[mythtv-users] PVR-350 Clear & PVR-150 With Static

Jeff Thurston jeff at legendsds.com
Wed Jan 4 17:13:08 UTC 2006


    I am having a bit of trouble getting the PVR-150 working well with 
Myth 18.1 running on Fedora-4, IVTV 0.4.0.
I've looked for a while for a solution to this problem but haven't come 
up with anything.

    I recently bought a PVR-150 to add to my existing backend/frontend 
which has a PVR-350 working great.
The PVR-150 is working although there is alot of static on all channels 
as opposed to a very clean picture with the PVR-350.
I have tried switching the cable connections between the two cards with 
no change. Tried using different PCI slots as well.

    I noticed in the capture card settings, there isn't a selection 
specifically for the 150, only the 250/350. When I select 250/350
for use with the 150 I am given the option of Tuner-0 & Tuner-1, I have 
tried both with no change. I am using the same cable signal/listings
for both cards.

            Thank you for any help which may be offered, I'm out of 
ideas at this point.

Dmesg output:
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  
======================
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card 
(iTVC16 based)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:0b.0 (0014 -> 0016)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0b.0[A] -> Link 
[LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, 
setting to 64 (was 32)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26052, rev = 
C199, serial# = 8248373
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, 
type = 50)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, 
v4l2 = 0x00001000)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok 
[client=tveeprom, addr=50]
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus 
ivtv i2c driver #1
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok 
[client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv 
i2c driver #1)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: cx25840 2-0044: loaded 
/lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (13353 bytes)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok 
[client=cx25840, addr=44]
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c 
driver #1)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok 
[client=wm8775, addr=1b]
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1 warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, 
use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032.
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 
x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 
10800 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 
17472 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 
455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c 
driver #1
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #1
Jan  3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  
====================


Modprobe.conf:
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd

# ivtv (PVR-350)
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 ivtv
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb
#
#install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install 
lirc_i2c
alias eth0 b44
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
options snd-card-0 index=0
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_promise
alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394

# ivtv (PVR-150)
#alias char-major-81 videodev
#alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
#alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias tuner tuner-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv


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