Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
This is an old thread, but I finally got the AverMedia card working and wanted to post what I did to hopefully save someone else the problem. The issue was that while ivtv correctly detected my video card as an m179, it wasn't able to detect the tuner. dmesg would show tuner 0-0060: tuner type not set For this card, the tuner type should be 2, it seems. I added the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf: options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=2 Now when I modprobe ivtv, the above dmesg line now shows that the tuner type is 2. I can change channels, and the video looks fine (well, fine for an M179). Thanks for everyone who helped. The answer was out there. I just had to keep digging long enough to find the relevant keywords to search for. Alas. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Maybe it's a Hw thing. I'm going to try the firmware that came with the m179and see what happens as soon as I can figure out how to translate P2Driver.sys into the ivtv-fw-x.bin files. Why don't you run a MD5 on the M179 firmware and compare it to the Hauppauge ones? They might be the same. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Wednesday 20 July 2005 0:45, Scott Alfter wrote: Are you running into any signal-quality issues, by any chance? I got one of my M179s running again (this time alongside a PVR-350 and a PVR-250MCE). I'm using the same ivtv version as you, with the kernel (2.6.9) tuner.ko used instead of the one provided with ivtv. Passing the tuner types (8 for the PVR-250MCE, 2 for the PVR-350 and M179) to ivtv got the tuners on all three cards working. However, the signal quality on the M179 is still far inferior to the two Hauppauge cards. The tuner input picks up more RF noise that shows up as various kinds of interference patterns (odd, since the PVR-350 uses the exact same tuner). I then figured I'd go ahead and use the Hauppauge cards to tune analog cable and plug the digital-cable box into the M179. While the picture quality on the S-video input is good enough, the audio has an unacceptable amount of crackling noise in the background. Is there anything I can do to get the M179 working better on either the tuner or S-video input, or should I rip it back out and forget about ever getting it working properly with MythTV? (I've done some composite video capture with the M179 on a WinXP box, and the audio didn't make the crackling noise it does under Linux. Is ivtv not initializing something on the card properly?) I don't have any other cards to compare to, and my TV-out is so crappy it's hard to figure out whether any picture problems are introduced by the M-179 or the TV-out encoder. I will say that the quality degrades quickly if there's any noise in the incoming signal. As soon as I have some spare time and spare cash I'm going to try out ain Air2PC or pcHDTV card, plus get a TV with digital inputs so I can take the TV encoder chip out of the equation. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Tuesday 19 July 2005 02:28 pm, Walt Howd wrote: Bob, The fix you really want is to try your default tuner.ko, replacing the tuner.ko from ivtv. Just swap them out real quick, run depmod and give it a try. I had big hopes for this Walt, but alas, no change. My PVR250 works good, but the m179 is a different matter. Sometimes a crappy picture, and I can never change the channels. Maybe it's a Hw thing. I'm going to try the firmware that came with the m179and see what happens as soon as I can figure out how to translate P2Driver.sys into the ivtv-fw-x.bin files. Thanks for the ideas. I'll keep trying. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: decoder set input (4) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: now setting Composite input If you're not intending to use the composite input this would explain why you are getting nothing but static. Check that your input method is set correctly and let me know how you make out. For testing purposes you can use ivtvctl to change the input like so: ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -p input number For a list of potentical input numbers use ivtvctl -n. Once you've got the input set correctly change your encoder to the correct channel with ptune.pl channel number. Then for a test capture use cat /dev/video1 test.mpeg BTW, ivtvctl and ptune.pl come with the ivtv sources. - Ben -- A: Because it destroys the flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting dumb? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Bob, The fix you really want is to try your default tuner.ko, replacing the tuner.ko from ivtv. Just swap them out real quick, run depmod and give it a try. w On 7/19/05, Ben Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: decoder set input (4) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: now setting Composite input If you're not intending to use the composite input this would explain why you are getting nothing but static. Check that your input method is set correctly and let me know how you make out. For testing purposes you can use ivtvctl to change the input like so: ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -p input number For a list of potentical input numbers use ivtvctl -n. Once you've got the input set correctly change your encoder to the correct channel with ptune.pl channel number. Then for a test capture use cat /dev/video1 test.mpeg BTW, ivtvctl and ptune.pl come with the ivtv sources. - Ben -- A: Because it destroys the flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting dumb? