On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 19:11 -0500, Andy Walls wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 14:46 -0800, Tony Ross wrote:
> > Hello, we'd like to use the S-video input to get the best image quality
> > from the VHS player into the Hauppauge PVR-500MCE. Apparently we need
> > the RCA audio inputs as well, but I would appreciate some help in
> > understanding how to combine the S-video and audio into a usable file
> > using MythTV or any other software.
> > 
> > I'm not even sure what device is processing the audio stream; is
> > it /dev/video24?
> 
> 
> 
> $ v4l2-ctl --help
> 
> $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-inputs
> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
>       Input   : 0
>       Name    : Tuner 1
>       Type    : 0x00000001
>       Audioset: 0x00000007
>       Tuner   : 0x00000000
>       Standard: 0x0000000000001000 ( NTSC )
>       Status  : 0
> 
>       Input   : 1
>       Name    : S-Video 1
>       Type    : 0x00000002
>       Audioset: 0x00000007
>       Tuner   : 0x00000000
>       Standard: 0x0000000000FFFFFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
>       Status  : 0
> [....]
> 
> 
> $ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --set-input 1
> Video input set to 1 (S-Video 1)
> 
> (That will also set the audio inputs to Line-In 1 audio.)
> 
> 
> $ ivtv-tune -d /dev/video0 -t us-bcast -c 3
> /dev/video0: 61.250 MHz

Forget the ivtv-tune command, it isn't needed.  I guess I'm a bit tired.

-Andy



> $ cat /dev/video0 > foo.mpg
> 
> (foo.mpg will be an MPEG-2 PS with video and audio multiplexed in.)
> 
> 
> 
> Instead of cat, you could have also done
> 
> $ mplayer /dev/video0
> 
> To decode and play the MPEG-2 encoded audio and video streams.
>  
> If you just want to hear the raw PCM audio samples being fed into the
> CX23416 MPEG encoder you could do this
> 
> $ aplay -f dat < /dev/video24
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Andy
> 
> 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.10.6 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.18-164.el5 SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS
> > 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 (cx23416 based)
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:08.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
> > ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.5[B] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
> > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.5 to 64
> > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
> > intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 51797 usecs
> > intel8x0: clocking to 48000
> > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> > tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 23552, rev D587, serial# 8897780
> > tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx 87, type 70)
> > tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> > tveeprom 0-0050: second tuner model is Philips TEA5768HL FM Radio (idx
> > 101, type 62)
> > tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
> > tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
> > tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has no IR remote
> > ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
> > tuner 0-0060: TEA5767 detected.
> > tuner 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > tuner 0-0060: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)
> > tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > cx25840 0-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
> > wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > ivtv0: Registered device video0 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
> > tuner 0-0061: type set to 70 (Samsung TCPN 2121P30A)
> > ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
> > ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
> > ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:09.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
> > ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> > ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> > ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> > tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> > cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> > cx25840 1-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
> > wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> > tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 23552, rev D587, serial# 8897780
> > tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx 87, type 70)
> > tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> > tveeprom 1-0050: second tuner model is Philips TEA5768HL FM Radio (idx
> > 101, type 62)
> > tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
> > tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
> > tveeprom 1-0050: has radio, has no IR remote
> > ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
> > ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
> > ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
> > ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
> > ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
> > ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
> > tuner 1-0061: type set to 70 (Samsung TCPN 2121P30A)
> > ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > 
> > 
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