-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Cartwright wrote:
> Hello, > > I've got a PVR-150. Sometimes for whatever reason mine gets > recognized as a PVR-250 like your dmesg output says in which case I > lose video. The only solution I've found to this problem has been > to turn the machine completely off for about 10 - 30 seconds and > then try again. I think I read somewhere that the registers in the > tuner take a while to completely clear hence the 10 - 30 second > wait. Hope this helps. Let us know if you find something that > works out better. This has happened to me also, and performing a cold boot (turning the machine off and unplugging it for 30 seconds) usually does the trick. I've read that it has something to do with the firmware. > > On 10/29/05, *Chris Ribe* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I'm having a difficult time getting a new PVR-150 to work in my > system. Presently, I am not getting any output out of > /dev/video0. > > There is a lot going on here, so I'll try to lay it out as clearly > as possible. > > My system: > > -1002 Mhz PIII w/ 284 MB of RAM -Running FC4, kernel > 2.6.13_1.1532_FC4 -PVR-150 -Old Pinnacle bttv card -Moto DCT-6200 > attached via Firewire > > Background: -Last year I had this system running as a backend on > FC3 using the Bttv card as my only capture card. Then Comcast cut > off my free cable so I went back to my trusty DirecTiVo. I bought > 2 of these in March 2002 for $100. Best $100 I ever spent. God, > I love those things. I'm still using my DirecTivo, but I'm > considering moving to Myth when I make the transition to HDTV, and > I'm trying to get a Myth box back up and running before shelling > out for an HD capable frontend. > > Timeline: > > Sat. 10/22: Following Jarrod Wilson's uberguide, I do a fresh > install of FC4 and Myth. I skip the capture card setup steps for > now. > > Tues-Wed: After some difficulty involving kernel release versions > and ivtv build versions, I get matching kernel and ivtv versions > installed. At this point, I am able to get static from "cat > dev/video1 > test.mpg" After searching for solutions to this > problem and finding nothing definitive, I try capturing via the > composite out from the DCT-6200. Game 4 of the World Series is > under way and time is of the essance. > > Wed, ca. 9:00 PM: Success! I am now watching the game. The > PVR-150 is much better at capturing video that the Houston bats, > and hits just as well, too! > > Wed, ca. 10:00 PM: As long as I'm at my computer and watching the > game, I'll see if I can continue the install process while watching > the game. I still have to get LIRC and Firewire capture working. > > My Other Computer: -PII 450Mhz w/ 458MB of RAM (it has to run > iTunes and Rhapsody) -Win2K (previously KnoppMyth, used as a > frontend) > > While I am watching the game, I SSH into the Myth box and begin to > install the necesary packages for Firewire capture. Mythfrontend > chokes hard during the install process, but the install finishes > fine. System is rebooted after install. > > Wed, ca. 11:30: White Sox win World Series. Good times. I leave > frontend running in LiveTV mode, turn off monitor, and go to bed. > > Thurs.: Frontend is frozen. After reboot, not only is capture no > longer working, but /dev/video1 doesn't even exist anymore. > Regardless, I am able to get LIRC up and running using the Hauppage > remote. > > Sat. 10/29: After much frustrastion, I have firewire capture > working. I now have a remote and something to control. LIttle > progress made with the PVR-150, though. I have removed the bttv > card and was able to capture static from /dev/video0 one time. > Have not been able to repeat that meagre success. > > > Here is the relevant section from dmesg: > > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== > ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading ivtv: Linux version: > 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0 ivtv: In case of > problems please include the debug info ivtv: between the START > INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when ivtv: mailing the > ivtv-devel mailinglist. ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card > (iTVC16 based) PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:0a.0 (0014 -> 0016) > PCI: IRQ 0 for device 0000:02:0a.0 doesn't match PIRQ mask - try > pci=usepirqmask PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered PCI: Assigned > IRQ 5 for device 0000:02:0a.0 ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency > timer, setting to 64 (was 0) ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok > [client=tveeprom, addr=50] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26032, rev > = C199, serial# = 8182601 tveeprom: tuner = <unknown> (idx = 99, > type = 0) tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = > 0x00001000) tveeprom: audio_processor = TDA9850 (type = 3) : chip > found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok > [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] msp3400: error while reading chip > version ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin ivtv0: Encoder > revision: 0x02040024 ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, > use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032. ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder > MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) ivtv0: Allocate DMA > encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total) ivtv0: > Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total) > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers > (2048KB total) ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream tuner 0-0061: > type set to 0 (Temic PAL (4002 FH5)) ivtv0 warning: i2c client > addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046403! ivtv0 warning: i2c > client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046404! ivtv0 warning: > i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40086d11! ivtv0 > warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610! > ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command > 0x40287611! ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for > command 0x40307603! ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found > for command 0x40046403! ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not > found for command 0x80287610! ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 > not found for command 0x40287611! ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: > 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406! ivtv0 warning: i2c client > addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x4004760f! ivtv0 warning: i2c > client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406! ivtv0 warning: > i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610! ivtv0 > warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611! > ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0 > > <end> > >> From modprobe.conf: > > alias eth0 8139too alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 alias > char-major-61 lirc_i2c options snd-card-0 index=0 options > snd-intel8x0 index=0 remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store > 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove > snd-intel8x0 alias usb-controller uhci-hcd alias > ieee1394-controller ohci1394 # ivtv (PVR-150MCE) alias > char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias tveeprom > tveeprom-ivtv alias tuner tuner-ivtv alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv > install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe > --ignore-install lirc_i2c install ohci1394 /sbin/modprobe > --ignore-install ohci1394; /sbin/modprobe raw1394 > > > Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, Chris > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users > mailing list [email protected] > <mailto:[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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDZqf1DCV2NIijW9wRAilHAJ9LQUq8JQL9361LnSGcKp01ZhL7sQCdF8+T IkSlnpIf5n8TgOZ2RE+nEGQ= =nRqo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
