[mythtv-users] Problems with PVR 250

[Joe Votour]

Check out the IVTV FAQ (http://ivtv.sourceforge.net):
---
Why does xawtv not play the stream captured by the
driver ?

The stream capured by the driver is an MPEG stream,
xawtv only understands raw formats such as YUV and
will choke on an MPEG. While the driver can be made to
output raw YUV data, the format conforms to NV12
specification which xawtv does not understand either.
In other words, xawtv and ivtv just don't get along!
Use a player that understands mpeg, such as mplayer or
xine. 
---

You'll need to use the test_ioctl commands to setup
your card and then use cat /dev/video0 > sample.mpg to
create a file.

-- Joe

--- "Steven J. Festa" <steve at spidermite.net> wrote:
> > are you actually having problems with it? mine
> works just fine and reads
> > as:
> >
> > 00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext
> Compression Inc:
> > Unknown device 0016 (rev 01)
> >          Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.:
> Unknown device 4009
> >          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency
> 32, IRQ 10
> >          Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> [size=64M]
> >          Capabilities: [44] Power Management
> version 2
> >
> 
> Yes, I just tried xawtv and it echoed this error:
> 
> [steve at stranger steve]$ xawtv
> This is xawtv-3.76, running on Linux/i686
> (2.4.19-16mdk)
> /dev/v4l/video0 [v4l]: ioctl VIDIOCGCAP: Invalid
> argument
> no video grabber device available
> 
> I've tried the firmware from Hauppauge site and also
> the from the disc.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> >>I've installed the pvr-250 and follwed the
> instructions in the docs,
> >>however when I run lspci -v it doesn't recognize
> the MPEG encoder here's
> >>the ouptut:
> >>
> >>
> >>00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext
> Compression Inc: Unknown
> >>device 0803 (rev 01)
> >>         Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.:
> Unknown device 4001
> >>         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency
> 64, IRQ 11
> >>         Memory at c8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
> [size=64M]
> >>         Capabilities: [44] Power Management
> version 2
> >>
> >>modules.conf reads:
> >>
> >>alias char-major-81     videodev
> >>alias char-major-81-0   ivtv
> >>options ivtv debug=1
> >>options tuner type=2
> >>options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> >>add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
> >>
> >>Any suggestions
> >>
> >>thanks
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>
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