Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
I don't know what can be the reason of your problems. As far as I know, the disconnects are somehow related to bad receiving quality, which cause the firmware on the card to block. I'm not sure, though. After two month experience with a Nova-T 500 I can say almost for sure that tuning to channels with bad reception quality will get you in trouble. I have hidden those channels in MythTV and get a lot less (close no none) problems. I had some channels which gave me good reception one day and bad the next, and guess which days my wife woke me up early in the morning to reload the drivers :D /D ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
2008/1/21, daniel åkerud [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know what can be the reason of your problems. As far as I know, the disconnects are somehow related to bad receiving quality, which cause the firmware on the card to block. I'm not sure, though. After two month experience with a Nova-T 500 I can say almost for sure that tuning to channels with bad reception quality will get you in trouble. I have hidden those channels in MythTV and get a lot less (close no none) problems. I had some channels which gave me good reception one day and bad the next, and guess which days my wife woke me up early in the morning to reload the drivers :D /D That makes sense. I can't remember when the last disconnect happened, but I think there was also on a bad weather condition. Right now my system is working like a charm with the Nova-T 500. However, some people (including me) reports more freqüent disconnects when EIT scanning is enabled in MythTV. My solution to this was to write a Python script that allos me to externally enable / disable EIT scanning for all the channels on the database. I use this script to enable EIT scanning only from 9:00 to 12:00 everyday (I have set up a daily wakeup period for this in MythTV) and leave it disabled otherwise. This way the EIT scanning is active only on a time period when I'm mostly not at home (thus not using the computer) and disabled for the rest of the day, thus preventing problems between EIT scanning and recording / LiveTV. If anyone is interested in the script just let me know (it's pretty simple, thought). Best regards, Eduard ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 11:24 +, Nicolas Will wrote: On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 10:29 +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote: Hi all, The new year starts well, maybe: We found something which was in our drivers from the beginning and nobody saw it. See attached. I'm not sure whether it fixes something, but it might be possible. Can everyone try it please? Latest tree synced, patch applied, modules compiled and installed, machine rebooted. It all works, so far. But it will be a long term test, as the card survived for a few weeks usually before a disconnect. I still get mt2060 I2C write failed once in a while, maybe less often. And still the many dib0700: Unknown remote controller key when the TV remote is used. nico ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 10:29 +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote: Hi all, The new year starts well, maybe: We found something which was in our drivers from the beginning and nobody saw it. See attached. I'm not sure whether it fixes something, but it might be possible. Can everyone try it please? Latest tree synced, patch applied, modules compiled and installed, machine rebooted. (yeah for proper remote access and shell!) Let's see! I'll be back in Aberdeen tonight, and the wife and kids will loudly complain to me via cell phone if it doesn't work... Anyway, if this fixes the disconnects, an answer will not come overnight. Oh, and I updated the wiki page too, with info on this patch: http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Nico http://www.youplala.net/linux/home-theater-pc ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 23:20 +0100, Patrick Boettcher wrote: Aah, yes, you're right. It only affects dual-boards and there only the streaming problems, which might cause the disconnects. Your problem was signal reception? Well my problem is random disconnects on all single tuner dongles I have although I am using F-connectors + big antenna on the roof already... If this patch is meant to fix problems on dual tuner boards only then it won't help at all as the problem is already there for single tuner boards :( Soeren S. Be not confused by the different Soerens on the list ;-) My problem (as reported twice in the last 3 months) is incomplete tuning. Sometimes my vdr hangs with black screen and partially invalid lock flags after tuning. A few minutes of EPG scan always kill my nova-t stick. There is no firmware crash or disconnect, tuning to some other frequency solves the problem until the next freeze. Soeren M. ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Hi Nicolas, On 08/01/2008, Nicolas Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My reception is certainly sub-optimal, and that was pointed as a possible cause. I also have particularly poor reception, the nearest transmitter is some 60 miles away.. (But as in my earlier post, the Nova-T works fine). I guess that Patrick has run out of ideas, has little time to dedicate, or has better things to do these days. That's fair enough. I think I'll stick with the Nova-T for now, it's much safer around the wife. :-) -- Paul Elliott (omahn) Systems Engineer, Option-C Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Hi Jeffrey, On 07/01/2008, Jeffrey Borg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't worry too much about the kernel version the important thing here is to use the latest dvb sources from linuxtv.org Initially I tried the latest dvb sources on my 2.6.22 Gutsy kernel but didn't have any luck with it, the latest rc kernel was my last resort. The firmware I am using is the current one of dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw Do you have the md5sum for that file? I'm currently using the one posted here: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500 (under test firmware) md5sum is 5878ebfcba2d8deb90b9120eb89b02da I am using 1 nova-t 500 and 2 saa7134 devices with mythtv and its been really stable lately. uptime is currently 26 days I was lucky to get 26 hours! My setup is a Dell Inspiron AMD based box, a PVR350 and the Nova500. Quite often the card would disconnect within minutes of boot and several hours at best. I've taken it out now and I'm now using a Nova-T and the PVR350 without any issues. -- Paul Elliott (omahn) Systems Engineer, Option-C Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
-- Missatge reenviat -- From: Paul Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:35:13 + Subject: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status Hi all, Can anyone give me a state of play on the Nova 500 card? I have one here, I'm using the latest rc kernel and the patched firmware from the wiki yet it still disconnects, a *lot* - typically after a couple of hours and sometimes immediately on boot. I've removed it from my system for now and switched to a Nova-T. (Although only a single tuner now.) Someone on the IRC channel (forgot the alias, sorry!) suggested that the developers are currently stumped. If this is the case would it helpful to any developers if they could have my card on a free loan for a while to debug the issue?... -- Paul Elliott (omahn) Systems Engineer, Option-C Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm currently using a Nova-T 500 with no major issues. I'm running Gentoo 64 bits, kernel 2.6.23-r3 (lastest) and HG drivers (obtained last week, when I fully reinstalled the system). Previously I was using Sabayon 32 bits, same kernel, etc... and everything was also ok. I still suffer very ocasional disconnects, but they are really rare. I also sometimes get I2C errors in dmesg, but they don't seem to cause any issues. I don't know what can be the reason of your problems. As far as I know, the disconnects are somehow related to bad receiving quality, which cause the firmware on the card to block. I'm not sure, though. The driver development for this card seems to be stopped, right now. Since last firmware update (1.10) ther has been no news. Best regards, Eduard ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 08:17 +, Paul Elliott wrote: Initially I tried the latest dvb sources on my 2.6.22 Gutsy kernel but didn't have any luck with it, This is what I am running, no issues with it. But I have problems 15 miles away from the transmitter, 60 miles may be the problem. I'm planning on getting my antenna re-pointed, and maybe even replaced, with higher gain, and maybe an amp at the pole itself. I have already changed most of the cabling and plugs, getting rid of any splitter and low-quality stuff. This improved the situation greatly. The latest development was not really on the code itself, but on the firmware. Nico ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Hi all, The new year starts well, maybe: We found something which was in our drivers from the beginning and nobody saw it. See attached. I'm not sure whether it fixes something, but it might be possible. Can everyone try it please? Patrick. On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Nicolas Will wrote: On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 08:37 +1100, Jeffrey Borg wrote: Not much has been said about the NOVA-T 500 on this list lately, Mainly because I believe its now fixed, I beg to differ. It is very usable, yes. I am happily using it. But I still get the occasional usual hang, about once a month. Even when I am not in the house and on the continent. And I then have to go through a reboot. My reception is certainly sub-optimal, and that was pointed as a possible cause. Remote usage, or detection of weird codes by the remote sensor, has been also pointed as a possible cause. I guess that Patrick has run out of ideas, has little time to dedicate, or has better things to do these days. But maybe I missed important things lately. Nico http://www.youplala.net/linux/home-theater-pc ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb diff -r 9a5a4b57cef4 linux/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_core.c --- a/linux/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_core.cSat Nov 10 23:23:31 2007 +0100 +++ b/linux/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dib0700_core.cTue Jan 08 10:31:20 2008 +0100 @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int dib0700_streaming_ctrl(struct dvb_us u8 b[4]; b[0] = REQUEST_ENABLE_VIDEO; - b[1] = 0x00; +b[1] = (onoff 4) | 0x00; /* this bit gives a kind of command, rather than enabling something or not */ b[2] = (0x01 4); /* Master mode */ b[3] = 0x00; @@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ int dib0700_streaming_ctrl(struct dvb_us st-channel_state = ~(1 adap-id); b[2] |= st-channel_state; - - if (st-channel_state) /* if at least one channel is active */ - b[1] = (0x01 4) | 0x00; deb_info(data for streaming: %x %x\n,b[1],b[2]); ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Would that patch also affect the nova-td stick, I have had issues with both. My problems are isolated to one channel, as long as I don´t record on that specific channel everything is solid. Reception on the problem channel is worse, if it´s any help to anyone just specify what tests you need and I will try to deliver. /Henrik On Jan 8, 2008 10:52 AM, Paul Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Patrick, On 08/01/2008, Patrick Boettcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new year starts well, maybe: We found something which was in our drivers from the beginning and nobody saw it. See attached. I'm not sure whether it fixes something, but it might be possible. Can everyone try it please? I'll give it a whirl over the next few days, thanks. -- Paul Elliott (omahn) Systems Engineer, Option-C Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