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 12:24:24PM -0400, Joseph A. Caputo wrote: On Wednesday 06 July 2005 8:36, Robert Kulagowski wrote: I have the same problem with my M179's; your question is better suited for the ivtv mailing list. The last known-good version of ivtv (for me) for the M179 is pre-100b, which was a long, long time ago. FWIW, I'm running 0.2.0-rc3b with 2 M-179's with good results. Are you running into any signal-quality issues, by any chance? I got one of my M179s running again (this time alongside a PVR-350 and a PVR-250MCE). I'm using the same ivtv version as you, with the kernel (2.6.9) tuner.ko used instead of the one provided with ivtv. Passing the tuner types (8 for the PVR-250MCE, 2 for the PVR-350 and M179) to ivtv got the tuners on all three cards working. However, the signal quality on the M179 is still far inferior to the two Hauppauge cards. The tuner input picks up more RF noise that shows up as various kinds of interference patterns (odd, since the PVR-350 uses the exact same tuner). I then figured I'd go ahead and use the Hauppauge cards to tune analog cable and plug the digital-cable box into the M179. While the picture quality on the S-video input is good enough, the audio has an unacceptable amount of crackling noise in the background. Is there anything I can do to get the M179 working better on either the tuner or S-video input, or should I rip it back out and forget about ever getting it working properly with MythTV? (I've done some composite video capture with the M179 on a WinXP box, and the audio didn't make the crackling noise it does under Linux. Is ivtv not initializing something on the card properly?) _/_ / v \ Scott Alfter (IIGS( http://alfter.us/Top-posting! \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/ladenWhat's the most annoying thing on Usenet? pgpRwPPk95rNj.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 07:01 am, Ben Holt wrote: I'm using ivtv-0.2.0-rc3i with firmware pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip (MD5SUM d85cb08382395390dc95ac6ebc2205f9). Yes, that's a newer version of the firmware than what is recommended, but it seems to work well. I'll have to get this version and try it out. My modules configuration is as follows: options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=50,2,2 options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0 add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner saa7127 Maybe this is a gentoo thing, but I don't have a modules.conf file that specifies these options. In gentoo, I just added ivtv in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6, and some other modules. I made sure to load tveeprom first, and everything else seems to have been loaded nicely. But maybe I'm missing something. But the PVR-250 works fine. (The PVR250 uses tuner 50 whereas the two M170s use tuner 2) If you are getting snow I would expect it to be a tuner or input setting issue. Can you post the output from your IVTV initialisation. Sure. Thanks. Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: START INIT IVTV Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: version 0.3.3 (k) loading Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.11-gentoo-r7 SMP gcc-3.4 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] enabled at IRQ 18 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ACPI: PCI interrupt :02:08.0[A] - GSI 18 (level, low) - IRQ 217 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x00e1 vendor: 0x10de Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 32031, rev = B110, serial# = 6148370 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver tveeprom: tuner = Philips FI1236 MK2 (idx = 10, type = 2) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x1000) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3435 (type = 10) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[50],ok] Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver msp34xx: ivtv version Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3435G-B6, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode, simpler (G) no-thread mode Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Jul 13 2005 11:10:41 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver hub 1-1:1.0: 3 ports detected Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3435G-B6,ok] Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Tuner Type 2, Tuner formats 0x1000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00891450, Revision 0x Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: NTSC tuner detected Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Radio detected Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: starting probe for adapter SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c00 (0x0) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: starting probe for adapter SMBus nForce2 adapter at 4c40 (0x0) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005) Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: detecting saa7115 client on address 0x42 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: writing init values Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[50],ok] Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver saa7115: status: (1E) 0x00, (1F) 0xc0 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver usb 1-1.2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-:00:02.0-1.2 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 5 streams Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0 Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 1024 16384 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jul 15 12:25:35 mythtvserver ivtv: Allocate DMA stream 0 using 1024 16384 byte buffers 16777216 kbytes total Jul 15
