[mythtv-users] Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?
Mark Linford
mlinford+mythtv at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 17:59:12 UTC 2005
Oh, I'm close. I'm sooooooo close ...
On 10/10/05, Mark Linford <mlinford+mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mark Linford <mlinford+mythtv at gmail.com>
> Date: Oct 10, 2005 5:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Fedora Mythtv, pcHDTV and Comcast?
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>
>
> On 10/9/05, Dennis Lou <dlou99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Mark Linford <mlinford+mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Something to do with my PVR-150, perhaps? If I have
> > > time tonight, I'll
> > > try removing that card and try again ...
> >
> > Sounds like it. Did you install from atrpms
> > or did you compile from source? I've heard of eeprom
> > conflicts when compiling from source, but I have
> > been using atrpms and haven't run into it.
> >
> > -Dennis
> >
> I'm using the atrpms. Besides installing the nVidia drivers by hand,
> it's a vanilla installation via Jarod's Fedora guide.
>
> I'll try removing my PVR-150 card, and see if that fixes things. I
> hope that's not the case, though, as I still watch a lot of regular
> content, and I'd hate to lose the PVR card in this box (not to mention
> I use the PVR's remote).
>
> Mark
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Well, after a little more searching, I found the following threads:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/151628?search_string=hd3000%20pvr-150
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/24044?search_string=tveeprom;#24044
>
> Looks like there's a known conflict between the PVR-150 and the HD3000
> with the latest ivtv drivers. So much for my vanilla install ...
>
> I think I'm gonna try installing the 0.37a drivers by hand, as
> recommended, and see if that makes my cards play nice. I'll report
> back what happens, though it might take me a while :)
>
> Mark
>
So, I've removed the atrpm ivtv drivers, found a copy of the old 0.37a
drivers, and complied and installed them by hand. Reboot, and no more
error messages! The PVR-150 and pcHDTV3000 appear to be living in
harmony. After testing in and out of mythtv, the PVR-150 is working
like before, that is, perfectly.
Onto the pcHDTV3000 ...
So, I got the latest firmware from pchtdv's site, modprobed, and
everything is working great. I found the thread Dennis recommended
(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150073?#150073)
and followed the instructions there. I ran the qamscan that Dennis
attached in that thread, and it found a bunch of good stations. Next,
I tried to manually capture some HD channels (azap -r KTVUHD, then cat
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > /tmp/out ) and, voila! I can capture HD from
my cable connection! After experimenting with some of the channels
found in channels.conf, I even found a few more channels I could
capture. So far, here's what I've found:
KNTVHD:747000000:QAM_256:33:34:1
ESPNHD:747000000:QAM_256:39:36:2
KNTV:747000000:QAM_256:49:52:3
KGO HD:753000000:QAM_256:33:34:1
KGO SD:753000000:QAM_256:113:116:7
KQED-E:753000000:QAM_256:49:52:3
KQED HD:753000000:QAM_256:36:37:2
KQED-W:753000000:QAM_256:65:68:4
LIFE:753000000:QAM_256:81:84:5
KIDS:753000000:QAM_256:97:100:6
KPIX DT:765000000:QAM_256:49:52:7
KTVUHD:765000000:QAM_256:145:148:9
KPIX DT:555000000:QAM_256:49:52:7
KTVUHD:555000000:QAM_256:145:148:9
(odd that it found KPIX and KTVU at two different frequencies, but
that doesn't seem to affect anything)
Anyway, I'm confident my hardware issues are behind me. Onto the MythTV setup:
I'm following the instructions in this post
(http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150118?do=post_view_threaded#150118)
to manually configure my channels. To start, I'm just using one
channel to start (KGO HD, which is cable station 707). I figure out
that the frequencyid is 753000000, the mplexid is 25, and the
serviceid is 1, so I enter those figures into the mythtv/channel
table, per the instructions.
Now, I start mythfrontend. I go to "Watch TV," and pull of the
onscreen guide. I select channel 707, but only get static. Thinking
that it might be trying to use the PVR-150, I switch tuners (pressing
"Y"). Now, I just get a black screen. After about a minute or so,
LiveTV stops and Myth goes back to the "TV" menu. Thinking I may have
mistyped something, I go back to the beginning, check my settings, and
try again, but I get the same results :(
Running mythbackend from the command line, I see this output:
----------------------------------------------------------
2005-10-11 10:41:18.306 New DB connection, total: 1
Starting up as the master server.
2005-10-11 10:41:18.342 New DB connection, total: 2
2005-10-11 10:41:18.343 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server
2005-10-11 10:41:18.354 New DB connection, total: 3
2005-10-11 10:41:18.670 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
2005-10-11 10:41:18.671 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend pcHDTV
HD3000 HDTV.
2005-10-11 10:41:18.672 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning
parameters for transport 0
2005-10-11 10:41:18.672 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options
for channel 3.
