[mythtv-users] HD PVR error no video signal at input 0

[John P Poet]

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:58 PM Rajil Saraswat <rajil.s at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have an HD PVR 1212 which refuses to work. I tried the following
>
> $cat /dev/video0 >file.ts
>
> however i get an error message suggesting that the video signal is not
> present (dmesg pasted below). To check this i connected a component
> cable from the 'Out' port of HD PVR to the TV and sure enough there is a
> video signal present which the TV showed.
>
> I am stumped why HD PVR refuses to record even though it happily does
> the video loopback?
>
> $dmesg
>
> [  235.618546] usb 2-5: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
> [  235.810332] usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=4903
> [  235.810342] usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
> SerialNumber=3
> [  235.810347] usb 2-5: Product: Hauppauge HD PVR
> [  235.810352] usb 2-5: Manufacturer: AMBA
> [  235.810356] usb 2-5: SerialNumber: 00A673DC
> [  235.827469] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: firmware version 0x1e dated Mar  7 2012
> 08:25:15
> [  235.940489] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: magic request returned 8
> [  235.948983] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x1700
> returned 1
> [  235.958116] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x1500
> returned 1
> [  235.993033] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x1200
> returned 1
> [  236.002426] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x1300
> returned 1
> [  236.011808] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2900
> returned 1
> [  236.021448] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2a00
> returned 1
> [  236.029454] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2b00
> returned 1
> [  236.038839] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2c00
> returned 1
> [  236.048728] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2d00
> returned 1
> [  236.067875] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: control request returned 4
> [  236.078008] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: control request returned 1
> [  236.095657] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: control request returned 1
> [  236.095664] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: allocating 64 buffers
> [  236.122752] Registered IR keymap rc-hauppauge
> [  236.123025] input: i2c IR (HD-PVR) as /devices/virtual/rc/rc1/input7
> [  236.123135] rc1: i2c IR (HD-PVR) as /devices/virtual/rc/rc1
> [  236.123139] ir-kbd-i2c: i2c IR (HD-PVR) detected at i2c-0/0-0071/ir0
> [Hauppage HD PVR I2C]
> [  236.132450] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2900
> returned 1
> [  236.153098] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2a00
> returned 1
> [  236.163484] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2c00
> returned 1
> [  236.225906] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2b00
> returned 1
> [  236.235158] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x2d00
> returned 1
> [  236.257190] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: config call request for value 0x1200
> returned 1
> [  236.270275] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: device now attached to video0
> [  253.341515] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: no video signal at input 0
> [  253.341521] hdpvr 2-5:1.0: start_streaming failed
>

Just to verify, you did tell it to record from the component input paired
with whatever input you have the audio hooked up to, right?  I don't know
if it still true, but when the HD PVR first came out *both* the video and
audio had to be hooked up and properly selected for it to work.

John
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