[mythtv-users] Need help configuring Pvr 150 - tuner 2-0061: tuner type not set

[Don]

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>> Hi, I'm following Jarod's guide, but I got stuck on getting the  
>> capture
>> board to work.  I ran the following test:
>>
>> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x3000
>> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4
>> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480
>> # /usr/bin/ivtv-tune -c3
>> # cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test_capture.mpg
>> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 0
>> # mplayer /tmp/test_capture.mpg
>>
>> I got either a black screen or static, depending on which input I
>> selected.  I experimented with different inputs and channels, but
>> nothing seems to make a difference.  I noticed a message in dmesg  
>> "tuner
>> 2-0061: tuner type not set", so maybe that's a clue.  I'm hoping  
>> someone
>> can suggest something to try   Here's my dmesg and modprobe.conf.
>> Thanks in advance for the help.
>> Don
>>
>> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
>> ivtv:  version 0.6.2 (development snapshot compiled on Mon May  8
>> 07:44:41 2006) loading
>> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 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-150 card (cx23416 based)
>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:07.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level,
>> low) -> IRQ 201
>> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
>> tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 26132, rev F0B2, serial# 9399116
>> tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E (idx 112, type 4)
>> tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
>> tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX25841 (idx 35)
>> tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX25841 (idx 28)
>> tveeprom 2-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
>> tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
>> cx25840 2-0044: cx25841-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
>> cx25840 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (13353 bytes)
>> wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
>> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
>> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
>> 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)
>> tuner 2-0061: tuner type not set
>> tuner 2-0061: tuner type not set
>> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
>> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
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>A clue, yes indeedy.
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>Type 4 tuner means that the tuner was not recognized (I know, why  
>can't it just say so), so you appear the have joined the Hauppauge  
>"Tuner of the Week" club.
>
>You can try various tuner types (my 150 happens to be 50) and see if  
>one of the known types is close enough to yours to work (sometimes  
>the differences are with channels you never use etc.). This is  
>somewhat tedious, but can work.
>
>You could also try the IVTV fora, and see if somebody there has run  
>into this tuner. If they don't know about it yet they would be happy  
>to have your info, as this seems to be a very new tuner module.
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Wow, great clue!  I did a quick search on

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/

Found it right away.  New tuner types seem to be a way of life.  The 
recommended sollution is to force the tuner type to 50 in  /etc/modprobe 
.conf , so:

new modprobe.conf
......
# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 ivtv
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
options ivtv tuner=50

This seems to work well, so I'm off and running!!  Thanks for the help.

Don