It affects all dib0700-based devices. Patrick. On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Henrik Beckman wrote: Would that patch also affect the nova-td stick, I have had issues with both. My problems are isolated to one channel, as long as I don´t record on that specific channel everything is solid. Reception on the problem channel is worse, if it´s any help to anyone just specify what tests you need and I will try to deliver. /Henrik On Jan 8, 2008 10:52 AM, Paul Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Patrick, On 08/01/2008, Patrick Boettcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new year starts well, maybe: We found something which was in our drivers from the beginning and nobody saw it. See attached. I'm not sure whether it fixes something, but it might be possible. Can everyone try it please? I'll give it a whirl over the next few days, thanks. -- Paul Elliott (omahn) Systems Engineer, Option-C Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Patrick Boettcher wrote: It affects all dib0700-based devices. Patrick. I hoped this patch would solve my Nova-T-Stick problems, but - when looking closer - this patch changes nothing for single-channel dib0700-based devices (like the Nova-T-Stick), or have I missed the point? In other words, do you mean It affects all dual-channel dib0700-based devices? Soeren ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Aah, yes, you're right. It only affects dual-boards and there only the streaming problems, which might cause the disconnects. Your problem was signal reception? Patrick. -- Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/ On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Soeren Moch wrote: Patrick Boettcher wrote: It affects all dib0700-based devices. Patrick. I hoped this patch would solve my Nova-T-Stick problems, but - when looking closer - this patch changes nothing for single-channel dib0700-based devices (like the Nova-T-Stick), or have I missed the point? In other words, do you mean It affects all dual-channel dib0700-based devices? Soeren ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
[linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Hi all, Can anyone give me a state of play on the Nova 500 card? I have one here, I'm using the latest rc kernel and the patched firmware from the wiki yet it still disconnects, a *lot* - typically after a couple of hours and sometimes immediately on boot. I've removed it from my system for now and switched to a Nova-T. (Although only a single tuner now.) Someone on the IRC channel (forgot the alias, sorry!) suggested that the developers are currently stumped. If this is the case would it helpful to any developers if they could have my card on a free loan for a while to debug the issue?... -- Paul Elliott (omahn) Systems Engineer, Option-C Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
Paul, Not much has been said about the NOVA-T 500 on this list lately, Mainly because I believe its now fixed, Don't worry too much about the kernel version the important thing here is to use the latest dvb sources from linuxtv.org The firmware I am using is the current one of dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw I am using 1 nova-t 500 and 2 saa7134 devices with mythtv and its been really stable lately. uptime is currently 26 days Regards Jeffrey Paul Elliott wrote: Hi all, Can anyone give me a state of play on the Nova 500 card? I have one here, I'm using the latest rc kernel and the patched firmware from the wiki yet it still disconnects, a *lot* - typically after a couple of hours and sometimes immediately on boot. I've removed it from my system for now and switched to a Nova-T. (Although only a single tuner now.) Someone on the IRC channel (forgot the alias, sorry!) suggested that the developers are currently stumped. If this is the case would it helpful to any developers if they could have my card on a free loan for a while to debug the issue?... ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
Re: [linux-dvb] WinTV-NOVA-T-500 Status
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 08:37 +1100, Jeffrey Borg wrote: Not much has been said about the NOVA-T 500 on this list lately, Mainly because I believe its now fixed, I beg to differ. It is very usable, yes. I am happily using it. But I still get the occasional usual hang, about once a month. Even when I am not in the house and on the continent. And I then have to go through a reboot. My reception is certainly sub-optimal, and that was pointed as a possible cause. Remote usage, or detection of weird codes by the remote sensor, has been also pointed as a possible cause. I guess that Patrick has run out of ideas, has little time to dedicate, or has better things to do these days. But maybe I missed important things lately. Nico http://www.youplala.net/linux/home-theater-pc ___ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
