[mythtv-users] Need a Dual turner Capture card for myCable, WinTV-PVR 500 is discontinued so what do you recommend ?

[Scott Kidder]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Roberto Salvatierra <
robertosalvatierra at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I was looking yesterday at the support for linux for the "Hauppauge
> HVR-1600" and it seems promising but I would like to know some hands on user
> experiences.
>

I have been using an HVR-1600 to complement my existing PVR-150.  I'm using
the HVR-1600 to capture only ATSC, though it capable of recording ATSC and
analog simultaneously.  The 1600 is rock-steady.  It's really been a
non-issue, and I highly recommend it.  The price is reasonable, too.

I suggest looking at the IVTV page for the CX18 chipset (
http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Cx18) that's used in the 1600.  I'm using a
snapshot of the IVTV drivers from mid-July 2008 that's been very stable with
my 2.6.25 kernel.

Here's what the kernel log shows for the CX18:

cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.0.0
cx18-0: Initializing card #0
cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
cx18-0: VBI is not yet supported
tuner 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx18 i2c driver #0-1)
cs5345 2-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
cx18-0: Disabled encoder IDX device
cx18-0: Registered device video1 for encoder MPEG (2 MB)
DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
cx18-0: Registered device video2 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
cx18-0: Registered device video3 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
cx18-0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge HVR-1600
cx18:  End initialization
cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000 (141200 bytes)
cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
cx18-0: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)



And here's the output from IVTV:

# /usr/local/bin/v4l2-ctl --log-status --device=/dev/video_hvr1600

Status Log:

   cx18-0: =================  START STATUS CARD #0  =================
   tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 74041, rev C5B2, serial# 3094739
   tveeprom 2-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-2F-38-D3
   tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E (idx 112, type 50)
   tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
   tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38)
   tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31)
   tveeprom 2-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter
   cx18-0: Video signal:              not present
   cx18-0: Detected format:           NTSC-M
   cx18-0: Specified standard:        NTSC-M
   cx18-0: Specified video input:     Composite 7
   cx18-0: Specified audioclock freq: 48000 Hz
   cx18-0: Detected audio mode:       mono
   cx18-0: Detected audio standard:   BTSC
   cx18-0: Audio muted:               no
   cx18-0: Audio microcontroller:     running
   cx18-0: Configured audio standard: automatic detection
   cx18-0: Configured audio system:   BTSC
   cx18-0: Specified audio input:     Tuner (In8)
   cx18-0: Preferred audio mode:      stereo
   cs5345 2-004c: Input:  1
   cs5345 2-004c: Volume: 0 dB
   tuner 3-0061: Tuner mode:      analog TV
   tuner 3-0061: Frequency:       67.25 MHz
   tuner 3-0061: Standard:        0x00001000
   cx18-0: Video Input: Tuner 1
   cx18-0: Audio Input: Tuner 1
   cx18-0: GPIO:  direction 0x00003001, value 0x00003001
   cx18-0: Tuner: TV
   cx18-0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream
   cx18-0: VBI Format: No VBI
   cx18-0: Video:  720x480, 30 fps
   cx18-0: Video:  MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable Bitrate, 6000000, Peak 8000000
   cx18-0: Video:  GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP Closure
   cx18-0: Audio:  48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps, Stereo, No Emphasis, No CRC
   cx18-0: Spatial Filter:  Manual, Luma 1D Horizontal, Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
   cx18-0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
   cx18-0: Median Filter:   Off, Luma [0, 255], Chroma [0, 255]
   cx18-0: Status flags: 0x00200001
   cx18-0: Stream encoder MPEG: status 0x0000, 0% of 2016 KiB (63
buffers) in use
   cx18-0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB (16 buffers) in use
   cx18-0: Stream encoder PCM audio: status 0x0000, 0% of 1008 KiB (63
buffers) in use
   cx18-0: Read MPEG/VBI: 0/0 bytes
   cx18-0: ==================  END STATUS CARD #0  ==================
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