RE: Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
The m179 is the same setup in the fedora mythtv howto by jarod. It's pretty straight forward and the quality is just as good or almost as the pvr250. Johnny Lee -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Weber Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:39 PM To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Subject: Fwd: Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179 Alas, Avermedia will only take their card back after 14 days. To save others some hassle, I don' recommend using the m179. When I had it running under windows, the picture quality wasn't real good, and I think the PVR150 from hauppauge must be easier to get working, and it's about the same price. That said, I will try to get this sucky card working since I'm stuck with it. So here's my latest thought (I can only muster up one at a time). Does the m179 use the same firmware as the hauppaugge? To anyone who has a working m179, what firmware are you using? Thanks. Bob On Sunday 10 July 2005 04:49 am, Dennis Hand wrote: I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. I tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 card in my AMD64 system, and it works fine. So, it's a problem with ivtv and the m179, at least when coupled with an amd64, it seems. When I run: ivtvctl -I I get Check SAA7115 input signal ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad That's probably a pretty good indication of the problem, but I don't know what to do about it. Come Monday, I'm going to return the m179 to avermedia and get another PVR-250. They're a little pricey, but at least I can get it to work. Unless, of course, someone can save me the hassle by guiding me in the right direction. Tnx again. Well I unfortunately have a alot of experience with the M179's. I'm using FC3 with one of the later rc3 ivtv versions on a test box and it works fine. Granted I'm not using a amd64 system but that shouldn't have anything to do with it. What does your modprobe.conf look like? I will say the M179 is very very stubborn. You usually have to trick it especially on a reboot as this card doesn't get autorecognized by ivtv. If your getting static then thats a good sign. What I have to do sometimes is change the tuner to something that doesn't work then change it back to the right one. Like so, ivtvctl -p 0 ivtvctl -p 3. If composite(3) is what your using. I've tried your trick Dennis, changing the input with ivtvctl, to 3 and backto 0 (I'm using the coax input), but it still doesn't work. Now, going back to the latest gentoo driver, I don't even get a picture, just static, or blank screens when I have a different input. I've attached my modprobe.conf file. As things look now, though, I'll return the m179 and get a PVR150. I think that should be easy to get working, and there isn't much price difference. Dennis --- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On 7/12/05, Bob Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That said, I will try to get this sucky card working since I'm stuck with it. So here's my latest thought (I can only muster up one at a time). Does the m179 use the same firmware as the hauppaugge? To anyone who has a working m179, what firmware are you using? I've got 2 M179s and a PVR250. Although the PVR250 has a better picture, the M179s have been stable and don't require any fiddling once properly configured. I'm using ivtv-0.2.0-rc3i with firmware pvr_1.18.21.22168_inf.zip (MD5SUM d85cb08382395390dc95ac6ebc2205f9). Yes, that's a newer version of the firmware than what is recommended, but it seems to work well. My modules configuration is as follows: options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 tuner=50,2,2 options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0 add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner saa7127 (The PVR250 uses tuner 50 whereas the two M170s use tuner 2) If you are getting snow I would expect it to be a tuner or input setting issue. Can you post the output from your IVTV initialisation. - Ben -- A: Because it destroys the flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting dumb? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Fwd: Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Alas, Avermedia will only take their card back after 14 days. To save others some hassle, I don' recommend using the m179. When I had it running under windows, the picture quality wasn't real good, and I think the PVR150 from hauppauge must be easier to get working, and it's about the same price. That said, I will try to get this sucky card working since I'm stuck with it. So here's my latest thought (I can only muster up one at a time). Does the m179 use the same firmware as the hauppaugge? To anyone who has a working m179, what firmware are you using? Thanks. Bob On Sunday 10 July 2005 04:49 am, Dennis Hand wrote: I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. I tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 card in my AMD64 system, and it works fine. So, it's a problem with ivtv and the m179, at least when