[mythtv-users] getting snow with PVR 350 or wintv go

Mon Jan 23 16:32:55 UTC 2006

Hi,

I installed mythtv with the fedora guide, I first tried it with my PVR 
350. It all seemed working so far. I installed snapshot of xmltv cause 
the current tv_grab_de_tvday died.
It took the grab script like 3 hours to get all the info. I set the 
Video source (tuner) to the input I set.

How ever I just get snow when I do watchtv (it says tuner0). I guess my 
problem isnt with mythtv maybe.

When I cat /dev/video0 and play it with mplayer I can see it records 
snow. I tried to switch channels with ptune while recording but doesnt 
seem to make a difference. I have this to load the modules:

# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 ivtv
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
options ivtv ivtv_std=2 tda9887=0
alias char-major-81 cx8800

The TV Cable I plugin is fine because the same plugged into another 
machine running windows and a wintv go works fine, so there is a signal.

I get this in messages:

Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv: no version for "struct_module" 
found: kernel tainted.
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  ==================== START INIT 
IVTV ====================
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  version 0.4.2 (tagged release) loading
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4smp 
SMP 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  In case of problems please include 
the debug info between
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT 
IVTV lines, along with
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  any module options, when mailing 
the ivtv-users mailinglist.
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card 
(cx23415 based)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0a.0[A] -> GSI 
21 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48139, rev = 
K257, serial# = 8318699
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 ME MK3 
(idx = 57, type = 38)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) PAL(I) 
SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/K) (eeprom = 0x74, v4l2 = 0x00400e17)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4418 (type 
= 19)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 
(type = 13)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok 
[client=tveeprom, addr=50]
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c 
driver #0)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok 
[client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: saa7115 1-0021: ivtv driver
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv 
i2c driver #0)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok 
[client=saa7115, addr=21]
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: saa7127 1-0044: ivtv driver
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: saa7127 1-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv 
i2c driver #0)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok 
[client=saa7127, addr=44]
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: msp3400 1-0040: ivtv driver
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: msp3400 1-0040: chip=MSP4418G-B3 +nicam 
+simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok 
[client=MSP4418G-B3, addr=40]
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: msp3400 1-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok 
[client=tda9887, addr=43]
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware 
(262144 bytes)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware 
(262144 bytes)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be 
buggy, use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032.
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 
128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 
161 x 12960 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 
x 26208 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio 
stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 
16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 
512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 20 
x 51840 buffers (1024KB total)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg 
firmware (155648 bytes)
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: tuner 1-0061: type set to 38 (Philips 
PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3))
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
Jan 22 15:45:13 zer01 kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV 
  ====================
Jan 22 15:45:14 zer01 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.7[D] -> GSI 
23 (level, low) -> IRQ 193

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