On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 08:32, Nick wrote: > On 18/09/05, Allan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There have been quite a few posts on how to get the PVR-500mce working but I > > thought I would summarize everything that I found out while getting my new > > 500mce working. If anyone has anything to add please feel free to update. > > > > The PVR-500mce is a dual tuner card that only requires one coax cable in > > and then splits it to the two tuners. You want to make sure that you have > > the the 0.3 version of the ivtv driver which can be found here, > > http://www.ivtv.tv/releases/ivtv-0.3. I used the > > ivtv-0.3.8.tar.gz version and it worked fine for me. This will get you > > pictures on both inputs but no sound. To get the sound working you have to > > update the firmware with this link from Hauppauge's website. Then update the > > firmware by doing the following: > > > > mkdir ~/pvrfirmware > > unzip mce_cd_v27a.zip -d ~/pvrfirmware > > cp > > ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/HcwMakoA.ROM > > /lib/modules > > cp > > ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/HcwFalcn.rom > > /lib/modules > > > > ln -sf /lib/modules/HcwFalcn.rom /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin > > > > Then just make sure that you have the proper /etc/modprobe.conf file. Below > > is what mine looks like. I also have a PVR-250 card which is 81-0. > > > > > > # ivtv modules setup > > alias char-major-81 videodev > > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > > alias char-major-81-2 ivtv > > > > Now you need to power off your computer and pull the power cable from the > > computer to do a hard power off for at least 10 seconds. Then power on your > > computer which will load the new ivtv modules. You can verify that > > everything is working fine by checking the end of /var/log/messages. If > > there is any problems you need to look at everything between the ----- ivtv > > start ------- and ------ ivtv end ------ lines. Once the power up is > > completed you need to run mythtvsetup to setup your two new inputs. I choose > > to keep all my current settings then added the two new video sources making > > sure for the first PVR-500 tuner to use /dev/video1 with tuner0 for the > > first input and /dev/video2 with tuner0 for the second input. There is an > > option for tuner1 but make sure that you do not use it. The PVR-500 is > > recognized as two PVR-150s and you have to setup as above to match this > > configuration. Then go in and map your channel guides to this new setup. > > Exit out of mythtvsetup and you are ready to enjoy your new cards. > > Thanks Allan, > > For other new PVR-500 users, remember if you only have a single > PVR-500 capture card in your system, your video devices will be > /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 (still use tuner0 for both cards) and > modprobe.conf will be: > > # ivtv modules setup > alias char-major-81 videodev > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv > > (As Allan noted, the PVR-500 is treated as 2 separate cards, hence the > need for the 2 ivtv entries)
Did the 0.3.8 ivtv driver or firmware resolve the problems some of us have been seeing with the second tuner on the PVR-500?
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