coupled with an amd64, it seems. When I run: ivtvctl -I I get Check SAA7115 input signal ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad That's probably a pretty good indication of the problem, but I don't know what to do about it. Come Monday, I'm going to return the m179 to avermedia and get another PVR-250. They're a little pricey, but at least I can get it to work. Unless, of course, someone can save me the hassle by guiding me in the right direction. Tnx again. Well I unfortunately have a alot of experience with the M179's. I'm using FC3 with one of the later rc3 ivtv versions on a test box and it works fine. Granted I'm not using a amd64 system but that shouldn't have anything to do with it. What does your modprobe.conf look like? I will say the M179 is very very stubborn. You usually have to trick it especially on a reboot as this card doesn't get autorecognized by ivtv. If your getting static then thats a good sign. What I have to do sometimes is change the tuner to something that doesn't work then change it back to the right one. Like so, ivtvctl -p 0 ivtvctl -p 3. If composite(3) is what your using. I've tried your trick Dennis, changing the input with ivtvctl, to 3 and backto 0 (I'm using the coax input), but it still doesn't work. Now, going back to the latest gentoo driver, I don't even get a picture, just static, or blank screens when I have a different input. I've attached my modprobe.conf file. As things look now, though, I'll return the m179 and get a PVR150. I think that should be easy to get working, and there isn't much price difference. Dennis --- ### This file is automatically generated by modules-update # # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add # anything please take a look at /etc/modules.conf and read # the manpage for modules-update. # alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-387 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-332 iBCS alias binfmt--310 binfmt_java alias block-major-1-* rd alias block-major-2-* floppy alias block-major-3-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-7-* loop alias block-major-8-* sd_mod alias block-major-9-* md alias block-major-11-* sr_mod alias block-major-13-* xd alias block-major-15-* cdu31a alias block-major-16-* gscd alias block-major-17-* optcd alias block-major-18-* sjcd alias block-major-20-* mcdx alias block-major-22-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-23-* mcd alias block-major-24-* sonycd535 alias block-major-25-* sbpcd alias block-major-26-* sbpcd alias block-major-27-* sbpcd alias block-major-29-* aztcd alias block-major-32-* cm206 alias block-major-33-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-34-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-37-* ide-tape alias block-major-44-* ftl alias block-major-46-* pcd alias block-major-47-* pf alias block-major-56-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-57-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-58-* lvm-mod alias block-major-88-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-89-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-90-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-91-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-93-* nftl alias block-major-113-* viocd alias char-major-4-* serial alias char-major-5-* serial alias char-major-6-* lp alias char-major-9-* st alias char-major-10-0 busmouse alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse alias char-major-10-3 atixlmouse alias char-major-10-130 wdt alias char-major-10-131 wdt alias char-major-10-135 rtc alias char-major-10-139 openprom alias char-major-10-144 nvram alias char-major-10-157 applicom alias char-major-10-175 agpgart alias char-major-10-184 microcode alias char-major-10-200 tun alias char-major-10-250 hci_vhci alias char-major-13-* input alias char-major-13-0 joydev alias char-major-13-32 mousedev alias char-major-14-* soundcore alias char-major-19-* cyclades alias char-major-20-* cyclades alias char-major-21-* sg alias char-major-22-* pcxx alias
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Bob, I found the problem with IVTV and the M179s is the included tuner module. If you keep the stock tuner.ko from your kernel, then you can successfuly tune and change channels. This is what worked for me. You also have to manually specify the tuner type in the ivtv kernel module options. w On 7/10/05, Bob Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 10 July 2005 04:49 am, Dennis Hand wrote: I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. I tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 card in my AMD64 system, and it works fine. So, it's a problem with ivtv and the m179, at least when coupled with an amd64, it seems. When I run: ivtvctl -I I get Check SAA7115 input signal ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad That's probably a pretty good indication of the problem, but I don't know what to do about it. Come Monday, I'm going to return the m179 to avermedia and get another PVR-250. They're a little pricey, but at least I can get it to work. Unless, of course, someone can save me the hassle by guiding me in the right direction. Tnx again. Well I unfortunately have a alot of experience with the M179's. I'm using FC3 with one of the later rc3 ivtv versions on a test box and it works fine. Granted I'm not using a amd64 system but that shouldn't have anything to do with it. What does your modprobe.conf look like? I will say the M179 is very very stubborn. You