SV: [mythtv-users] Which ivtv modules to load for pvr-150mce ?

[Marius Schrecker]

>Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>>I guess the subject says it all really. Many of the howtos revolve
about
>>the 250 (old) and 350 (with output). I'm trying to find out which
modules
>>should be loaded when I modprobe the ivtv module.
>>  
>>
>The only module you should ever load is "ivtv".  All other modules will

>be loaded by ivtv (assuming you load ivtv correctly--using modprobe and

>/not/ insmod).

>>I've already discovered that msp3400 doesn't get loaded (no dependency
in
>>modules.dep to the main ivtv module) so I'm wondering what else I have
to
>>load manually.
>>  
>>
>msp3400 is the driver for the sound processor for PVR-250/350.  The 
>PVR-150 uses the cx25840.  Therefore, if you load msp3400, at best, it 
>wastes memory and at worst, it causes conflicts.
>
>>I guess that since the header for saa7127.c says its an encoder, I
need it
>>but I assume that the decoder saa7115 is pvr-350 specific and so I
don't
>>load it! All very confusing!! No idea whether I have to pass any
>>parameters across during loading since many of the howtos are either
old
>>or 350 specific :-((
>>
>>I get video OK but so far audio only sometime on video, nothing from
the
>>radio and nothing from the line inputs.
>>
>>I'm running latest SVN (0.3.9+ == trunk) - not sure if there are any
>>gotchas there.
>>
>>Any pointers appreciated.
>>  
>>
>modprobe ivtv
>
>and make sure you have the right module options.  For 0.3.8+, that 
>should mean that you have no options specified for ivtv modules (it
will 
>autodetect.
>
>Mike

What about checking that you don't have conflicting modules specified in
/etc/modules. I had trouble with eeprom getting loaded there and then
ivtv ran into problems because it couldn't pull in tveeprom. But dmesg
should clue you in on that kind of thing.

Marius