Matt, Was that a "retail" PVR-500 or a white box PVR-500MCE? I've been having a real hard time getting my PVR-500MCE working properly and would like to know what kind you have before I plug your settings in and give it a whirl...
Thanks! Ian On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 16:37 -0400, Nathan Ford wrote: > I just got my PVR-500 last weekend. Took some frigging but I got it to > work. Seems to work great now. Next step: Get a cleaner cable signal > to it :) > > I started with a 2.4.29 kernel (It was the kernel already on the > machine), but the tuner module in 2.4 will not work with the 500. So i > upgraded to the 2.6.11 kernel. I didn't build any v4l modules. > > I used the 0.3.2q drivers (latest at the time of install). For the > longest time I just couldn't seem to get the damn thing to work. I > could record the composite in fine, but could not tune a channel. I > powered off the machine and powered it on and magically it started > working. So apparently at some point during my trials and tribulations > a register got set and never cleared. Anywho, it's working great now. > > So I guess my tip is power off and on if things don't seem to work. > (Someone else on the forum posted that as well, sage advice :) ) > > This is my modules.conf if your curious. And to anyone else if you see > something redundant feel free to point it out. > > alias char-major-81 videodev > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > options saa7127 i2c_enable=-1,-1,-1,-1 > options cx25840 i2c_enable=1,1,1,1 no_black_magic=1 > options wm8775 mixer=1 > options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=57,57,57,57 > > I should get brave and expiriment to see if any of those options > really aren't needed. But it's working, and I kinda wanna leave it > that way for awhile. > > I just 'modprobe ivtv' and bing, there it is. > > On Apr 4, 2005 4:17 PM, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > Well, I placed my order for a PVR-500 and it should arrive today. I > > plan on installing it tonight in addition to the two PVR-250's I've > > had in there since last May. I'll let you know how it goes. Any > > tips, recommendations, requirements from those who've tried? Jarod, > > any last minuted advice for me? > > > > I'm running a 2.6.10 kernel, and I'll be upgrading to the latest 3.x.x > > IVTV drivers and latest nvidia drivers. I think I'll wait and rebuilt > > the kernel when I go HDTV. Anyway, wish me luck :) > > > > Thanks! > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- Ian Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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