usually have to trick it especially on a reboot as this card doesn't get autorecognized by ivtv. If your getting static then thats a good sign. What I have to do sometimes is change the tuner to something that doesn't work then change it back to the right one. Like so, ivtvctl -p 0 ivtvctl -p 3. If composite(3) is what your using. I've tried your trick Dennis, changing the input with ivtvctl, to 3 and backto 0 (I'm using the coax input), but it still doesn't work. Now, going back to the latest gentoo driver, I don't even get a picture, just static, or blank screens when I have a different input. I've attached my modprobe.conf file. As things look now, though, I'll return the m179 and get a PVR150. I think that should be easy to get working, and there isn't much price difference. Dennis ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Sunday 10 July 2005 04:49 am, Dennis Hand wrote: I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. I tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 card in my AMD64 system, and it works fine. So, it's a problem with ivtv and the m179, at least when coupled with an amd64, it seems. When I run: ivtvctl -I I get Check SAA7115 input signal ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad That's probably a pretty good indication of the problem, but I don't know what to do about it. Come Monday, I'm going to return the m179 to avermedia and get another PVR-250. They're a little pricey, but at least I can get it to work. Unless, of course, someone can save me the hassle by guiding me in the right direction. Tnx again. Well I unfortunately have a alot of experience with the M179's. I'm using FC3 with one of the later rc3 ivtv versions on a test box and it works fine. Granted I'm not using a amd64 system but that shouldn't have anything to do with it. What does your modprobe.conf look like? I will say the M179 is very very stubborn. You usually have to trick it especially on a reboot as this card doesn't get autorecognized by ivtv. If your getting static then thats a good sign. What I have to do sometimes is change the tuner to something that doesn't work then change it back to the right one. Like so, ivtvctl -p 0 ivtvctl -p 3. If composite(3) is what your using. I've tried your trick Dennis, changing the input with ivtvctl, to 3 and backto 0 (I'm using the coax input), but it still doesn't work. Now, going back to the latest gentoo driver, I don't even get a picture, just static, or blank screens when I have a different input. I've attached my modprobe.conf file. As things look now, though, I'll return the m179 and get a PVR150. I think that should be easy to get working, and there isn't much price difference. Dennis ### This file is automatically generated by modules-update # # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add # anything please take a look at /etc/modules.conf and read # the manpage for modules-update. # alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-387 binfmt_aout alias binfmt-332 iBCS alias binfmt--310 binfmt_java alias block-major-1-* rd alias block-major-2-* floppy alias block-major-3-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-7-* loop alias block-major-8-* sd_mod alias block-major-9-* md alias block-major-11-* sr_mod alias block-major-13-* xd alias block-major-15-* cdu31a alias block-major-16-* gscd alias block-major-17-* optcd alias block-major-18-* sjcd alias block-major-20-* mcdx alias block-major-22-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-23-* mcd alias block-major-24-* sonycd535 alias block-major-25-* sbpcd alias block-major-26-* sbpcd alias block-major-27-* sbpcd alias block-major-29-* aztcd alias block-major-32-* cm206 alias block-major-33-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-34-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-37-* ide-tape alias block-major-44-* ftl alias block-major-46-* pcd alias block-major-47-* pf alias block-major-56-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-57-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-58-* lvm-mod alias block-major-88-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-89-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-90-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-91-* ide-probe-mod alias block-major-93-* nftl alias block-major-113-* viocd alias char-major-4-* serial alias char-major-5-* serial alias char-major-6-* lp alias char-major-9-* st alias char-major-10-0 busmouse alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse alias char-major-10-3 atixlmouse alias char-major-10-130 wdt alias char-major-10-131 wdt alias char-major-10-135 rtc alias char-major-10-139 openprom alias char-major-10-144 nvram alias char-major-10-157 applicom alias char-major-10-175 agpgart alias char-major-10-184 microcode alias char-major-10-200 tun alias char-major-10-250 hci_vhci alias char-major-13-* input alias char-major-13-0 joydev alias char-major-13-32 mousedev alias char-major-14-* soundcore alias char-major-19-* cyclades alias char-major-20-* cyclades alias char-major-21-* sg alias char-major-22-* pcxx alias char-major-23-* pcxx alias char-major-27-* zftape alias char-major-34-* scc alias char-major-35-* tclmidi alias char-major-36-* netlink alias char-major-37-* ide-tape alias char-major-48-* riscom8 alias char-major-49-* riscom8 alias char-major-57-* esp alias char-major-58-* esp alias char-major-63-* kdebug alias char-major-90-* mtdchar alias char-major-96-* pt alias char-major-97-* pg alias char-major-99-* ppdev alias char-major-107-* 3dfx alias char-major-108-* ppp_generic alias char-major-109-* lvm-mod alias char-major-161-* ircomm-tty alias char-major-171-* raw1394 alias char-major-195-* nvidia alias char-major-200-* vxspec alias
