[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-150/mythtv setup

paulg paulg at warped.com
Sun Oct 9 14:52:30 UTC 2005


What is the correct "card type" to select in mythtv-setup for the 
Hauppauge WinTV-PRV 150? Is it the standard V4L?


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>> I've been following Jarod's fine HowTo to get mythtv working with my 
>> Hauppauge WinTV-PRV 150 on FC4. I've watched and listened to captured 
>> tv with "cat" and "mplayer" combination so I believe the card and 
>> sound are working. Irc isn't yet but mythtv just goes to a black 
>> screen when I try to watch tv. Below are the error messages and the 
>> dmseg log. I guess it's likely I did something wrong in the mythtv 
>> setup. Any suggestions?
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>> 2005-10-02 18:44:42.708 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>> 2005-10-02 18:44:42.870 NVR: Won't work with the streaming interface, 
>> falling back
>> VIDOCGMBUF:: Invalid argument
>> 2005-10-02 18:44:42.873 TVRec: Recording Prematurely Stopped
>> 2005-10-02 18:44:43.093 RemoteFile::Read() failed in 
>> RingBuffer::safe_read().
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>> ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
>> ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading
>> ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0
>> ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
>> ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
>> ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
>> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (iTVC16 based)
>> ivtv: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
>> ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom[50], addr=50]
>> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
>> ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
>> ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840[50], addr=44]
>> ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775[50], addr=1b]
>> ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
>> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
>> ivtv warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011!!!!
>> ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB 
>> total)
>> ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB 
>> total)
>> ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB 
>> total)
>> ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers 
>> (2048KB total)
>> tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c driver #0
>> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0
>> ivtv: ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
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