Hi,
I have spent the last 2 days trying to get a standard wintv-pvr 250
working on a debian linux system with a self compiled 2.6.13 kernel.
I have tested 0.2 and 0.3 versions and ran into several problems.
Basically I can get a video with static noise in both cases, thus at
least the hardware encoder is working.
On the other hand im not sure wether the tuner is detected and / or
working correctly.
The main problem is, that I have no idea about how to set a specific
channel (f.e. 36 for my video recorder, since I am living in germany
this corresponds to a frequency of 591,25 MHz), ivtcl --set-freq seems
to do something but I have not found any hint about the interpretation
of the specified values. According to some sylsog error messages the
allowed range is 44-958. Since the value 44 triggers error messages
because the specified value is to low, i guess that the freq-value is
mapped somehow (f.e. it seems that 1 is mapped to 0.06 ...).
On the other hand scantv produces the following error:
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.
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[defaults]
input = Television
norm = PAL
invalid value for input: television
valid choices for "input": "Composite 0", "Composite 1", "Composite 2",
"Composite 3", "Tuner 0", "Composite 4", "S-Video 0", "S-Video 1",
"S-Video 2", "S-Video 3"
vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi]
open /dev/vbi: Invalid argument
/dev/vbi has the same access rights as /dev/video* which I can access
via mplayer.
Furthermore I have no idea howto overried the default input value to
Tuner 0.
Since I could not tune in a correct channel, I attached my vcr via a
video cable to the S-Video connector and cycled through all inputs.
This produced nearly black videos with reduced noise compared to Tuner
input, but I did not get any video as well.
This last point gives me the impression that the tuner might not be
initialized correctly or working at all. Sordidly I cannot boot my
windows system, so I cannot initialize the tuner this way (at least for
bttv cards this would work) and I am also not sure wether the hardware
is OK (I just bought this card via ebay).
One thing I should probably mention is that I have a pctv (bttv-card),
which might mess with ivtv, but deinstalling it did not solve any
problems (but seems to affect device names if loaded first).
Furthermore I use mplayer /dev/video to test the output, this always
produces mpeg encoded white-noise.
So any information about setting the channel or scanning for channels or
about howto check the tuner could help.
The entries in /var/log/messages do not provide significant hints
anymore, but I had to fix several problems before (wrong modul install
pathes for debian packages, removing old tveeprom, msp3400 ... ,
unloading eeprom, moving firmware to /lib/modules, setting
busmastering ...).
Currently I get the following for ivtv0.3 from /var/log/messages:
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT
IVTV ====================
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.7 (k) loading
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Linux version:
2.6.13sil-swsp-bootsp SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.3
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please
include the debug info
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and
END INIT IVTV lines when
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel
mailinglist.
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card
(iTVC16 based)
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] ->
GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: msp34xx: ivtv version
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3418W-A2, has
NICAM support, simple (D) mode, simpler (G) no-thread mode
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Sep 6 2005
19:21:45
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=MSP3418W-A2, addr=40]
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: starting probe for
adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: detecting saa7115
client on address 0x42
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: writing init values
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=saa7115[50], addr=21]
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: status: (1E) 0x48, (1F)
0xc0
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32054,
rev = B148, serial# = 7160856
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: tuner = LG TP18PSB11D (idx =
48, type = 29)
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) (eeprom
= 0x04, v4l2 = 0x00000007)
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4418
(type = 19)
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115
(type = 13)
Sep 7 05:15:05 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok
[client=tveeprom[50], addr=50]
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder MPEG stream:
0 x 32768 buffers (0KB total)
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder YUV stream: 0
x 12960 buffers (0KB total)
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder VBI stream: 0
x 26208 buffers (0KB total)
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA encoder PCM audio
stream: 0 x 4608 buffers (0KB total)
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: decoder set norm PAL
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: set audio: 0x01
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: decoder set input (4)
Sep 7 05:15:06 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: now setting Composite
input
Sep 7 05:15:07 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: decoder set norm PAL
Sep 7 05:15:07 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: set audio: 0x01
Sep 7 05:15:07 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: decoder disable output
Sep 7 05:15:07 MillsMess kernel: saa7115 debug: decoder enable output
Sep 7 05:15:07 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card
#0
Sep 7 05:15:07 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT
IVTV ====================
Sep 7 05:15:11 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG
stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
And I get the following for ivtv0.2 from /var/log/syslog (nothing in
messages):
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT
IVTV ====================
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loading
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Linux version:
2.6.13sil-swsp-bootsp SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.3
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please
include the debug info
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and
END INIT IVTV lines when
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel
mailinglist.
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.0[A] ->
GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x3189 vendor:
0x1106
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32054,
rev = B148, serial# = 7160856
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: tuner = LG TP18PSB11D (idx =
48, type = 29)
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) (eeprom
= 0x04, v4l2 = 0x00000007)
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor = CS5331
(type = 9)
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 29, Tuner formats
0x00000007, Radio: yes, Model 0x00891518, Revision 0x000
00000
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: PAL tuner detected
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters
in presence of obsolete ones
Sep 7 05:44:30 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
monid (0x30000)
Sep 7 05:44:31 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
dvi (0x30000)
Sep 7 05:44:31 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
vga (0x30000)
Sep 7 05:44:31 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
crt2 (0x30000)
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
SMBus Via Pro adapter at e800 (0x0)
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
ISA main adapter (0x0)
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter
ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on
address 0x42
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: writing init values
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on sit0 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115,ok]
Sep 7 05:44:33 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: status: (1E) 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card
with 5 streams
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256
16384 byte buffers 4194304 kbytes total
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth2 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device,
streamtype 0 minor 0
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device,
streamtype 1 minor 32
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224
byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device,
streamtype 2 minor 224
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455
4608 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device,
streamtype 3 minor 24
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Create stream 4
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device,
streamtype 4 minor 64
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Setting Tuner 29
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c client id: 0x02 not found!
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: decoder set input (4)
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: now setting Composite input
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3,
output 1
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found!
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess last message repeated 2 times
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Switching standard to PAL.
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c client id: 0x02 not found!
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found!
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: decoder set norm PAL
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 5807, itv
= 0xe1b20ca0
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: saa7115: set audio: 0x01
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card
#0
Sep 7 05:44:34 MillsMess kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT
IVTV ====================
Sascha
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