[mythtv-users] PVR-150

John Cartwright mythjc at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 11:30:35 EST 2005


Hello,

I've got a PVR-150. Sometimes for whatever reason mine gets recognized as a
PVR-250 like your dmesg output says in which case I lose video. The only
solution I've found to this problem has been to turn the machine completely
off for about 10 - 30 seconds and then try again. I think I read somewhere
that the registers in the tuner take a while to completely clear hence the
10 - 30 second wait. Hope this helps. Let us know if you find something that
works out better.

On 10/29/05, Chris Ribe <chrisribe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm having a difficult time getting a new PVR-150 to work in my system.
> Presently, I am not getting any output out of /dev/video0.
>
> There is a lot going on here, so I'll try to lay it out as clearly as
> possible.
>
> My system:
>
> -1002 Mhz PIII w/ 284 MB of RAM
> -Running FC4, kernel 2.6.13_1.1532_FC4
> -PVR-150
> -Old Pinnacle bttv card
> -Moto DCT-6200 attached via Firewire
>
> Background:
> -Last year I had this system running as a backend on FC3 using the Bttv
> card as my only capture card. Then Comcast cut off my free cable so I went
> back to my trusty DirecTiVo. I bought 2 of these in March 2002 for $100.
> Best $100 I ever spent. God, I love those things. I'm still using my
> DirecTivo, but I'm considering moving to Myth when I make the transition to
> HDTV, and I'm trying to get a Myth box back up and running before shelling
> out for an HD capable frontend.
>
> Timeline:
>
> Sat. 10/22: Following Jarrod Wilson's uberguide, I do a fresh install of
> FC4 and Myth. I skip the capture card setup steps for now.
>
> Tues-Wed: After some difficulty involving kernel release versions and ivtv
> build versions, I get matching kernel and ivtv versions installed. At this
> point, I am able to get static from "cat dev/video1 > test.mpg" After
> searching for solutions to this problem and finding nothing definitive, I
> try capturing via the composite out from the DCT-6200. Game 4 of the World
> Series is under way and time is of the essance.
>
> Wed, ca. 9:00 PM: Success! I am now watching the game. The PVR-150 is much
> better at capturing video that the Houston bats, and hits just as well, too!
>
> Wed, ca. 10:00 PM: As long as I'm at my computer and watching the game,
> I'll see if I can continue the install process while watching the game. I
> still have to get LIRC and Firewire capture working.
>
> My Other Computer:
> -PII 450Mhz w/ 458MB of RAM (it has to run iTunes and Rhapsody)
> -Win2K (previously KnoppMyth, used as a frontend)
>
> While I am watching the game, I SSH into the Myth box and begin to install
> the necesary packages for Firewire capture. Mythfrontend chokes hard during
> the install process, but the install finishes fine. System is rebooted after
> install.
>
> Wed, ca. 11:30: White Sox win World Series. Good times. I leave frontend
> running in LiveTV mode, turn off monitor, and go to bed.
>
> Thurs.: Frontend is frozen. After reboot, not only is capture no longer
> working, but /dev/video1 doesn't even exist anymore. Regardless, I am able
> to get LIRC up and running using the Hauppage remote.
>
> Sat. 10/29: After much frustrastion, I have firewire capture working. I
> now have a remote and something to control. LIttle progress made with the
> PVR-150, though. I have removed the bttv card and was able to capture static
> from /dev/video0 one time. Have not been able to repeat that meagre success.
>
>
>
> Here is the relevant section from dmesg:
>
> ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-1.1532_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.
> ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (iTVC16 based)
> PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:0a.0 (0014 -> 0016)
> PCI: IRQ 0 for device 0000:02:0a.0 doesn't match PIRQ mask - try
> pci=usepirqmask
> PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
> PCI: Assigned IRQ 5 for device 0000:02:0a.0
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 0)
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
> tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26032, rev = C199, serial# = 8182601
> tveeprom: tuner = <unknown> (idx = 99, type = 0)
> tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
> tveeprom: audio_processor = TDA9850 (type = 3)
> : chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
> msp3400: error while reading chip version
> ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011 or
> 0x02050032.
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> tuner 0-0061: type set to 0 (Temic PAL (4002 FH5))
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046403!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046404!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40086d11!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40307603!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046403!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x4004760f!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!
> ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!
> ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
>
> <end>
>
> >From modprobe.conf:
>
> alias eth0 8139too
> alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
> alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-intel8x0 index=0
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };
> /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
> alias usb-controller uhci-hcd
> alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> # ivtv (PVR-150MCE)
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
> alias tuner tuner-ivtv
> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
> lirc_i2c
> install ohci1394 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ohci1394; /sbin/modprobe
> raw1394
>
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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