[mythtv-users] All Kinds of Setup Problems

[Myth TV]

So...you are hooking up the digital cable coax straight out of the wall
into your PVR?  Or from your cable converter box?

What happened when you did this step:

# cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg
(ctrl-c to stop capture)

"Use that copy of mplayer you installed a bit ago to view the capture. If
you get something that looks and sounds intelligible, then congrats,
you've got ivtv set up!"


> I did use Jarod's guide...and it was very helpful...
>
> Here's the output from '/usr/lib/ivtv/test_ioctl -a'
>
> ioctl: IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC
> Codec parameters
> aspect      : 2
> audio       : 0x00e9
> bframes     : 3
> bitrate_mode: 0
> bitrate     : 8000000
> bitrate_peak: 16000000
> dnr_mode    : 0
> dnr_spatial : 0
> dnr_temporal: 0
> dnr_type    : 0
> framerate   : 0
> framespergop: 15
> gop_closure : 0
> pulldown    : 0
> stream_type : 0
> ioctl: VIDIOC_G_FMT
>         Type   : Video Capture
>         Width  : 720
>         Height : 480
> ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCAP
>         Driver name   : ivtv
>         Card type     : Vanilla iTVC15 card
>         Bus info      : 0
>         Driver version: 265
>         Capabilities  : 0x01030003
> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
>         Name    : Composite 0
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : Composite 1
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : Composite 2
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : Composite 3
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : Tuner 0
>         Type    : 0x00000001
>         Audioset: 0x00000000
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : Composite 4
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : S-Video 0
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : S-Video 1
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : S-Video 2
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
>         Name    : S-Video 3
>         Type    : 0x00000002
>         Audioset: 0x00000001
>         Tuner   : 0x00000000
>         Standard: 0x            3000 ( NTSC )
>         Status  : 0
> ioctl: VIDIOC_G_INPUT
> Input = 4
> ioctl: VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY
> Frequency = 0
> ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD
>         ID          : 0x            3000
>         Name        : NTSC
>         Frame period: 1001/30000
>         Frame lines : 525
>         ID          : 0x              FF
>         Name        : PAL
>         Frame period: 1/25
>         Frame lines : 625
>         ID          : 0x          7F0000
>         Name        : SECAM
>         Frame period: 1/25
>         Frame lines : 625
> ioctl: VIDIOC_G_STD
> Standard = 0x00003000
> ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
> Brightness = 128
> Contrast = 64
> Saturation = 64
> Hue = 0
> Volume = 59343
> Mute = 0
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Myth TV [mailto:mythtv at maniclogic.org]
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:42 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] All Kinds of Setup Problems
>
>> My Setup:
>>
>> CPU: Intel P4 @ 1.4GHz
>> MEM: 256mb ram
>> CAPTURE: Hauppauge PVR350
>> AUDIO: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
>>
>> My Cable Provider in So. California:
>>
>> AT&T Broadband (digital)
>>
>> I tried installing the system for the first time using Fedora Core 1
> and
>> I can't seem to get it working correctly.  I have a long list of
> issues
>> that hopefully some of you can help me with.
>>
>> 1)       Whenever I reboot my machine the sound levels are all reset
> to
>> 0 and muted.
>> 2)       I set my PVR350 to use input 4 and I get snow with no sound.
>> All other inputs don't even give me snow.
>> 3)       When I run depmod I get the following output
>> /sbin/depmod -a
>> depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
>>
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2140.nptl_30.rhfc1.at/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/powe
>> rnow-k7.o
>>
>> I guess we can start with those...anybody have any ideas? Suggestions?
>> Do I have to do something different because I'm on digital cable?
>>
>> rOger obando
>> senior developer
>> Blitz Digital Studios
>> roger at blitzds.com
>>
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>
> To start, if you aren't already, use Jarod's setup guide:
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/
>
> 1) I know he mentions how to save sound levels.
> 2) For input 4, (tuner? / composite?), have you verified that there is
> any
> actually input signal available on the wire?  What does
> '/usr/lib/ivtv/test_ioctl -a' say is at input 4?
> 3) You can safely ignore this message, search the archives for
> additional
> information
> (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/)
>
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