[mythtv-users] PVR250 No video and no lirc remote

Jim Valavanis jimvman at comcast.net
Fri Oct 31 14:22:10 EST 2003


The REMOTE Problem was solved thanks to Chris Witham.  I guess in redhat 
the lircd.conf file needs to be in the directory /etc/lirc. So the file 
should be /etc/lirc/lircd.conf

Once I put the file in there, all was working with the remote.  But 
still no video on my screen :(

Thanks Chris.

Jim Valavanis wrote:

> I had a feeling something was messed up in the Capture cards or Input 
> Connections sections.  Still no luck.  Now, when I select "Watch TV", 
> I get a blank screen and then I cannot exit.  I have to kill the 
> mythfrontend process in order to exit.  ESC doesn't do anything.
>
> Here are my settings...
> Capture card:
>    /dev/video0
>    /dev/vbi
>    /dev/dsp
>    Audio Sampling: none
>    Default Input: Tuner0  (Is this right?)
>    Card Type: Standard V4L or MJPEG capture Card  ( I tried other 
> types as well but no luck)
>
> Input Devices:
>    Capture Device: /dev/video0
>    Input:     Tuner0
>    Video Source: comcast
>   Anything wrong here??
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jim
> Reiter, John wrote:
>
>> It sounds like it's trying to get video from the svideo, or rca port 
>> on the
>> PVR250 card.  go back into mythtvsetup, and make sure your using 
>> /dev/video0
>> in Capture Cards, and that it's setup to use the tuner port on the 
>> card in
>> the Input Connections.  Don't associate any of the other ports on the 
>> card
>> such as the composites, and S-Video with your cable provider.  Once 
>> all that
>> is taken care of, open mythfrontend, and goto watch live tv, and try an
>> change to a channel that you know has video.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Valavanis" <jimvman at comcast.net>
>> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] PVR250 No video and no lirc remote
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Boyd II, Willy wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Jim Valavanis [mailto:jimvman at comcast.net]
>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:03 AM
>>>>> To: mythtv-users
>>>>> Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR250 No video and no lirc remote
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> I finally installed mythtv on redhat 9, with the Hauppauge
>>>>> WinTV-250 as
>>>>> per Jarod's instructions (Thanks a lot Jarod for a great guide).
>>>>> Everything seemed to work ok,  but I cannot see output on my
>>>>> computer
>>>>> screen.  I have not plugged in S-Video out to the TV yet, but plan on
>>>>> doing this when I confirm all output is working correctly to the
>>>>> monitor.  I think I probably have something goofed up in the
>>>>> mythtvsetup
>>>>> (maybe the inputs/outputs) but I'm not sure what.  Is the default
>>>>> configuration to send video out via the S-Video only?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> The video out is really only dependent on your video card (correct 
>>>> me if
>>>>     
>>>
>> I'm
>>  
>>
>>>> wrong, I'm not on .12 yet and last time I used CVS was before i 
>>>> moved so
>>>>     
>>>
>> 3
>>  
>>
>>>> weeks ago).  Can you see X windows on your monitor?  What exactly 
>>>> happens
>>>> when you invoke mythbackend and mythfrontend?  Any messages on the
>>>>     
>>>
>> command
>>  
>>
>>>> line?  For the real tv out, you'll need to set up your XF86Config
>>>>     
>>>
>> settings
>>  
>>
>>>> to output through your video card's S-Video, and that's independent of
>>>> Mythtv.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Oh, I am running .11 not .12, which is available through apt-get.
>>> Yea, X-Windows and even mythfrontend work fine.  Basically, when I try
>>> to "watch tv"  I just get a blank screen, so I'm assuming the video is
>>> going out via S-Video and not to my screen.  Maybe I'm wrong, but I
>>> *can* run the mplayer test after a video capture.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> Also I cannot get the remote to work.  I have the dark-grey remote
>>>>> control with this PVR250.  Evething looks ok from the
>>>>> /var/log/messages
>>>>> output, but when I run irw, I get nothing.  I've tried 3 setup of
>>>>> batteries to make sure those aren't dead but still no luck.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Need a little more info here.  What are the actual relevant lines in
>>>> /var/log/messages?  Does anything extra show up there when you run irw
>>>>     
>>>
>> and
>>  
>>
>>>> press buttons on the remote? (try 'tail -f /var/log/messages' for a 
>>>> live
>>>> update)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Willy
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> OK Here are a few lines from the /var/log/messages file....
>>>
>>> Oct 31 09:34:30 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre2[2390]: lircd(hauppauge) ready
>>> Oct 31 09:34:30 localhost lircd: lircd startup succeeded
>>> Oct 31 09:34:46 localhost sshd(pam_unix)[2393]: authentication failure;
>>> logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=NODEVssh ruser= rhost=192.168.168.30
>>>   
>>
>> user=mythtv
>>  
>>
>>> Oct 31 09:34:51 localhost sshd(pam_unix)[2395]: session opened for user
>>> mythtv by (uid=100)
>>> Oct 31 09:34:52 localhost lircd 0.7.0pre2[2390]: accepted new client on
>>> /dev/lircd
>>> Oct 31 09:36:31 localhost gdm(pam_unix)[2152]: session opened for user
>>> mythtv by (uid=0)
>>> Oct 31 09:36:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>>> sound-slot-1
>>> Oct 31 09:36:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>>> sound-service-1-0
>>> Oct 31 09:36:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>>> sound-slot-1
>>> Oct 31 09:36:38 localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
>>> sound-service-1-0
>>> Oct 31 09:36:50 localhost gconfd (mythtv-2560): starting (version
>>> 2.2.0), pid 2560 user 'mythtv'
>>> Oct 31 09:36:52 localhost gconfd (mythtv-2560): Resolved address
>>> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config
>>> source at position 0
>>> Oct 31 09:36:52 localhost gconfd (mythtv-2560): Resolved address
>>> "xml:readwrite:/var/lib/mythtv/.gconf" to a writable config source at
>>> position 1
>>> Oct 31 09:36:52 localhost gconfd (mythtv-2560): Resolved address
>>> "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config
>>> source at position 2
>>> Oct 31 09:47:57 localhost kernel:  <6>saa7115[0]: decoder set size
>>> Oct 31 09:47:57 localhost kernel: Hpsc: 0x00001, Hfsc: 0x00600
>>> Oct 31 09:47:57 localhost kernel: Setting full NTSC height
>>>
>>> When running irw, nothing is printed both in /var/log/messages or on 
>>> the
>>> command line where I launched it (after hitting buttons on the remote).
>>>
>>>   
>>>
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