[mythtv-users] Problems with video from Haug. pvr-500

Tue Jan 24 12:47:55 UTC 2006

On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 21:54 -0700, Nathan A. Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have setup my myth box (an Athlon 1800+, 756Meg Memory, 100G+
> Harddrive space, nic, and the afore mentioned pvr-500).  Everything
> seems to run, but I only get static on "Tuner 4" and a very poor picture
> (if I get one) on "tuner 6".  I have coax and composite cables attached
> to the main card, I don't have the daughter card installed.  When I look
> at "tuner status" it shows:
> 
> tuner 1: not available
> tuner 2: not available
> tuner 4: not recording
> tuner 6: not recording
> 
> I followed the instructions off of mythtv.org and placed to tuner
> devices:
> 
> /dev/video0 & /dev/video1
> 
> I also assigned video sources to both tuners (although there wasn't any
> named tuner0 or tuner1 -- just 2 lines of tuner) and both composite
> lines (both 0 & 1).
> 
> What else should I be trying?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> 
> Nasa

Ok, 

I figured some log data would be helpful (I hope), so here it is:

ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.12-12mdk 686 gcc-4.0
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC3] enabled at IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:08.0[A] -> Link [APC3] -> GSI 18 (level,
low) -> IRQ 18
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 7814386
tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
tuner 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 0-0044: ivtv driver
cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 0-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (14264 bytes)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 0-001b: ivtv driver
wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 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 0-0060: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4)
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level,
low) -> IRQ 19
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
cx25840 1-0044: ivtv driver
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
cx25840 1-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (14264 bytes)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
wm8775 1-001b: ivtv driver
wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
tda9885/6/7: chip found @ 0x86
ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D492, serial# = 7814386
tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
tuner 1-0061: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4)
ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

Nasa

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