[mythtv-users] PVR250 & PVR500 with only static

Thu Sep 1 14:54:38 UTC 2005

Bryan (Myth) wrote:
> OK,
> I need some help. I have two 250's and a 500mce in the same machine and I
> am only getting static. Below is some info that may be of some help. I
> have searched the mailiing list and have gotten a few ideas for the
> modprobe.conf file from there but I am just lost.
> 
> I know there is some little thing that I am missing. Please help as it is
> much appreciated.
> 
> rpm info
> --------
> ivtv-0.3.7d-95.rhfc2.at
> ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at
> ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at
> perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-6.rhfc2.at
> perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-7.rhfc2.at
> ivtv-firmware-audio-0.0.1-1.at
> ivtv-kmdl-2.6.10-1.771_FC2-0.3.7d-95.rhfc2.at
> 
> 
> modprobe.conf
> --------------
> # ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
> alias char-major-81-2 ivtv
> alias char-major-81-3 ivtv
> alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
> alias tuner tuner-ivtv
> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
> options cx25480 i2c_enable=-1,-1,1,1 no_black_magic=1
> options saa7115 i2c_enable=1,1,-1,-1
> 
> ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3j) loading
> ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3
> 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 250 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x2501 vendor: 0x8086
> msp34xx: ivtv version
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-A2,ok]
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]
> ivtv: Tuner Type 2, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model
> 0x00a51450, Revision 0x00000000
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115,ok]
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011
> ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers  4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 2
> tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by
> ivtv i2c driver #0
> ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 3989, itv = 0xe0c591a0
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x2501 vendor: 0x8086
> msp34xx: ivtv version
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-A2,ok]
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #1 (0x10005)
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115,ok]
> ivtv: Tuner Type 2, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model
> 0x00891493, Revision 0x00000001
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 250 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers  4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 1
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 33
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 225
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 25
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 65
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 2
> tuner: type set to 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)) by
> ivtv i2c driver #1
> ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 4050, itv = 0xe0c6d640
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #1
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x2501 vendor: 0x8086
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775,ok]
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #2
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #2 (0x10005)
> ivtv: Tuner Type 57, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model
> 0x00914652, Revision 0x00000001
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840,ok]
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers  4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 2
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 34
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 226
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 26
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 66
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 57
> tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #2
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #2
> ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
> ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
> ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 4125, itv = 0xe0c81ae0
> ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x2501 vendor: 0x8086
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775,ok]
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom,ok]
> tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #3
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
> saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #3 (0x10005)
> ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840,ok]
> ivtv: Tuner Type 57, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model
> 0x00914652, Revision 0x00000001
> ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
> ivtv: Radio detected
> ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
> ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011
> ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers  4194304 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 3
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 35
> ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 227
> ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers  2097152 kbytes total
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 27
> ivtv: Create stream 4
> ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 67
> ivtv: Setting Tuner 57
> tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #3
> ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #3
> ivtv: ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> 
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your RPM info shows that you've installed the development drivers, but 
the logs show version 0.2.0 (rc3j) is loading. that could pose a problem.