Hi there<br><br>I am trying to install mythtv frontend on beech and mythtv backend on larch.<br>I am struggling setting up the (master) backend on larch.<br>I am using a Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 analog tv card as a capture card.<br>
<br>roger@larch:~$ uname -a<br>Linux larch 2.6.32-24-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 19 01:12:52 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux<br><br>roger@larch:~$ mythbackend --version<br>Please include all output in bug reports.<br>MythTV Version : 24158<br>
MythTV Branch : branches/release-0-23-fixes<br>Network Protocol : 56<br>Library API : 0.23.20100314-1<br>QT Version : 4.6.2<br>Options compiled in:<br> linux debug using_oss using_alsa using_pulse using_jack using_pulseoutput using_backend using_dvb using_firewire using_frontend using_glx_proc_addr_arb using_hdhomerun using_hdpvr using_iptv using_ivtv using_joystick_menu using_libudev using_lirc using_mheg using_opengl_video using_opengl_vsync using_qtdbus using_qtwebkit using_v4l using_x11 using_xrandr using_xv using_xvmc using_xvmc_vld using_xvmcw using_bindings_perl using_bindings_python using_opengl using_vdpau using_ffmpeg_threads using_libavc_5_3 using_live using_mheg<br>
<br>When I run mythtv-setup and go to "2. Capture cards" to add a new capture card, I am not sure what Card Type to use.<br>Shall I use "Analog V4L capture card" or shall use "IVTV MPEG-2 encoder card"?<br>
<br>When I choose "Analog V4L capture card" and add "Video device"="/dev/video0", I get "Probed info"="Failed to open".<br>When I choose "IVTV MPEG-2 encoder card" and add "Video device"="/dev/video0", I get "Probed info"="Failed to open".<br>
<br>roger@larch:~$ grep ivtv /var/log/messages<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 11.884952] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.1<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 11.884990] ivtv0: Initializing card 0<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 11.884992] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 11.885033] ivtv 0000:09:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 11.939597] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 11.988184] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.136799] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.313078] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4418G-B3 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.793101] tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.801980] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.867268] IRQ 16/ivtv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.867501] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.867557] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.867603] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.867691] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.867746] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.868372] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.868399] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.868420] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.868445] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.868448] ivtv0: Initialized card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 12.868463] ivtv: End initialization<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 13.597393] ivtv 0000:09:01.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 13.804082] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 13.804090] ivtv 0000:09:01.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 14.012671] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 14.212100] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039<br>
Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 14.212248] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 14.251646] ivtv 0000:09:01.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg<br>Aug 24 20:26:05 larch kernel: [ 14.306727] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)<br>
<br>roger@larch:~$ ll /dev | grep video0<br>crw-rw---- 1 root video 81, 0 2010-08-24 20:26 video0<br><br>roger@larch:~$ grep video /etc/group<br>video:x:44:mythtv,roger<br><br>roger@larch:~$ cat /dev/video0 > tmp.mpg<br>
cat: /dev/video0: Permission denied<br><br>I don't know how to tackle the problem. Any ideas?<br><br>Thanks<br>Roger<br>