[mythtv-users] Mythtv card setup (v4l / pvrx50)

Mark Frasa lists at frasa.net
Tue Aug 14 08:25:13 UTC 2007


Hello,

I have just finished upgrading my mythbox from Debian etch -> lenny.

While i wanted to change some partition sizes i did a clean reinstall.

I have setup everything i remember from the last time i installed
mythtv.
The problem i now have is that with mythtv-setup when i define a new
tv-card, i can only select Analog V4L TV-Card.

When i want to watch livetv, it wines about software encoders and stuff.
But offcource i want to use hardware encoding/decoding.

With Debian etch i am sure that i could select the hauppauge x50 card,
but now the only one that appears is the V4L card.

Within the tv-card settings menu, i do see:

info: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 [ivtv]

Does anyone know whats going on? Have i forgotten something to install?

The ivtv seems fine:

mediacenter:~# modprobe ivtv
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  ==================== START
INIT IVTV ====================
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  version 0.10.3 (tagged
release) loading
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.21-2-amd64
SMP mod_unload 
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  In case of problems please
include the debug info between
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END
INIT IVTV lines, along with
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  any module options, when
mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
(cx23416 based)
Aug 14 10:26:15 mediacenter kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:09.0[A]
-> Link [APC1] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Aug 14 10:26:16 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
firmware (376836 bytes)
Aug 14 10:26:16 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
Aug 14 10:26:16 mediacenter kernel: tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2
(ivtv i2c driver #0)
Aug 14 10:26:16 mediacenter kernel: cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @
0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: cx25840 2-0044: loaded
v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36
(ivtv i2c driver #0)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x71
(Hauppauge IR (PVR150))
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:
sample_rate: 10
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model
26154, rev F1B3, serial# 10243612
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is TCL
M2523_3DB_E (idx 113, type 55)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards
PAL(B/G) PAL(D/D1/K) (eeprom 0x44)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is
CX25843 (idx 37)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor
is CX25843 (idx 30)
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tveeprom 2-0050: has no radio, has
IR receiver, has IR transmitter
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV
PVR-150
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: reopen i2c bus for IR-blaster
support
Aug 14 10:26:21 mediacenter kernel: tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2
(ivtv i2c driver #0)
Aug 14 10:26:22 mediacenter kernel: cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @
0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: cx25840 2-0044: loaded
v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36
(ivtv i2c driver #0)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x71
(Hauppauge IR (PVR150))
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin:
sample_rate: 10
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video0 for
encoder MPEG (4 MB)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video32 for
encoder YUV (2 MB)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for
encoder VBI (1 MB)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video24 for
encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
Aug 14 10:26:25 mediacenter kernel: tuner 2-0061: type set to 55 (TCL
2002MB)
mediacenter:~# Aug 14 10:26:26 mediacenter kernel: ivtv0: Initialized
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
Aug 14 10:26:26 mediacenter kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END
INIT IVTV  ====================


Cheers,
Mark



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