<DIV><FONT face=courier>Hi, I've been following Jarod's guide (which is awesome; thanks, Jarod!) while trying to set up MythTV. I've got a PVR-350 card, am using ivtv, and have FC1 (more details at the end). Everything's worked fine up until the point of testing the card's capture capabilities. I used these commands from the guide:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier># /usr/bin/test_ioctl -u 0x3000<BR># /usr/bin/test_ioctl -p 4<BR># /usr/bin/test_ioctl -f width=720,height=480<BR># /usr/bin/test_ioctl -v input=3,output=1</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier># cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg<BR>(ctrl-c to stop capture)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier># mplayer /tmp/test_capture.mpg</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>The result is perfect audio but some horizontal (and slightly diagonal) lines covering the picture of the mpeg. The picture's sort of there; you can see things moving between the lines...it's like the image is kind of squished between the lines. I've tried different "-p" options (0-9) but the result is similar, except some are blank (I've got 2 different inputs plugged into the card at the moment, but this was happening when only 1 was plugged in).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>The only similar problem I found in the mailing list archive was this:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>I tried the advice to set the width to 480 but it didn't help. I also tried using ptune-ui.pl to change channels and tried changing cable types from ntsc-cable to ntsc-cable-hrc but it didn't have any effect.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>Other than that, I tried dl'ing the ivtv 0.1.9 source and recompiling after extracting firmware from the cd-rom that came with the card, as well as with pvr48wdm_1.7.21188.exe which was dl'ed from the ftp site mentioned in Jarod's guide. Does it sound like trying different firmwares from the ftp site might help me?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>I should mention that this is my 2nd attempt to get mythtv working. The first time, I eventually got all the way to "the end" with most things working. There were some system lock-ups and audio trouble, so I decided to try again with a fresh linux install (like 6 months later). I bring this up because my test capture worked perfectly on the first try last time, so it shouldn't be a hardware problem. The only thing I've really done differently this time is to use the custom kernel, which I didn't use previously (also I was using RH9 and didn't mess with ALSA). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>Anybody have any ideas? I figure it's either 1) the firmware, 2) the kernel module, 3) I did something incredibly stupid.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>I really hope it's not 3.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>Some configuration for ivtv/modules follows. Sorry for the long message. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>Thanks for any help,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=courier>Dan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier># dmesg | grep ivtv</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=courier>ivtv: version 0.1.9 (release) loading<BR>ivtv: SGarray_size = 320, DSGarray_size = 16<BR>ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip<BR>saa7127: Configuring encoder...<6>saa7114.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)<BR>ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011<BR>ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023<BR>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 0<BR>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 32<BR>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 224<BR>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 16<BR>ivtv: loaded<BR>ivtv-fb: Framebuffer module loaded (attached to ivtv card id 0)<BR>ivtv-fb: screen coords: [0 0] -> [720 480]<BR>ivtv-fb: original global alpha = 208<BR>ivtv-fb: new global alpha = 208<BR>ivtv-fb: current OSD state = 35<BR>ivtv-fb: warning: cannot reserve video memory at 0xed510000<BR>ivtv-fb: framebuffer at 0xed510000, mapped to 0xd3f74000, size 2818k<BR>ivtv-fb: mode is 720x480x32, linelength=2880</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><FONT face=courier># lspci -v<BR>02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)<BR> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350<BR> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9<BR> Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]<BR> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=courier># /usr/bin/test_ioctl -a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=courier>ioctl: IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC<BR>Codec parameters<BR>aspect : 2<BR>audio : 0x00e9<BR>bframes : 3<BR>bitrate_mode: 0<BR>bitrate : 8000000<BR>bitrate_peak: 16000000<BR>dnr_mode : 0<BR>dnr_spatial : 0<BR>dnr_temporal: 0<BR>dnr_type : 0<BR>framerate : 0<BR>framespergop: 15<BR>gop_closure : 0<BR>pulldown : 0<BR>stream_type : 0<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_G_FMT<BR> Type : Video Capture<BR> Width : 720<BR> Height : 480<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCAP<BR> Driver name : ivtv<BR> Card type : Vanilla iTVC15 card<BR>
