[mythtv-users] Problems with Channels higher than 13

[Brian Wood]

On Jul 3, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Brady wrote:

> I recently rebuilt my MythTV box (Fedora Core 4 using the instructions
> at wilsonnet)
>
> I have two Hauppauge cards, a 250 and a 350. The 350 is receiving
> using component from a cable box and that is working great at the
> moment. The 250 should be receiving basic cable using coaxial inputs.
> The problem is though that it only receives channels 2-13 and nothing
> higher. It changes to the channels but receives static. I can plug the
> coax directly into the TV and get all the channels fine so its not an
> provider problem. Both cards are having this same problem so I assume
> that it has something to do with ivtv. Has anybody else had this
> problem or does anybody know a way to troubleshoot it?
>
>
> (dmesg output related to ivtv)
> ivtv: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (development snapshot compiled on Thu Jun 29
> 13:55:05 2006) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-1.2139_FC4 mod_unload 686 REGPARM  
> 4KSTACKS 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 Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350 card (cx23415 based)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 193
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev J323, serial# 7112723
> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 (idx 23, type 2)
> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR remote
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 supports radio, mode is autodetect and  
> autoselect
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> 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
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB  
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB  
> total)
> ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 24 x 43200 buffers (1024KB  
> total)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
> tuner 0-0061: type set to 1 (Philips PAL_I (FI1246 and compatibles))
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350, card #0
> ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
> ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23415 based)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
> ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP4448G-A2 supports radio, mode is autodetect and  
> autoselect
> tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 48432, rev I110, serial# 6514846
> tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips FI1236 MK2 (idx 10, type 2)
> tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
> tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has no IR remote
> ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv1: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> 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 2 (Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and  
> compatibles))
> ivtv1: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #1
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
>
> [root at localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep ivtv
> ivtv-firmware-1.8a-10.at
> ivtv-0.7-115.rhfc4.at
> perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-7.rhfc4.at
> ivtv-kmdl-2.6.17-1.2139_FC4-0.7-115.rhfc4.at
>
> [root at localhost ~]# uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2139_FC4 #1 Fri Jun 23 20:56:41
> EDT 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> [root at localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep myth
> libmyth-0.19-129.rhfc4.at
> mythtv-0.19-129.rhfc4.at
> mythtv-themes-0.19-129.rhfc4.at
> mythtv-backend-0.19-129.rhfc4.at
> mythweb-0.19-77.at
> mythtv-setup-0.19-129.rhfc4.at
> mythtv-frontend-0.19-129.rhfc4.at
> mythdvd-0.19-125.rhfc4.at
>
> Any mythtv seems to think that it is recording the channels fine:
> (/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log)
> 2006-07-03 15:28:14.465 TVRec(5): RingBufferChanged()
> 2006-07-03 15:28:14.473 Finished recording Hollywood Showdown:  
> channel 1001
> 2006-07-03 15:30:00.877 Finished recording The Nanny "Fair Weather
> Fran": channel 2048
> 2006-07-03 15:30:00.961 TVRec(2): Enabling Full LiveTV UI.
> 0: start_time: 14.042 duration: 25.490
> 1: start_time: 14.084 duration: 25.483
> stream: start_time: 156.025 duration: 283.614 bitrate=5136 kb/s
> 2006-07-03 15:30:01.164 AFD: Opened codec 0x89b1a50, id(MP2) type 
> (Audio)
> 2006-07-03 15:30:01.195 AFD: Opened codec 0x89ffd40, id(MPEG2VIDEO)  
> type(Video)
> 2006-07-03 15:30:01.297 TVRec(2): RingBufferChanged()
> 2006-07-03 15:30:01.336 Finished recording The Nanny "Fair Weather
> Fran": channel 2048
> 2006-07-03 15:36:50.839 Finished recording Inked "Pilot": channel 1047
> 2006-07-03 15:36:51.185 Finished recording Inked "Pilot": channel 1047
> 2006-07-03 15:36:51.274 TVRec(5): RingBufferChanged()
> 2006-07-03 15:36:51.426 Finished recording Inked "Pilot": channel 1047
> 0: start_time: 31.604 duration: 46.438
> 1: start_time: 31.560 duration: 46.453
> stream: start_time: 350.665 duration: 516.468 bitrate=5302 kb/s
> 2006-07-03 15:36:51.455 AFD: Opened codec 0x8996630, id(MPEG2VIDEO)  
> type(Video)
> 2006-07-03 15:36:51.484 AFD: Opened codec 0x895b920, id(MP2) type 
> (Audio)
> 2006-07-03 15:36:54.995 Finished recording The Nanny "Educating Fran":
> channel 1048
> 2006-07-03 15:36:55.250 Finished recording The Nanny "Educating Fran":
> channel 1048
> 0: start_time: 78.078 duration: 0.318
> 1: start_time: 78.045 duration: 0.315
> stream: start_time: 867.169 duration: 3.901 bitrate=5065 kb/s
> 2006-07-03 15:36:55.295 AFD: Opened codec 0x895b920, id(MPEG2VIDEO)  
> type(Video)
> 2006-07-03 15:36:55.300 AFD: Opened codec 0x895e7d0, id(MP2) type 
> (Audio)
> 2006-07-03 15:36:55.360 TVRec(5): RingBufferChanged()
> 2006-07-03 15:36:55.374 Finished recording The Nanny "Educating Fran":
> channel 1048


You are set up for the wrong channel map, you are set for "off-air"  
and are trying to tune UHF channel 14 and up rather than cable  
channels 13 and higher.

So your channel setup for the cards is not correct.