[mythtv-users] PVR-250 vs PVR-250MCE

[David Davis]

Alan,
Great writeup.  I was able to get everything to go off without a hitch.
Almost....
Running #/sbin/depmod -a didn't return any errors, but when I ran
#/sbin/modprobe ivtv, I received the following errors:
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv
.o:
init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv
.o:
insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv
.o
failed
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at/updates/drivers/media/video/ivtv
.o:
insmod ivtv failed

dmesg output looks like this:
i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.4 (20040207)
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
ivtv: version 0.1.10 (0.1.10pre2-ck94r) loading
ivtv: User selected cardtype WinTV PVR 250rev1 for card #0
ivtv: User selected cardtype WinTV PVR 250rev2 for card #1
ivtv: User selected cardtype WinTV PVR 250rev3 for card #2
ivtv: Error detecting PCI card
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
i2c-core.o: i2c core module version 2.8.4 (20040207)
ivtv: version 0.1.10 (0.1.10pre2-ck94r) loading
ivtv: User selected cardtype WinTV PVR 250rev1 for card #0
ivtv: User selected cardtype WinTV PVR 250rev2 for card #1
ivtv: User selected cardtype WinTV PVR 250rev3 for card #2
ivtv: Error detecting PCI card

Just for clarification, I do have 3 of the PVR-250MCEs just as you did.  I
did remember to leave off the trailing comma in the cardtype statement,
since I just have the 3 cards.  Can you give me any ideas as to what I might
have messed up or how I can correct this?  Thanks for any help!

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Carlson" <ACarlson at PHN-WACO.ORG>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 vs PVR-250MCE


> > -----Original Message-----
> > I would use the pvr250. It doesn't require any
> > change to your setup. The 250MCE requires the
> > bleeding edge drivers for ivtv. I just went through
> > some fun stuff getting it working with a pvr250.
>
> I have a PVR-350 and three PVR-250MCE running in the same box. It took
> me a while to figure out how to get the PVR-250MCE to run with the
> PVR-350. The three PVR-250MCE by themselves or PVR-350 the would run
> fine but when I mixed them, it would lock up.
>
> The problem was with the ivtv cardtype option statement. To get it to
> work in my ABIT NF7 motherboard with a NVIDIA nForce2 chipset I had to
> set the cardtype=2,2,2, when the cards were inserted as follows:
>
> AGP slot|PVR-350|Empty|PVR-250MCE|PVR-250MCE|PVR-250MCE
>
> The slot next to the PVR-350 is empty because the PVR-250MCE would not
> fit. The botton audio input on the board hit a connector on the
> motherboard.
>
> Interestingly, when I tested with capturing video, the video inputs were
> assigned by the system as follows:
>
> AGP slot|Video3|Empty|Video2|Video1|Video0
>
> This is the opposite of what I would have guessed and it explained my
> initial problems, as I was using cardtype=,2,2,2 - the opposite of what
> was needed.
>
> I followed Jarod's guide for my installation, and I installed the
> 1.10-pre2 bleeding edge drivers from atrpms.com as follows:
>
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get install ivtv-firmware
>
> Make a copy of /etc/apt/sources.list (in case I screwed it up).
>
> # cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.original
>
> Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change the at-stable at the end of the
> "rpm  http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/1/en/i386 at-stable" line to
> "rpm  http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/1/en/i386 at-bleeding"
> It probably wasn't nessary, but I also commented out the rest of the
> lines in the file too. After this is done, then . . .
>
> # apt-get update
> # export MYKERNEL=`uname -r`
> # apt-get install ivtv-kmdl-$MYKERNEL
> # apt-get install ivtv
>
> Reset the /etc/apt/sources.list file
>
> # cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bleeding
> # rm  /etc/apt/sources.list
> # cp /etc/apt/sources.list.normal /etc/apt/sources.list
> apt-get update
>
> Then edit the /etc/modules.conf file to added the following lines:
>
> # alias char-major-81 videodev
> # alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> # options ivtv ivtv_debug=1 cardtype=2,2,2, mpg_buffers=90
> # options tuner type=2  # NTSC tuner
> # options msp3400 once=1 simple=1
> # add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
>
> It is the cardtype=2,2,2, that is critical. The 2 is for the PVR-250MCE,
> the end "," with no number is for the PVR-350 and tells the system
> autodect the type.
>
> Now continue on with Jarod's guide.
>
> # /sbin/depmod -a
> # /sbin/modprobe ivtv
>
> If you were successful, the /sbin/modprobe ivtv will not lock up your
> system.
>
>
>
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