[mythtv-users] I can't tune pvr-150 using mythtv, ivtv-tune works

Claus Bjerre qlauvzh at bigfoot.com
Thu Nov 24 17:47:04 EST 2005


Have a look at the frequencies.c file here :

http://dev.gentoo.org/~cardoe/mythtv/doc/frequencies_8c-source.html

- now you might have a problem because 715.75 MHz doesn't seem to
be a standard frequency matched by an corresponding freqid ?

Your freqid's of '5' and '7' do not really seem to get you into the UHF
band as you would probably like to be. Search for "CHANLIST europe_west[]",
I guess this is where you are located. As for your odd (?) frequency
you might be on your own.

As a sidenote I -think- it should be possible to enter the frequencies
directly rather than using the freqid's as normally done. Unfortunately
I haven't tried to do that.

Hope that might be usefull.

~Claus



On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:51:33 +0100, Ronald Wielink  
<ronald.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there!
> I've been trying to get MythTV to work for the past few days but somehow  
> I
> don't get it to tune to channels. I'm using a single machine with a  
> PVR-150
> non-MCE.
>
> I'm fairly new to linux, guess that doesn't help much...
>
> What I've done so far is:
> Installed MyhthTV using Jarods FC4 guide. I've stayed as close to the
> instructions as possible. I have filled the database using  
> myhtfilldatabase
> --manual using tv_grab_nl_pdb with the information of two channels.
>
> When I choose WatchTV I get a non-tuned image. I can faintly see a TV  
> image
> so I know
> 'something' is happening... Selecting channel 1 or 2 results in the image
> freezing for a second or two but that's it.
> I tried
> # /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl &
> # mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0
>
> but apparently ptune-ui.pl is not included in the package I installed  
> (?!).
> Now when I use
>
>
> ivtv-tune -f715.75
> I get
> /dev/video0: 715.750 MHz  (Signal Detected)
> and the channel actually changes in the front end!
>
> When I try channel up or channel down, I get:
> Hi there!
> I've been trying to get MythTV to work for the past few days but somehow  
> I
> don't get it to tune to channels. I'm using a single machine with a  
> PVR-150
> non-MCE.
>
> I'm fairly new to linux, guess that doesn't help...
>
> What I've done so far is:
> Installed MyhthTV using Jarods FC4 guide. I've stayed as close to the
> instructions as possible. I have filled the database using  
> myhtfilldatabase
> --manual using tv_grab_nl_pdb with the information of two channels.
>
> When I choose WatchTV I get a non-tuned image. I can faintly see a TV  
> image
> so I know
> 'something' is happening... Selecting channel 1 or 2 results in the image
> freezing for a second or two but that's it.
> I tried
> # /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl &
> # mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0
>
> but apparently ptune-ui.pl is not included in the package I installed  
> (?!).
> Now when I use
> ivtv-tune -f715.75
> I get
> /dev/video0: 715.750 MHz  (Signal Detected)
> and the channel actually changes in the front end!
>
> Using Channelup and Channeldown I get:
>
> 2005-11-23 22:27:33.187 Channel(/dev/video0): CheckChannel failed. Please
> verify channel "E2" in the "setup" Channel Editor.
> 2005-11-23 22:27:33.187 Error, couldn't find any available channels.
> 2005-11-23 22:27:33.188 Your database is most likely setup incorrectly.
>
> I get the first line for every channel between 1 and 69 (and E en S
> channels).
>
> I suspect I've made an obvious mistake, but I can't find it. Can someone
> please help me out?
>
> Thanks a lot, Ronald
> =========================
> Here's some more information:
> Starting up the backend:
>
> 2005-11-23 22:05:42.317 New DB connection, total: 1
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2005-11-23 22:05:42.342 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2005-11-23 22:05:42.359 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2005-11-23 22:05:42.403 New DB scheduler connection
> 2005-11-23 22:05:42.413 mythbackend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2005-11-23 22:05:42.414 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-11-23 22:05:44.414 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2005-11-23 22:05:44.428 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.01 match + 0.01  
> place
> 2005-11-23 22:05:44.432 Seem to be woken up by USER
>
>
>
> Starting up the frontend:
>
> 2005-11-23 22:07:07.662 New DB connection, total: 1
> Total desktop width=1024, height=768, numscreens=1
> 2005-11-23 22:07:07.678 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2005-11-23 22:07:07.685 mythfrontend version: 0.18.1.20050523-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2005-11-23 22:07:07.686 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> 2005-11-23 22:07:08.171 Switching to square mode (visor)
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: Connection refused
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 2005-11-23 22:07:08.567 Joystick disabled.
> 2005-11-23 22:07:08.658 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2005-11-23 22:07:08.687 Registering MythDVD DVD Media Handler as a media
> handler
> 2005-11-23 22:07:08.689 Registering MythDVD VCD Media Handler as a media
> handler
> 2005-11-23 22:07:08.986 Registering MythMusic Media Handler as a media
> handler
> SIP listening on IP Address 192.168.1.65:5060 NAT address 192.168.1.65
> SIP: Cannot register; proxy, username or password not set
> 2005-11-23 22:07:09.578 Starting media monitor.
>
>
> mysql> use mythconverg;
> mysql> select chanid, channum, freqid, sourceid, callsign, name from
> channel;
> +--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+-------------+
> | chanid | channum | freqid | sourceid | callsign | name        |
> +--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+-------------+
> |   1000 | 1       | 5      |        1 | Ned1     | Nederland 1 |
> |   1001 | 2       | 7      |        1 | Ned2     | Nederland 2 |
> +--------+---------+--------+----------+----------+-------------+
>
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  ==================== START INIT
> IVTV ====================
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  version 0.4.0 (tagged release)
> loading
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  Linux version:
> 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS
> gcc-4.0
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  In case of problems please  
> include
> the debug info
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  between the START INIT IVTV and
> END INIT IVTV lines when
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  mailing the ivtv-devel
> mailinglist.
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
> (iTVC16 based)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] ->
> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26034,  
> rev =
> C197, serial# = 7886990
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002MB_3H (idx =
> 97, type = 55)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G)  
> PAL(D/K)
> (eeprom = 0x44, v4l2 = 0x00000e07)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tveeprom: audio processor = CX25842  
> (type
> = 24)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25842
> (type = 1d)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
> [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2
> i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
> [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: cx25840 0-0044: cx25842-23 found @  
> 0x88
> (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: cx25840 0-0044: loaded
> /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (13353 bytes)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
> [client=cx25840, addr=44]
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv
> i2c driver #0)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok
> [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-
> fw-enc.bin
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be
> buggy, use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032.
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG  
> stream:
> 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV  
> stream:
> 161 x 12960 buffers (2048KB total)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI  
> stream:
> 80 x 26208 buffers (2048KB total)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio
> stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: tuner: type set to 55 (TCL 2002MB) by
> ivtv i2c driver #0
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 150,  
> card #0
> Nov 23 20:35:36 mithrandir kernel: ivtv:  ====================  END INIT
> IVTV  ====================




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