[mythtv-users] Known ivtv+pchdtv 3000 combos?

[Mercury Morris]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:54:06 -0500, dbakker at arrayasolutions.com
<dbakker at arrayasolutions.com> wrote:
>  
> 1. Confusing is an understatment. Forget about support response. I actually
> ported some code for them to get dtvsignal to work with v4l2. You want the
> drivers under downloads and the name is :
> HD3000-HD2000-CD-rev3.tar.gz(11/19/04 ) 

Thanks.  Both for clearing up which software AND for the
confirmation of "Confusing".  Jack Kelliher could use an
independent testing laboratory to tell him how VERY
difficult it is to install pcHDTV.

> 2. It does show 3. I only have 2 
OK. good. - I'll assume the extra line is not needed.

> 3. I always install the cx8800 drivers last. So get ivtv installed (not
> loaded) and then I make sure no modules are loaded: 
>  
> rmmod btcx-risc.ko 
> rmmod bttv.ko 
> rmmod cx8800.ko 
> rmmod cx88xx.ko 
> rmmod tuner.ko 
> rmmod v4l1-compat.ko 
> rmmod v4l2-common.ko 
> rmmod video-buf.ko 
>  
> and then I remove all instances of the modules: 
>  
> find /lib/modules -name btcx-risc.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name bttv.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name cx8800.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name cx88xx.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name tuner.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name v4l1-compat.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name v4l2-common.ko -exec rm {} \; 
> find /lib/modules -name video-buf.ko -exec rm {} \; 
>  
> Then I make sure the drivers in the cx8800 directory are remade: 
> rm *o 
> make 
> make install 
>  
> After the make install you should see that the cx8800 driver loades with no
> problems (check dmesg) 
> Then load the ivtv drivers. 
>  
> I assume your card shows up in lspci? 

Yes, the card (when installed) does show up in lspci.
I removed the card and gave up, just so I could continue to
work with a PVR-350 and a PVR-250 and put MythTV thru
its paces.  

Here again a big THANK YOU for all the above information
about the modules, how to find them, remove them, build them,
and finally how to load them.

I don't think I'll be able to do any work on my system until I 
see an example of a PVR-350 and a HD-3000.  Even though
I have figured out how to have a system with the PVR-350
be /dev/video1 (and not /dev/video0), I don't know how to
make the system have a HD-3000 card be /dev/video0 and
the PVR-350 be /dev/video1.  Your setup seems to work
because you have the HD-3000 card be the FIRST card.

After testing my two-card setup with the PVR-350 being /dev/video1,
I went back to having it be /dev/video0 by arranging the cards in the
proper PCI slots.  I do not want to have the case where the PVR-350
is not /dev/video0 because there are too many other things that then
do not work on my system.

My contingency plan, if it turns out that a PVR-350 cannot
be installed along with a HD-3000, is to just buy all the same
hardware (case, motherboard, graphics card, hard drives, etc.)
and install the HD-3000 cards in a second machine.

And my plan of last resort is to but a Sony DHGHDD500, just
delayed by Sony until Spring 2005.

Thanks again for posting all the details of your HD-3000 success.

--
MM