[mythtv-users] Avermedia M179 issues w/ CVS Myth on 2.4.x kernel

[Johnny Lee]

> Johnny Lee wrote:
>
>>ivtv: version 0.1.9 (release) loading
>>ivtv: SGarray_size = 320, DSGarray_size = 16
>>ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
>>PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 02:08.0
>>PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:1f.3
>>PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 02:02.1
>>tuner: chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
>>tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by
>>insmod option
>>tuner: The type=<n> insmod option will go away soon.
>>tuner: Please use the tuner=<n> option provided by
>>tuner: tv aard core driver (bttv, saa7134, ...) instead.
>>saa7114.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
>>saa7114.c: detecting saa7114 client on address 0x42
>>saa7115.c: writing init values
>>status: (1E) 0x00, (1F) 0xad
>>ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
>>ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
>>ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x61 not found!
>>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 0
>>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 32
>>ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 224
>>ivtv: loaded
>>
>>
>>Maybe it's a firmware issue? I heard of some people having different
>>firmwares. I just wasn't sure how to load them since I saw the link to a
>>bunch of windows drivers.
>>
>>
>
> hmmm your dmesg output looks slightly different than mine...  The second
> card listed there is the M179
>
> ivtv: version 0.1.9 (release) loading
> ivtv: SGarray_size = 320, DSGarray_size = 16
> ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
> ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tuner: chip found @ 0xc2
> tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and
> compatibles)) [insmod]
> saa7114.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
> saa7114.c: detecting saa7114 client on address 0x42
> saa7115.c: writing init values
> status: (1E) 0x48, (1F) 0xc0
> msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2, has NICAM support
> msp3410: daemon started
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
> ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 0
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 32
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 224
>
> ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
> ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tuner: chip found @ 0xc0
> tuner(bttv): type forced to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and
> compatibles)) [insmod]
> saa7114.c: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #1 (0x10005)
> saa7114.c: detecting saa7114 client on address 0x42
> saa7115.c: writing init values
> status: (1E) 0x00, (1F) 0xc8
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
> ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 33
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, minor 225
> ivtv: loaded
>
>
> My modules.conf fwiw:
> # ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 mpg_buffers=90
> options tuner type=2  # NTSC tuner
> options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 standard=0x20
> add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
> add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c
>
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Are you using apt-get to install the driver? That is what I am currently
trying. I was thinking of trying the experimental drivers to see if that
helps or not. Strange that we have the same card and same driver version
and different dmesg outputs.


Johnny Lee