[mythtv-users] pvr350 TV-out howto problems..

[IvanK.]

Ok, for starters, get rid of /dev/video/video0 -- it's plain wrong.

Should I assume that input works?  If you do:

dd if=/dev/video0 of=test.mpg and ctrl-c after a few seconds do you get a mpg 
file with anything in it?

IvanK.


On Friday 14 November 2003 11:59 pm, Dan wrote:
> so I tried that, ..dd returns
>
> # dd if=/dev/video/video0 of=/dev/video/video16 bs=64k
> dd: reading `/dev/video/video0': Is a directory
> 0+0 records in
> 0+0 records out
>
> note: /dev/video/ls -l
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Nov 14 20:55 .
> drwxr-xr-x   22 root     root       118784 Nov 14 18:05 ..
> crw-------    1 root     root      10, 204 Jan 30  2003 em8300
> crw-------    1 root     root      10, 206 Jan 30  2003 em8300_ma
> crw-------    1 root     root      10, 205 Jan 30  2003 em8300_mv
> crw-------    1 root     root      10, 207 Jan 30  2003 em8300_sp
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            4 Nov 14 20:55 video0 -> /dev
>
> /dev/ls -al gives:
> crw-------    1 root     root      81,   0 Jan 30  2003 video0
> crw-------    1 root     root      81,   1 Jan 30  2003 video1
> crw-------    1 root     root     172,   0 Jan 30  2003 video1394
> crw-------    1 root     root      81,  16 Nov 13 20:32 video16
> crw-------    1 root     root      81,   2 Jan 30  2003 video2
> crw-------    1 root     root      81, 224 Nov 13 20:32 video224
> crw-------    1 root     root      81,   3 Jan 30  2003 video3
> crw-------    1 root     root      81,  32 Nov 13 20:32 video32
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "IvanK." <chepati at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Nov 14, 2003 8:40 PM
> To: Dan <dshopkins at earthlink.net>, mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] pvr350 TV-out howto problems..
>
> Dan,
>
> forgot this.  Try running:
>
> /usr/local/test_ioctl -u 0x3000 (for NTSC) or
> /usr/local/test_ioctl -u 0xFF (for PAL, I think)
> then
> /usr/local/test_ioctl -p 4 (for input from the tuner, I think) or
> /usr/local/test_ioctl -p 6 (for input from s-video)
>
> then
>
> dd if=/dev/video/video0 of=/dev/video/video16 bs=64k
>
> Does that work?
>
> If not, try:
>
> dd if=/dev/video/video1 of=/dev/video/video16 bs=64k
>
> Run this as root (for now) just to be sure it's not a permissions issue.
>
> IvanK.
>
> On Friday 14 November 2003 09:25 pm, Dan wrote:
> > I've been following the instructions from the thread: My first attempt at
> > PVR-350 TV-out "howto"
> >
> > History:
> >
> > the symbolic link: ln -s video0 /dev/video failed
> > (video existed as a directory here)..so anyways I continue...
> >
> > I was able to get to part:
> >  modprobe ivtv-fb
> >
> > so far so good...At this point the
> > fb1: iTVC15 TV out frame buffer device
> >
> > never showed up in the /var/log/messages
> >
> > so anyways I this point I went on to test..
> >
> > >rmmod saa7127
> > >insmod saa7127 enable_output=1 output_select=0 test_image=1
> >
> > and got colored bands to output to the tv...
> >
> > so I continued following the instructions to dd if=/dev/video
> > of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
> >
> > no video at video outout here..
> >
> >
> > next day:
> > I figured I should attempt to try the Halloween version of ivtv.
> >
> > after making that, I now get this error when executing the modprobe
> > ivtv-fb
> >
> > # modprobe ivtv-fb
> > /lib/modules/2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv-fb.o:
> > unresolved symbol ivtv_debug
> > /lib/modules/2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv-fb.o:
> > unresolved symbol ivtv_pal
> > /lib/modules/2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv-fb.o:
> > insmod
> > /lib/modules/2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv-fb.o
> > failed
> > /lib/modules/2.4.20-20_29.rh9.at/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv-fb.o:
> > insmod ivtv-fb failed
> >
> >
> > any suggestions as to how I can back on track??
> >
> > (mythtv is still tuning in correctly, just cant get the tvout)