[mythtv-users] PVR-350, no vid out, and no modprobe results

[Jeff Simpson]

On 4/13/06, Aurangzeb M. Agha <ama-list at mltp.com> wrote:
> I must indeed:
>
> [mythtv at localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod  | grep -i ivtv
> ivtv_fb                33124  0
> ivtv                  205972  1 ivtv_fb
> i2c_algo_bit            9289  3 cx88xx,bttv,ivtv
> i2c_core               21697  11
> cx88xx,bttv,lirc_i2c,tda9887,msp3400,saa7127,sa
> a7115,tuner,tveeprom,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit
> videodev                9665  4 cx8800,cx88xx,bttv,ivtv
>
> However, what does this mean, and what's the next step to enlightenment
> and PVR-350 happiness?

To get X working (myth menus, dvds, videos, etc), you need to install
the X driver from ivtv and set it up in xorg.conf:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/XV_on_PVR-350

To get recordings, videos, etc to work, you can just go into the
frontend setup and under TV playback, check the box for "use PVR-350
MPEG decoder" or similar.

You can test that without myth by typing the following command (and
substituting a real mpg file instead of test.mpg):

cat test.mpg > /dev/video16

 - Jeff

> As a side-note, when my box is booting up, I get see a message which says
> something to the effect of "Unrecognized ATI Hardware".  I'm just
> mentioning this in case it has any significance.  However, when I have
> Myth up and running, I can "Watch TV" through my graphics card, and things
> seem fine.
>
>
> Sam Varshavchik Writes:
>
> :Do you already have ivtv-fb loaded, perhaps?  That's one of the reasons
> :why modprobe ivtv-fb is silent.  Do an 'lsmod' and see if ivtv-fb is
> :already loaded.
>
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