[mythtv-users] question about ivtv

sschaefer1 at woh.rr.com sschaefer1 at woh.rr.com
Wed Dec 8 15:13:51 UTC 2004


Firmware needs to reside in the /lib/modules directory. There is a way to have it located elsewhere, but I don't remember how to do that. Either extract the firmware from the supplied CD using the utility in the IvyTV's driver code under the "utils" directory, or use the firmware page on the website to download a previously extracted set. There are two files for the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 350, called ivtv-fw-dec.bin  ivtv-fw-enc.bin, as for the PVR 250 or other tuners from them I'm not sure if you need the ivtv-fw-dec.bin file since they don't have decoding capability. Anyway the firmware page on the IvyTV website and the READMEs in the driver code should explain the steps better.  This all is assuming you aren't aware that these steps need to be performed.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jose Rubio <debian at nc.rr.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2004 7:37 am
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] question about ivtv

> It's not finding the firmware.  Has it been extracted?
> Is it in the right place?
> 
> -jose-
> 
> 
> --- Rachel O'Connor <mythtv at vireo.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I asked this on the ivtv mailing list, but I'm
> > desperate and thought I'd 
> > ask here -- 
> > 
> > I'm trying to modprobe the ivtv driver, but I get
> > this result: 
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: saa7115: detecting
> > saa7115 client on address 0x42
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: saa7115: writing init
> > values
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: ivtv: i2c attach
> > [client=saa7115[3],ok]
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: saa7115: status: (1E)
> > 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: saa7127: starting
> > probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #1 (0x10005)
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: tuner: chip found @
> > 0xc2
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: ivtv: i2c attach
> > [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 2,
> > Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model
> > 0x00893450, Revision 0x00000000
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: ivtv: NTSC tuner
> > detected
> > Dec  7 22:43:48 pleco kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
> > Dec  7 22:43:59 pleco kernel: ivtv: 1000 ms time out
> > waiting for firmware
> > Dec  7 22:43:59 pleco kernel: ivtv: Failed api call
> > 0x000000c4 with result 0xfffffff0
> > Dec  7 22:43:59 pleco kernel: ivtv: error getting
> > Encoder firmware version
> > ivtv: Error -16 on initialization
> > Dec  7 22:43:59 pleco kernel: ivtv:
> > ====================  END INIT IVTV 
> > ====================
> > 
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Has anyone seen this? I've done searching all over
> > the place and I can't find any reference to Error
> > -16, or time out waiting for 
> > firmware. 
> > 
> > Any help would be great..
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Rachel
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >
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> > 
> 
> 


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