Hi,

Am 13.03.2010 13:48, schrieb James Pifer:
I was having problems with some of my mythtv recordings having bad
video. The leading contender for the issue is too much stuff going on
for one hard drive. So I added a new smaller drive for the OS and also
updated to the OS to CentOS 5.4. I then installed mythtv and ivtv using
yum.

I have a PVR150/250/350.

If I try to capture video by cat /dev/video0 (or 1 or 2) all I get is a
green picture. I've gone through the troubleshooting and did not come up
with a fix.

modprobe.conf has nothing in it, but ivtv is loaded if I do an lsmod.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Have you tuned to a channel or set to an external input before the cat? I think you can use ivtv-tune or v4l2-ctl for that.

Regards,
Lars.


Thanks,
James



# rpm -qa | grep ivtv
ivtv-0.10.6-132.el5
ivtv-kmdl-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5-0.10.6-132.el5
ivtv-firmware-20080701-18
perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-8.0.el5
# uname -a
Linux mythtv.obrien-pifer.com 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 20 07:39:04 
EST 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux



# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
iptable_filter          7105  0
ip_tables              17029  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               17349  1 ip_tables
nfsd                  204337  17
exportfs                9665  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                 7617  1 nfsd
auth_rpcgss            43105  1 nfsd
ipv6                  267617  38
xfrm_nalgo             13381  1 ipv6
crypto_api             12609  1 xfrm_nalgo
autofs4                29253  3
hidp                   23105  2
rfcomm                 42457  0
l2cap                  29505  10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth              53925  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
lockd                  63081  2 nfsd
sunrpc                145405  14 nfsd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss,lockd
jfs                   159596  1
dm_mirror              24393  0
dm_multipath           24909  0
scsi_dh                11713  1 dm_multipath
video                  21192  0
hwmon                   7365  0
backlight              10049  1 video
sbs                    18533  0
i2c_ec                  9025  1 sbs
button                 10705  0
battery                13637  0
asus_acpi              19289  0
ac                      9157  0
lp                     15848  0
wm8775                  9805  0
cx25840                26193  0
cfi_probe              10817  0
gen_probe               7617  1 cfi_probe
msp3400                31073  0
saa7127                14933  0
saa7115                17489  0
tuner                  58229  0
scb2_flash              8525  0
mtdcore                 9989  1 scb2_flash
ivtv                  122896  0
parport_pc             29157  1
chipreg                 7361  2 cfi_probe,scb2_flash
floppy                 57125  0
e1000                 115925  0
ide_cd                 40161  0
i2c_piix4              13133  0
parport                37513  2 lp,parport_pc
i2c_algo_bit           12489  1 ivtv
pcspkr                  7105  0
cx2341x                14277  1 ivtv
tveeprom               17873  1 ivtv
cdrom                  36577  1 ide_cd
i2c_core               23745  11 
i2c_ec,wm8775,cx25840,msp3400,saa7127,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,i2c_piix4,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
serio_raw              10693  0
videodev               25793  1 ivtv
v4l1_compat            16069  2 ivtv,videodev
v4l2_common            24385  7 
cx25840,msp3400,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev
dm_raid45              67145  0
dm_message              6977  1 dm_raid45
dm_region_hash         15681  1 dm_raid45
dm_log                 14657  3 dm_mirror,dm_raid45,dm_region_hash
dm_mod                 63225  4 dm_mirror,dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_log
dm_mem_cache            9537  1 dm_raid45
mptspi                 23625  0
mptscsih               37825  1 mptspi
scsi_transport_spi     26305  1 mptspi
sd_mod                 25281  0
scsi_mod              141717  5 
scsi_dh,mptspi,mptscsih,scsi_transport_spi,sd_mod
mptbase                80517  2 mptspi,mptscsih
ext3                  125001  3
jbd                    57065  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               25421  0
ohci_hcd               24553  0
ehci_hcd               33869  0

/var/log/messages:
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV 
====================
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  version 0.10.6 (tagged release) loading
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 SMP 
mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  In case of problems please include the 
debug info between
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV 
lines, along with
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the 
ivtv-users mailinglist.
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 
based)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting 
to 64 (was 32)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware 
(376836 bytes)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware 
(262144 bytes)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver 
#0)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c 
driver #0)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c 
driver #0)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv 
i2c driver #0)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG 
(4 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV 
(2 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1 
MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM 
audio (1 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder 
MPEG (1 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (1 
MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV 
(1 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware 
(155648 bytes)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, card 
#0
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  
======================
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 
based)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting 
to 64 (was 32)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware 
(376836 bytes)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver 
#1)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c 
driver #1)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: msp3400 1-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv 
i2c driver #1)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPEG 
(4 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV 
(2 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1 
MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM 
audio (1 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv1: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card 
#1
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  
======================
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 
based)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting 
to 64 (was 32)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware 
(376836 bytes)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver 
#2)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv 
i2c driver #2)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c 
driver #2)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Registered device video2 for encoder MPEG 
(4 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:35 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Registered device video34 for encoder YUV 
(2 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:36 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Registered device vbi2 for encoder VBI (1 
MB)
Mar 12 20:07:36 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Registered device video26 for encoder PCM 
audio (1 MB)
Mar 12 20:07:36 mythtv kernel: ivtv2: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card 
#2
Mar 12 20:07:36 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  
====================


# ls /dev/video* -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      6 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video ->  video0
crw------- 1 root root 81,  0 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video0
crw------- 1 root root 81,  1 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video1
crw------- 1 root root 81, 16 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video16
crw------- 1 root root 81,  2 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video2
crw------- 1 root root 81, 24 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video24
crw------- 1 root root 81, 25 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video25
crw------- 1 root root 81, 26 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video26
crw------- 1 root root 81, 32 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video32
crw------- 1 root root 81, 33 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video33
crw------- 1 root root 81, 34 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video34
crw------- 1 root root 81, 48 Mar 12 20:07 /dev/video48




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