[mythtv-users] How to get PVR-500mce working on FC3

[Allan Wilson]

If you are talking about no audio on the second card then I can say that I 
have audio on both tuners on my system.

Allan

On 9/19/05, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 08:32, Nick wrote:
> > On 18/09/05, Allan Wilson <allanwilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There have been quite a few posts on how to get the PVR-500mce working 
> but I
> > > thought I would summarize everything that I found out while getting my 
> new
> > > 500mce working. If anyone has anything to add please feel free to 
> update.
> > >
> > > The PVR-500mce is a dual tuner card that only requires one coax cable 
> in
> > > and then splits it to the two tuners. You want to make sure that you 
> have
> > > the the 0.3 version of the ivtv driver which can be found here,
> > > http://www.ivtv.tv/releases/ivtv-0.3. I used the
> > > ivtv-0.3.8.tar.gz version and it worked fine for me. This will get you
> > > pictures on both inputs but no sound. To get the sound working you 
> have to
> > > update the firmware with this link from Hauppauge's website. Then 
> update the
> > > firmware by doing the following:
> > >
> > > mkdir ~/pvrfirmware
> > > unzip mce_cd_v27a.zip -d ~/pvrfirmware
> > > cp
> > > ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/HcwMakoA.ROM
> > > /lib/modules
> > > cp
> > > ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/HcwFalcn.rom
> > > /lib/modules
> > >
> > > ln -sf /lib/modules/HcwFalcn.rom /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
> > >
> > > Then just make sure that you have the proper /etc/modprobe.conf file. 
> Below
> > > is what mine looks like. I also have a PVR-250 card which is 81-0.
> > >
> > >
> > > # ivtv modules setup
> > > alias char-major-81 videodev
> > > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> > > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
> > > alias char-major-81-2 ivtv
> > >
> > > Now you need to power off your computer and pull the power cable from 
> the
> > > computer to do a hard power off for at least 10 seconds. Then power on 
> your
> > > computer which will load the new ivtv modules. You can verify that
> > > everything is working fine by checking the end of /var/log/messages. 
> If
> > > there is any problems you need to look at everything between the ----- 
> ivtv
> > > start ------- and ------ ivtv end ------ lines. Once the power up is
> > > completed you need to run mythtvsetup to setup your two new inputs. I 
> choose
> > > to keep all my current settings then added the two new video sources 
> making
> > > sure for the first PVR-500 tuner to use /dev/video1 with tuner0 for 
> the
> > > first input and /dev/video2 with tuner0 for the second input. There is 
> an
> > > option for tuner1 but make sure that you do not use it. The PVR-500 is
> > > recognized as two PVR-150s and you have to setup as above to match 
> this
> > > configuration. Then go in and map your channel guides to this new 
> setup.
> > > Exit out of mythtvsetup and you are ready to enjoy your new cards.
> >
> > Thanks Allan,
> >
> > For other new PVR-500 users, remember if you only have a single
> > PVR-500 capture card in your system, your video devices will be
> > /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 (still use tuner0 for both cards) and
> > modprobe.conf will be:
> >
> > # ivtv modules setup
> > alias char-major-81 videodev
> > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> > alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
> >
> > (As Allan noted, the PVR-500 is treated as 2 separate cards, hence the
> > need for the 2 ivtv entries)
> 
> Did the 0.3.8 ivtv driver or firmware resolve the problems some of us
> have been seeing with the second tuner on the PVR-500?
> 
> 
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