[mythtv-users] PVR350 Channel Scanning, Frequency Table and Such In Singapore

Sun Apr 11 04:51:22 EDT 2004

Hi,

I've setup my MythTV box following Jarod's guide up to step 13.  I've 
installed the driver for my PVR350 and edited /etc/modules.conf 
according to Jarod's guide.  However, I'm not able to tune to any 
free-to-air channels in *Singapore*.

This is my /etc/modules.conf :

path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates
# default path
path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
#alias scsi_hostadapter ft3xx  # Using sata_promise.o (open source 
driver) now.
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_promise
alias eth0 nvnet
alias usb-interface usb-ohci
# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1.0-4363

# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 mpg_buffers=90
#options tuner type=2 # NTSC tuner
options tuner type=28 # PAL tuner use type=20 or type=28
options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c

#alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.3 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
#alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss dsp_map=1 adsp_map=1
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

I've set my tuner type=28 according to the *modprobe tveeprom.* 

# modprobe tveeprom
Warning: 
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/media/video/tveeprom.o 
symbol for parameter verbose not found
Module tveeprom loaded, with warnings

Following is part of the dmesg output:
:
:
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.4 (20040207)
ivtv: version 0.1.9 (release) loading
ivtv: SGarray_size = 320, DSGarray_size = 16
ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
saa7114.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
saa7114.c: detecting saa7114 client on address 0x42
saa7115.c: writing init values
status: (1E) 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3418W-A2, has NICAM support
msp3410: daemon started
ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
tuner: tuner type not set
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 0
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 32
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 224
ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 16
ivtv: loaded
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
bttv: driver version 0.7.107 loaded
bttv: using 4 buffers with 2080k (8320k total) for capture
bttv: Host bridge is PCI device 10de:01e0 (nVidia Corporation)
lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:sample_rate: 10
ivtv: ivtv-api.c: unknown ioctl 0x803c7601
tveeprom.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
tveeprom.c: detecting tveeprom client on address 0xa0
  9 [04] 20 77 00 40 3d 1f 65 00
  3 [05] 99 00
  8 [06] 06 bc 00 00 17 15 a9
  2 [07] 70
Not sure what to do with tag [07]
  3 [09] 13 5f
Not sure what to do with tag [09]
  3 [0a] 04 2f
  3 [0b] 59 8c
Not sure what to do with tag [0b]
  2 [0e] 01
  2 [0f] 01
Not sure what to do with tag [0f]
  2 [10] 01
Not sure what to do with tag [10]
  2 [11] 00
Not sure what to do with tag [11]
tvee: Hauppauge: model=48134, rev=J147, serial#=6627133
tvee: tuner=LG TP18PSB01D (idx=47, type=28)
tvee: tuner fmt=PAL(B/G) (eeprom=0x04, v4l2=0x00000007)
tvee: audio_processor=CS5331 (type=9)

For info, Singapore is using *PAL B/G* for its' broadcasts.  I've also 
attempted to scan for the channels using *scantv -a -o scanout* without 
any success.  Note: The *-a* option causes scantv to incremental the 
frequency by 0.25MHz for each iteration of the scanning process.  
Following is part of the output from the scanning:

$ scantv -a -o scanout
ioctl: 
VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT(index=0;type=VIDEO_CAPTURE;flags=0;description="";pixelformat=0x00000000 
[....]): Inappropriate ioctl for device

please select your TV norm
   0: NTSC
   1: PAL
   2: SECAM
nr ? 1

please select a frequency table
   0: us-bcast
   1: us-cable
   2: us-cable-hrc
   3: japan-bcast
   4: japan-cable
   5: europe-west
   6: europe-east
   7: italy
   8: newzealand
   9: australia
  10: ireland
  11: france
  12: china-bcast
  13: southafrica
  14: argentina
  15: australia-optus
  16: russia
nr ? 5
invalid value for input: television
valid choices for "input": "Composite 0", "Composite 1", "Composite 2", 
"Composite 3", "Tuner 0", "Composite 4", "S-Video 0", "S-Video 1", 
"S-Video 2", "S-Video 3"

scanning freqencies...
??  44.00 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  44.25 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  44.50 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  44.75 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  45.00 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  45.25 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  45.50 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  45.75 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  46.00 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  46.25 MHz (-   ): |   no
??  46.50 MHz (-   ): |   no
:
:

I've tried different selections for the frequency table, all without any 
success.  I'll like to be able to ensure that I can tune to all the 
channels before I continue with the next step of the setup.  I believe I 
might need to get the frequencies of all the channels and manually enter 
them into the database before I can continue further.

I'm at a lost on what to do next.  Please help.

Thanks
KianTeck

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