[mythtv-users] Kernel 2.6.22, IVTV 1.0.0, and PVR-350

[Mike Perkins]

scott at tbwifi.ca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am struggling with getting Myth to work on my "new" box.  Since I've
> been fighting with it for almost a year, my box isn't so new anymore.  I
> started on Mandriva 2007 with the 2.6.17 kernel, but that had series
> issues with IVTV.  Now I've change to Mandriva 2008 which uses the 2.6.22
> kernel.  My IVTV output from dmesg suggests that I am just using what
> comes stock with the kernel (IVTV 1.0.0). Please note that this is a 64
> bit box and a 64 bit distro.
> 
I've been using 64-bit Mandriva 2007.0 (& 2007.1) about the same length of time 
you have, without any issues. No ivtv problems at all, I haven't installed 
anything that didn't come either from the stock Mandriva repos or from PLF (with 
respect to Mythtv and the operating system, that is).

However, I run a PVR-250 on my slave backend, not a 350. My master box has 3 
KWorld DVB-100 cards, so I don't think ivtv gets involved there. Perhaps your 
problems are PVR-350 related.

Of course, since I'm in the UK, there are going to be differences in the card 
design (NTSC vs. PAL). Here is the relevant part of my dmesg:

> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-15mdv SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
> 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-250 card (cx23416 based)
> GSI 18 sharing vector 0xD1 and IRQ 18
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 32055, rev B135, serial# 7396911
> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Temic 4066FY5 (idx 35, type 18)
> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards PAL(I) (eeprom 0x10)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4418 (idx 25)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 0-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> msp3400 0-0040: MSP4418G-B3 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> msp3400 0-0040: MSP4418G-B3 supports nicam and radio, mode is autodetect and autoselect
> 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: 161 x 12960 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 x 26208 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
> tuner 0-0061: type set to 18 (Temic PAL_I (4066 FY5))
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

(I can't figure out why Thunderbird will only allow me to Paste as Quotation.)

You'll notice that my firmware revision number is older than yours. Also 
relevant: I'm running an AMD Sempron 3000+ (64-bit) on the machine with the 
PVR-250, there may be processor differences (not to mention motherboard, 
chipset...).

Mike Perkins