[mythtv-users] Problems with PVR 250

[Steven J. Festa]

I fixed all the errors dmesg reported but now I get a black screen when
trying to watch live tv. I can't figure this out :(
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

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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