[mythtv-users] Adding a second PVR-250

Jon Kunze jon99ut at gmail.com
Fri Aug 27 03:55:57 EDT 2004


On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:57:04 -0400, Bryan Ware <bryan at hb-computers.com> wrote:
> I ad the same problem and resolved it by doing the following. First,
> boot to single user and do chkconfig mythbackend off, this will prevent
> mythbackend from starting and not load your current ivtv drivers. You
> have to get the bleeding edge drivers for ivtv. Go into you source.list
> file for apt and change the stable to bleeding for the atrpms entry.
> Then do apt-get update to update your list. Next, get the 10pre version
> of the ivtv drivers. After that, you will have to modify your
> modules.conf file and add the cardtype= statement. I added mine below
> for reference. You can find out your card type using the lspci -vv
> command. (Might have to reference IVTV site for more info on that)
> 
> options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 cardtype=1,2 mpg_buffers=90
> 
> Even though you don't have to, I would reboot your system now. Once it
> is back up, try to start mythbackend again.
> 
> Hope, this helps. Took me three days to get this resolved.
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 21:31, Jon Kunze wrote:
> > Sounds like an ivtv issue. Either that or you ran out of IRQ's for the
> > second card. Try turning off a unused port.
> > - Hide quoted text -
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jon Kunze [mailto:jon99ut at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 3:40 PM
> > > To: William
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Adding a second PVR-250
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:59:11 -0400, William
> > > <wmunson at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I've purchased another PVR-250, and I was wondering if
> > > there was any
> > > > > information/advice on installing a second capture card?
> > > What exactly
> > > > > is involve? Will it just plug and play or will I have to
> > > configure
> > > > > this card like I did the last one? Any advice/web sites would be
> > > > > great.
> > > > >
> > > > > I setup my MythTV Frontend/Backend on Fedora Core 1 using Jarod's
> > > > > Guide if this is any help. Thanks for any advice you can provide.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Identical setup here. The card will detect and install by
> > > itself. I suggest
> > > > blowing away your existing card conifuration then re-add
> > > both cards. First
> > > > card is video0 and second is video1. The rest of the
> > > defaults are fine. In
> > > > the section where you link inputs to video sources, just
> > > define both cards
> > > > to the same source and it will pick the available card when
> > > recording.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ok, I put the second 250 in, and booted the maching and it seems to
> > > hang shortly after detecting the card. It says something like:
> > >
> > > "Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)"
> > > and
> > > "Tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC (F11236, FM1236
> > > and compatibles))
> > >
> > > After it prints that, the system just hangs right there. Any ideas? Do
> > > I need to setup the configuration before installing the card? Do I
> > > need to disable the FM tuner before installing it? It is a PVR-250MCE,
> > > but it is a revision that is said to be compatible.
> >
> > Ok, I posted to the ivtv forum, but have run into an even worse
> > problem now. I figured I'd post this problem to both lists to see if
> > anyone can help me quickly. I attempted to upgrade the ivtv drivers by
> > reading through Jarod's guide and using the command:
> >
> > # apt-get update
> > # apt-get install kernel-module-ivtv-$MYKERNEL ivtv
> >
> > I then rebooted and when it started Myth back up, and I go to WatchTV
> > I get a black screen the machine seems to hang. I either have to
> > reboot or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to get out of it. I am still able to
> > watch previously recorded shows, just not capture new streams. Any
> > ideas on a way to fix this problem before moving on to trying to get
> > the second card running?
> > 
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> --
> Bryan Ware <bryan at hb-computers.com>
> 
> 

Ok, I understand about half of what you're saying. Unfourtunately I'm
fairly "green" when it comes to linux and don't know all the ins and
outs of the situation. Could you possibly break it down for a newbie
:D I'd love to just get the first card working again, let along
getting the second card recording as well. Thanks for all the help,
and hopefully I can get this resolved and recording again.


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