[mythtv-users] PVR 500MCE worth the trouble yet?

[Larry K]

Now that the ivtv 0.3.x driver has been promoted to "stable", I would think
that the PVR-500 might become a much more popular choice. I know I was
waiting for the kinks to be worked out before I tried using a 500....

On 7/22/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Interestingly enough, I'm using 0.2.0 (rc3j). Maybe I
> have one of the early PVR-500 cards, I'm not sure.
> But, it works fine. Here's the dmesg output:
>
> ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV
> ====================
> ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loading
> ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.11-1.27_FC3 686 REGPARM
> 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
> ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug
> info
> ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV
> lines when
> ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
> ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64
> (was 32)
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x0755 vendor: 0x1039
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok]
> ivtv: Tuner Type 8, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio:
> yes, Model 0x009d4496, Revision 0x00000000
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver
> #0
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0
> (0x10005)
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[0],ok]
> msp34xx: ivtv version
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3445G-B8,ok]
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version
> 0x02040011
> ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers
> 4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers
> 2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers
> 2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 8
> tuner: type set to 8 (Temic NTSC (4036 FY5)) by ivtv
> i2c driver #0
> ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 2011, itv = 0xe09c60a0
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64
> (was 32)
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x0755 vendor: 0x1039
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[1],ok]
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver
> #1
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #1
> (0x10005)
> ivtv: Tuner Type 57, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio:
> yes, Model 0x00914652, Revision 0x00000001
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[0],ok]
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[0],ok]
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version
> 0x02040011
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers
> 4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 1
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 33
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers
> 2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 225
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers
> 2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 25
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 65
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 57
> tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv
> i2c driver #1
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #1
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 2155, itv = 0xe09da540
> ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64
> (was 32)
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x0755 vendor: 0x1039
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[2],ok]
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver
> #2
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #2
> (0x10005)
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[1],ok]
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[1],ok]
> ivtv: Tuner Type 57, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio:
> yes, Model 0x00914652, Revision 0x00000001
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version
> 0x02040011
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers
> 4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 2
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 34
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers
> 2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 226
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers
> 2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 26
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 66
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 57
> tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv
> i2c driver #2
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #2
> ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV
> ====================
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 2360, itv = 0xe09ee9e0
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=Hauppauge IR,ok]
>
> Note though, that I haven't tested out the radio yet.
> It's not something that I use (right now). The
> PVR-500 is detected as two PVR-150 cards, which it
> apparently should be.
>
> -- Joe
>
> --- Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 7/22/05, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I am using a setup with a PVR-500 and a PVR-250,
> > and
> > > it is working absolutely fine, with no problems at
> > > all.
> > >
> > > I am using ATrpms, stable, and followed the guide
> > by
> > > Jarod Wilson. All three tuners are recording just
> > > fine.
> > >
> > > Here's the relevant portions of my modprobe.conf:
> > > ##########
> > > alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> > > # 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
> > > options cx25840 no_black_magic=1
> > > alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
> > > alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> > > alias tuner tuner-ivtv
> > > install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv;
> > /sbin/modprobe
> > > --ignore-install lirc_i2c
> > > ##########
> > <snip/>
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > what ivtv driver are you using just out of
> > curiosity? i looked at
> > Jareds directions when i installed my 500 (even
> > though i'm running
> > KnoppMyth) and added some of his modprobe settings
> > to my config.
> > everything works fine, but i noticed on boot the
> > other day that the
> > options cx25840 no_black_magic=1 errored out with
> > some msg saying that
> > the options tag was no longer valid and would be
> > ignored. so i've
> > removed that line with no noticable affects to my
> > system. so i'm just
> > curious if my driver version is newer (3.6.y i
> > think) than yours and
> > that line is no longer valid; or what?
> > i actually ended up removing quite a few of those
> > lines one at a time
> > and seeing what happened. i'll try to post my
> > config back to this
> > thread tonight with a confirmed ivtv driver version.
> >
> > thanks
> > andy
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