding your PVR-350 with a knwon good > DVD > player, cable box, or VCR on the Composite or SVideo input. > > If the above test is good, you can blame the RF signal source, > cabling, > splitters, or tuner on the card. If the above test is not, > then you can > start looking at the Audio/Video Digitizer on the PVR-350. > > Regards, > Andy > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