Bus info : 0<BR> Driver version: 265<BR> Capabilities : 0x01030003<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT<BR> Name : Composite 0<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : Composite 1<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset:
0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : Composite 2<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : Composite 3<BR> Type :
0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : Tuner 0<BR> Type : 0x00000001<BR> Audioset: 0x00000000<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : Composite 4<BR>
Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : S-Video 0<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : S-Video
1<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR> Name : S-Video 2<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR>
Name : S-Video 3<BR> Type : 0x00000002<BR> Audioset: 0x00000001<BR> Tuner : 0x00000000<BR> Standard: 0x 3000 ( NTSC )<BR> Status : 0<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_G_INPUT<BR>Input = 4<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY<BR>Frequency = 0<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD<BR> ID : 0x 3000<BR> Name : NTSC<BR> Frame period: 1001/30000<BR> Frame lines :
525<BR> ID : 0x FF<BR> Name : PAL<BR> Frame period: 1/25<BR> Frame lines : 625<BR> ID : 0x 7F0000<BR> Name : SECAM<BR> Frame period: 1/25<BR> Frame lines : 625<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD<BR>Standard = 0x00003000<BR>ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL<BR>Brightness = 128<BR>Contrast = 64<BR>Saturation = 64<BR>Hue = 0<BR>Volume = 59343<BR>Mute =
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=courier># cat /etc/modules.conf</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier>path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates<BR># default path<BR>path[toplevel]=/lib/modules/`uname -r`<BR>alias eth0 8139too<BR>alias usb-controller usb-uhci<BR>alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd<BR># nvidia kernel module<BR>alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-6106<BR># --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---<BR># --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.5 ---<BR>alias char-major-116 snd<BR>alias char-major-14 soundcore<BR>alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss<BR>alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss<BR>alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss<BR>alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss<BR>alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss<BR>alias snd-card-0 snd-cmipci<BR>alias sound-slot-0 snd-cmipci<BR># --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---<BR># ivtv stuff<BR>alias char-major-81 videodev<BR>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv<BR>options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 mpg_buffers=90<BR>options ivtv dec_yuv_buffers=20 # <-- Not needed anymore for my 350 w/ivtv 0.1.9<BR>options saa7127 enable_output=1
output_select=0 # composite output<BR>options tuner type=2 # NTSC tuner<BR>options msp3400 once=1 simple=1<BR>add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner<BR>add above ivtv ivtv-fb</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT face=courier># dmesg (after "modprobe tveeprom")</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=courier><BR>tveeprom.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)<BR>tveeprom.c: detecting tveeprom client on address 0xa0<BR> 9 [04] 20 77 00 40 a9 e7 63 00<BR> 3 [05] 9b 00<BR> 8 [06] 04 bc 00 00 d3 34 a9<BR> 2 [07] 70<BR>Not sure what to do with tag [07]<BR> 3 [09] 13 5f<BR>Not sure what to do with tag [09]<BR> 3 [0a] 08 21<BR> 3 [0b] 59 8c<BR>Not sure what to do with tag [0b]<BR> 2 [0e] 01<BR> 2 [0f] 01<BR>Not sure what to do with tag [0f]<BR> 2 [10] 01<BR>Not sure what to do with tag [10]<BR> 2 [11] 00<BR>Not sure what to do with tag [11]<BR>tvee: Hauppauge: model=48132, rev=J333, serial#=6547369<BR>tvee: tuner=Temic 4039FR5 (idx=33, type=21)<BR>tvee: tuner fmt=NTSC(M) (eeprom=0x08, v4l2=0x00001000)<BR>tvee: audio_processor=MSP3440 (type=11)</FONT></DIV>
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