[mythtv-users] Failed to open Hauppauge HVR-2250 TV card
Greg
greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Tue Jun 19 22:42:21 UTC 2012
On 06/19/2012 05:06 PM, Bob wrote:
> Please, please help.
>
> I just cannot get the MythTV backend to work. I've configured my
> capture card (Hauppauge HVR-2250). This card is listed as supported.
>
> I'm using MythBuntu 12.04 LTS that installs MythTV 0.25.
>
> I've followed the steps recommended by RobotBeard.com "Getting a Haupauge
> HVR-2250 to work with MythTV,", including installing his recommended
> firmware in /lib/firmware:
>
> v4l-saa7164-1.0.3.fw
> v4l-saa7164-1.0.3-3.fw
> v4l-saa7164-1.0.2.fw
> dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw
>
> When the logs still complained about missing NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw, I
> found it on the net and put it there too. Rebooted.
>
> Now lspci includes:
>
> 03:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164 (rev 81)
> 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev
> a2)
> 04:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio
> Controller (rev a1)
>
> It was recommended that I say that this card is DVB. Note that it has
> two tuners and RobotBreard.com recommends treating each one as a
> separate card, which I have done.
>
> Now when I do:
>
> ls -l lld /dev/dvb/*/*
>
> I see:
>
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 1 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 2 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 0 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 6 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/net0
>
>
> On the Capture card setup I specified each half as:
>
> [DVDB: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0] (DVBinput)->(None)
> and
> [DVDB: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0] (DVBinput)->(None)
>
> Note that I could not change the input from "None". I suspect that this
> may be my problem.
>
>
> On Input conection I have:
>
> [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0] (DVBInput)->(None)
> and
> [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0] (DVBInput)->(None)
>
>
> On Profile Group I have
>
> Name: Profile 1
> Card-Type: DVB TV capture card (v3.x)
>
>
> Yes, I have connected source to input:
>
> capture device: [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0}
> Input: DVInput
> Video source: (None) -- NOTE that I cannot change this from None;
> could this be related to the problem?
> and
> capture device: [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0}
> Input: DVInput
> Video source: (None) -- NOTE that I cannot change this from None;
> could this be related to the problem?
>
> For the catelog I set up the one for North America with a valid account
> and password.
>
> I manually started MySQL since MythBuntu apparently wasn't smart enough
> to add it to /etc/rc5.d.
>
>
> When I invoke mythbackend in foreground I the the following
> (UNindented lines are my comments):
>
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.132942 C mythbackend version: fixes/0.25 [v0.25]
> www.mythtv.org
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133014 N Enabled verbose msgs: general
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133085 N Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133236 I Added logging to the console
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133258 I Added database logging to table logging
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133513 N Setting up SIGHUP handler
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133744 N Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.133911 N Using configuration directory =
> /root/.mythtv
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.134673 I Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.206065 E Unable to read configuration file
> mysql.txt
> Where does it expect mysql.txt?
> I have:
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt -> /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> /home/bob/.mythtv/mysql.txt -> /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.206635 N Empty LocalHostName.
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.206663 I Using localhost value of myth
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.376692 N Setting QT default locale to EN_US
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.376832 I Current locale EN_US
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.376968 N Reading locale defaults from
> /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.398150 I Current MythTV Schema Version
> (DBSchemaVer): 1299
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.399347 I Loading en_us translation for module
> mythfrontend
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.401766 N MythBackend: Starting up as the master
> server.
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.411891 E TVRec(1): Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.704556 E InitializeInputs():
> Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
> Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
> sources to your card's inputs?
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.704695 E ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed
> to open device /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.704825 E Problem with capture cardsCard 1failed init
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.708630 E TVRec(2): Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> (It would not let me specify a starting channel.)
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.999579 E InitializeInputs():
> Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
> Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
> sources to your card's inputs?
> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.999682 E ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed
> to open device /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
> 2012-06-15 00:28:22.999745 E Problem with capture cardsCard 2failed init
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.003491 E TVRec(3): Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> (It would not let me specify a starting channel.)
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.004291 E InitializeInputs():
> Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
> Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
> sources to your card's inputs?
> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.004382 E ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed
> to open device file:/
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.004426 E Problem with capture cardsCard 3failed init
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.004460 W MythBackend: No valid capture cards are
> defined in the database.
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.007320 W Scheduler: Listings source '' is defined,
> but is not attached to a card input.
> 2012-06-15 00:28:23.007350 E Scheduler: No channel sources defined in
> the database
>
> Of course the frontend cannot connect to the backend because the backend
> fails to start up normally.
>
> Thanks for any help!!!
> Bob
> bbq at cavu.com
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This is what i used to get my 2250 working...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1567490&page=10 Post #99
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