[mythtv-users] Tuner problems with PVR-350

John Williams williamsbyron at gmail.com
Sat Jan 29 14:57:08 EST 2005


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:41:47 +0100, Rudy Zijlstra
<mythtv at edsons.demon.nl> wrote:
> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Ellen Spertus wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>>What's in your /etc/modprobe.conf file?
> >>>
> >>>
> >># ivtv modules setup
> >>alias char-major-81 videodev
> >>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Not much, is it?
> >
> >How about:
> >
> >alias char-major-81 videodev
> >alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> >alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
> >alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> >install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
> >install ivtv /sbin/modprobe tda9887; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /root/bin/pvr_setup.sh
> >install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c
> >options tda9887 debug=3
> >options msp3400 once=1 debug=1 standard=0x03
> >options ivtv tda9887=0 ivtv_std=2
> >
> >Make sure to adjust ivtv_std= to mach your local TV standard.
> >
> >And just in case you want to know. In /root/bin/pvr_setup.sh I have:
> >
> >#!/bin/sh
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0xff
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -p 4
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -f width=720,height=576
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -c dnr_mode=0
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -c dnr_temporal=0
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -c dnr_spatial=0
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -j reg=0x6c,val=0xfa -d /dev/video16
> >/usr/bin/ivtvctl -j reg=0x2d,val=0x38 -d /dev/video16
> >
> >But be aware that these are PAL settings and may not apply to you.
> >
> >Hugo
> >
> >
> >
> And for the recent ivtv driver that should all be unneeded. The driver
> auto-detects quit well.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rudy

It autodetects most of it. , but hte alias lines for tveeprom and
msp3400 are totally necessary with a new kernel. Naming issues between
the modules (read the ivtv-devel list to see explanation.


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