2005-10-11 10:41:18.681 New DB scheduler connection
2005-10-11 10:41:18.686 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1 www.mythtv.org
2005-10-11 10:41:18.686 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
2005-10-11 10:41:20.688 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2005-10-11 10:41:21.633 Scheduled 189 items in 0.9 = 0.47 match + 0.47 place
2005-10-11 10:41:21.637 scheduler: Scheduled items
2005-10-11 10:41:21.639 Seem to be woken up by USER
2005-10-11 10:41:28.693 New DB connection, total: 4
2005-10-11 10:41:28.696 New DB connection, total: 5
2005-10-11 10:41:28.698 mythbackend: Running housekeeping thread
2005-10-11 10:41:48.002 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-11 10:41:48.002 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-11 10:41:48.034 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-11 10:41:48.034 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 1)
2005-10-11 10:41:48.050 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-11 10:41:48.050 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-11 10:41:48.082 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-11 10:41:48.082 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-11 10:41:48.098 adding: mythtv as a remote ringbuffer
2005-10-11 10:41:48.118 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-10-11 10:42:24.264 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-10-11 10:42:24.725 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-11 10:42:24.725 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-11 10:42:24.757 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2005-10-11 10:42:24.757 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2005-10-11 10:42:24.773 adding: mythtv as a remote ringbuffer
2005-10-11 10:42:24.797 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-10-11 10:42:24.812 DVB#0 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using PS mode)
2005-10-11 10:42:24.813 DVB#0 ERROR - No PIDS set, please correct your
channel setup.
2005-10-11 10:42:25.817 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
.
.
.
2005-10-11 10:42:39.862 Couldn't read data from the capture card in 15
seconds. Stopping.
.
.
.
2005-10-11 10:43:11.001 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-10-11 10:43:11.966 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-10-11 10:43:12.005 DVB#0 WARNING - No data from card in 1 second.
2005-10-11 10:43:12.005 Closing DVB recorder
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Obviously, something's wrong, but I'm not sure what yet ...
Also, I wrote the verbose output from mythfrontend to a log. It's too
long to post the entire thing here, but here's an excerpt from the log
around the time I tried to tune to channel 707:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
Major opcode: 141
Minor opcode: 14
Resource id: 0x1e3
2005-10-11 10:42:24.258 Couldn't get the color key color, and we need it.
You likely won't get any video.
2005-10-11 10:42:24.274 Broadcasting free space avail
2005-10-11 10:42:24.274 audio waiting for space on soundcard: have 2336 need 409
6
2005-10-11 10:42:24.291 Broadcasting free space avail
2005-10-11 10:42:24.291 audio waiting for space on soundcard: have 1472 need 409
6
2005-10-11 10:42:24.306 Broadcasting free space avail
2005-10-11 10:42:24.306 audio waiting for space on soundcard: have 288 need 4096
2005-10-11 10:42:24.306 Killing AudioOutputDSP
2005-10-11 10:42:24.317 OutputAudioLoop: Stop Event
2005-10-11 10:42:24.317 kickoffOutputAudioLoop exiting
2005-10-11 10:42:24.661 write->17 33 QUERY_RECORDER 1[]:[]DONE_RINGBUF:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.677 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2005-10-11 10:42:24.685 write->13 28 GET_NEXT_FREE_RECORDER[]:[]1:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.701 write->16 21 MYTH_PROTO_VERSION 15:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.717 Using protocol version 15
2005-10-11 10:42:24.717 write->16 21 ANN Playback mythtv 0:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.733 write->16 44 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]SETUP_RING_BUFFE.
..
2005-10-11 10:42:24.749 write->17 21 ANN Playback mythtv 0:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.765 write->18 23 ANN RingBuffer mythtv 3:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.782 write->16 33 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]SPAWN_LIVETV:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.833 write->16 37 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]GET_PROGRAM_INFO:
2005-10-11 10:42:24.851 Output filters for this channel are: ''
2005-10-11 10:42:24.852 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
2005-10-11 10:42:29.862 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-10-11 10:42:34.866 taking too long to be allowed to read..
2005-10-11 10:42:39.863 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:42:39.870 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
2005-10-11 10:42:40.070 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:42:40.078 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
2005-10-11 10:42:40.278 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:42:40.286 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
2005-10-11 10:42:40.486 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:42:40.494 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
:
.
.
.
2005-10-11 10:42:51.719 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:42:51.727 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
2005-10-11 10:42:51.875 Waited 4 seconds for data to become available, waiting a
gain...
2005-10-11 10:42:51.927 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:42:51.935 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
.
.
.
2005-10-11 10:43:11.897 Waited 14 seconds for data to become available, aborting
Couldn't read file: rbuf://192.168.1.50:6543/video/buffer/ringbuf3.nuv
2005-10-11 10:43:11.901 write->16 33 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]IS_RECORDING:
2005-10-11 10:43:11.905 write->17 53 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]REQUEST_BLOCK_RI.
..
2005-10-11 10:43:11.917 write->16 33 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]IS_RECORDING:
2005-10-11 10:43:11.933 write->16 34 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]GET_FRAMERATE:
2005-10-11 10:43:11.949 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2005-10-11 10:43:11.949 Decoder not alive, and trying to play..
2005-10-11 10:43:11.949 write->16 32 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]STOP_LIVETV:
2005-10-11 10:43:12.077 Changing from None to None
2005-10-11 10:43:12.105 Read(): reqd=128000, rcvd=0, rept=0, error=0
2005-10-11 10:43:12.113 write->17 33 QUERY_RECORDER 3[]:[]DONE_RINGBUF:
2005-10-11 10:43:16.102 write->13 34 QUERY_IS_ACTIVE_BACKEND[]:[]mythtv:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, that's where I'm at so far. I'm going to keep debugging, but any
advice at this point would be appreciated. Thanks!
Mark
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