[mythtv-users] PVR500 and recent mythtv-backend versions

[John Drescher]

I am not seeing this with ivtv 1.4.X. Which I have been using on
gentoo for some time. Since my kernel is pretty fixed (I need an
openvz kernel) I use the v4l-dvb driver instead of the in kernel
driver.

jmd0 ~ # dmesg | grep ivtv
[   14.157302] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.1
[   14.423647] ivtv0: Initializing card 0
[   14.423650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
[   14.423684] ivtv 0000:06:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[   14.477644] ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
[   14.498251] cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[   14.505416] tuner 2-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[   14.509953] tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[   14.526302] wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[   14.540207] ivtv0: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
[   14.540224] ivtv0: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
[   14.540244] ivtv0: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
[   14.540260] ivtv0: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
[   14.540275] ivtv0: Registered device radio1 for encoder radio
[   14.540278] ivtv0: Initialized card: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
[   14.540317] ivtv1: Initializing card 1
[   14.540319] ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
[   14.540410] ivtv 0000:06:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[   14.594532] ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
[   14.594534] ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
[   14.597938] cx25840 3-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
[   14.604324] tuner 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
[   14.605280] wm8775 3-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
[   14.619414] ivtv1: Registered device video2 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
[   14.619432] ivtv1: Registered device video34 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
[   14.619448] ivtv1: Registered device vbi2 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
[   14.619475] ivtv1: Registered device video26 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
[   14.619477] ivtv1: Initialized card: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
[   14.619492] ivtv: End initialization
[   29.130752] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
[   29.328061] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
[   33.876374] ivtv1: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
[   34.076813] ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
jmd0 ~ #

I am using 0.21 svn rev 20323 which is a from a few weeks ago

jmd0 ~ # equery list mythtv
[ Searching for package 'mythtv' in all categories among: ]
 * installed packages
[I--] [  ] media-tv/mythtv-0.21_p20323 (0)

John