[mythtv-users] PVR-500 (MCE?) Firmware

[cythrault at gmail.com]

On 7/19/05, John Clabaugh <bubbaslash at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/19/05, cythrault at gmail.com <cythrault at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/19/05, cythrault at gmail.com <cythrault at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > http://svn.wilsonet.com/projects/mythtvology/ticket/52
> >
> > ;)
> >
> 
> I've tried that little trick.  I don't think the "audiofmt=1" option
> is recognized anymore.  Did it work for you?

Perfectly. Tested it by running two manual schedules just before posting.

The only option not supported by setup is "no_black_magic" that I
should remove from my modconf:

cx25840: Unknown parameter `no_black_magic'

I'm using ivtv 0.3.6w under kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC3. According to the
syslog, my PVR-500 revsion is D492.

Do you see the "requesting /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM" (twice, one for
each "cards") in your syslog when you load your driver?

Here's my modprobe.conf...

[root at teevee ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 3c59x
alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
alias char-major-81 dvb-ttpci
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_sil

# ivtv (PVR-500MCE)
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias tuner tuner-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
options cx25840 no_black_magic=1 audiofmt=1

I just noticed that my dvb driver is still listed there but it's not
physicaly in the box anymore...

Here's my packages:

[root at teevee ~]# rpm -qa|grep ivtv
ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at
ivtv-0.3.6w-94.rhfc3.at
ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at
ivtv-kmdl-2.6.11-1.35_FC3-0.3.6w-94.rhfc3.at
ivtv-firmware-audio-0.0.1-1.at
perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-7.rhfc3.at

Note that while I have "ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at" installed,
/lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin is version 0x02040011 extracted (using
ivtvfwextract.pl) from :

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_250-350/win9x-2k-xp_mpeg_wdm_drv/pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe

Hope there's something here for you...

-- 
cyth