Re:[mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
I appreciate the help guys. I didn't get any feedback from the ivtv group. I tried several versions of ivtv, including 0.2.0-rc3b. All exhibit the same behaviour: a lot of static and I cannot change channels. I tested the m179 in a windows PC, and it worked fine. I put my PVR-250 card in my AMD64 system, and it works fine. So, it's a problem with ivtv and the m179, at least when coupled with an amd64, it seems. When I run: ivtvctl -I I get Check SAA7115 input signal ioctl: VIDEO_STATUS = Bad That's probably a pretty good indication of the problem, but I don't know what to do about it. Come Monday, I'm going to return the m179 to avermedia and get another PVR-250. They're a little pricey, but at least I can get it to work. Unless, of course, someone can save me the hassle by guiding me in the right direction. Tnx again. Well I unfortunately have a alot of experience with the M179's. I'm using FC3 with one of the later rc3 ivtv versions on a test box and it works fine. Granted I'm not using a amd64 system but that shouldn't have anything to do with it. What does your modprobe.conf look like? I will say the M179 is very very stubborn. You usually have to trick it especially on a reboot as this card doesn't get autorecognized by ivtv. If your getting static then thats a good sign. What I have to do sometimes is change the tuner to something that doesn't work then change it back to the right one. Like so, ivtvctl -p 0 ivtvctl -p 3. If composite(3) is what your using. Dennis ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Thanks for the feedback. I will try and get some support from the ivtv group. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't something silly, like not loading a needed driver or needing to tell the tuner the input is cable, rather than NTSC. ...or you'll have to tell your card to switch to the Tuner0 input to use the tuner. -JAC I didn't realize there was a composite input. I'm trying to use the coax input. ptune-ui.pli is set to tuner 0, though I've played with other selections. That, at least, does seem to work. I have the same problem with my M179's; your question is better suited for the ivtv mailing list. The last known-good version of ivtv (for me) for the M179 is pre-100b, which was a long, long time ago. FWIW, I'm running 0.2.0-rc3b with 2 M-179's with good results. Thanks. I'll try that version, and see what the ivtv group suggests. This may pose a real problem. My plan is to use a PVR250 (which I haven't installed yet) and the m179, and an hdtv card. If I need and old version of ivtv for the m179, can I use a later version for the PVR250? I don't know how that would work. Maybe I'll need to move one of the cards to a frontend machine. But, first things first. Get the m179 working. Thanks again. - Bob ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
Bob Weber wrote: Hello everyone. This must just be some silly operator error, because I see that people are happily using the m179. For some reason, when I use mplayer to watch video via the m179, I have a lot of static, but I can see that channel 60 (at least it's the comedy channel) is selected. Changing channels via ptune gives me success messages, but I see no changes in mplayer. ... saa7115: decoder set input (4) saa7115: now setting Composite input If you're using composite input, you've got an external tuner... You'll have to change channel on it. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
I have the same problem with my M179's; your question is better suited for the ivtv mailing list. The last known-good version of ivtv (for me) for the M179 is pre-100b, which was a long, long time ago. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 8:53, Michael T. Dean wrote: Bob Weber wrote: Hello everyone. This must just be some silly operator error, because I see that people are happily using the m179. For some reason, when I use mplayer to watch video via the m179, I have a lot of static, but I can see that channel 60 (at least it's the comedy channel) is selected. Changing channels via ptune gives me success messages, but I see no changes in mplayer. ... saa7115: decoder set input (4) saa7115: now setting Composite input If you're using composite input, you've got an external tuner... You'll have to change channel on it. ...or you'll have to tell your card to switch to the Tuner0 input to use the tuner. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 8:36, Robert Kulagowski wrote: I have the same problem with my M179's; your question is better suited for the ivtv mailing list. The last known-good version of ivtv (for me) for the M179 is pre-100b, which was a long, long time ago. FWIW, I'm running 0.2.0-rc3b with 2 M-179's with good results. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
FWIW, I'm running 0.2.0-rc3b with 2 M-179's with good results. I'll have to give that a try. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Cannot change channels with M179
On Wednesday 06 July 2005 16:18, Robert Kulagowski wrote: FWIW, I'm running 0.2.0-rc3b with 2 M-179's with good results. I'll have to give that a try. Just FYI, I'm on FC1 using ATrpms kernel ivtv packages. -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
