[mythtv-users] Problems with PVR 250

[Steven J. Festa]

I used cat /dev/video0 > sample.mpg and it play a few seconds of black
screen. What arguments know to work, should I pass to test_ioctl for
testing?

Steve

>
 Check out the IVTV FAQ (http://ivtv.sourceforge.net):
> ---
> Why does xawtv not play the stream captured by the
> driver ?
>
> The stream capured by the driver is an MPEG stream,
> xawtv only understands raw formats such as YUV and
> will choke on an MPEG. While the driver can be made to
> output raw YUV data, the format conforms to NV12
> specification which xawtv does not understand either.
> In other words, xawtv and ivtv just don't get along!
> Use a player that understands mpeg, such as mplayer or
> xine.
> ---
>
> You'll need to use the test_ioctl commands to setup
> your card and then use cat /dev/video0 > sample.mpg to
> create a file.
>
> -- Joe
>
> --- "Steven J. Festa" <steve at spidermite.net> wrote:
>> > are you actually having problems with it? mine
>> works just fine and reads
>> > as:
>> >
>> > 00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext
>> Compression Inc:
>> > Unknown device 0016 (rev 01)
>> >          Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.:
>> Unknown device 4009
>> >          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency
>> 32, IRQ 10
>> >          Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
>> [size=64M]
>> >          Capabilities: [44] Power Management
>> version 2
>> >
>>
>> Yes, I just tried xawtv and it echoed this error:
>>
>> [steve at stranger steve]$ xawtv
>> This is xawtv-3.76, running on Linux/i686
>> (2.4.19-16mdk)
>> /dev/v4l/video0 [v4l]: ioctl VIDIOCGCAP: Invalid
>> argument
>> no video grabber device available
>>
>> I've tried the firmware from Hauppauge site and also
>> the from the disc.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> >>I've installed the pvr-250 and follwed the
>> instructions in the docs,
>> >>however when I run lspci -v it doesn't recognize
>> the MPEG encoder here's
>> >>the ouptut:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext
>> Compression Inc: Unknown
>> >>device 0803 (rev 01)
>> >>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.:
>> Unknown device 4001
>> >>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency
>> 64, IRQ 11
>> >>         Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
>> [size=64M]
>> >>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management
>> version 2
>> >>
>> >>modules.conf reads:
>> >>
>> >>alias char-major-81     videodev
>> >>alias char-major-81-0   ivtv
>> >>options ivtv debug=1
>> >>options tuner type=2
>> >>options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
>> >>add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
>> >>
>> >>Any suggestions
>> >>
>> >>thanks
>> >>
>> >>Steve
>> >>
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