[mythtv-users] Pinnacle PCTV HD Card

[Tom Haddon]

On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 18:18 -0400, Greg Lake wrote:
> Tom Haddon wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I've just bought a Pinnacle PCTV HD Card as per
> > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8512424&type=product&id=1186005934822 and I'm trying to configure it to worth with my hardy Mythbuntu install.
> >
> > I've been following the instructions on
> > http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_(800i) and have
> > extracted the firmware, and compiled the v4l-dvb drivers per that page.
> > I'm then able to see the device as an option in mythtvsetup. I've
> > configured it as an MPEG-2 encoder card, and in the "Probed Info"
> > section it's showing "Pinnacle PCTV HD800i [cx8800]". I've then setup
> > Schedules Direct as a Video Source, and under "Input Connections" I've
> > defined "[MPEG: /dev/video0] (Television) -> Schedules Direct". I've
> > then performed the "Scan for Channels" and have got a bunch of channels
> > showing up (I'm just using rabbit ears, don't have cable or satellite),
> > but when I go to "Watch TV" on the mythfrontend I get a blank screen for
> > a few seconds and then I'm returned to the main menu. I see the
> > following in the frontend log:
> >
> > 2008-06-07 09:28:57.828 TV: Attempting to change from None to
> > WatchingLiveTV
> > 2008-06-07 09:28:57.829 Using protocol version 40
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.102 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.103 EntryToProgram(0 at Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969)
> > failed to get pginfo
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.103 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.138 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.234 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.238 DPMS Deactivated
> > 2008-06-07 09:29:03.238 DPMS Reactivated.
> >
> > Also, after a recent update to linux-restricted-modules, whenever I run
> > the mythtv-setup script and try to go to any of the pages (General,
> > Capture Cards, Video Source, etc.) I get a message saying "If this is
> > the master backend server, please run mythfilldatabase to populate the
> > database with channel information". The only option is "OK" at which
> > point mythtv-setup exits and I'm asked to run that mythfilldatabase. If
> > I do, it runs fine, but still I get the same message when I re-run
> > mythtv-setup. So now I can't see my current config, or change it in any
> > way...
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks, Tom
> >
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> >   
> You will get the mythfilldata base question every time you exit 
> mythsetup...Just ignore it,unless it's the first time you have run 
> mythsetup...More than likely the black screen problem you are getting is 
> a permission problem...Make sure the folder where your video captures 
> are stored have the right user permission's set...My user is mythtv so 
> my video file folder is owned by mythtv....

Making some progress, I think.

I've also checked the permissions of the folders where my video captures
are stored, and it seems the permissions did need fixing. I did that,
but I still get the message prompting me to run mythfilldatabase from
any of the mythtv-setup screens. I tried watching TV again, and this
time I got the following:
2008-06-20 15:43:05.314 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2008-06-20 15:43:05.316 adding: sentinel as a client (events: 0)
2008-06-20 15:43:05.318 TVRec(6): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2008-06-20 15:43:05.358 TVRec(6): HW Tuner: 6->6
2008-06-20 15:43:10.623 

Not ivtv driver??


2008-06-20 15:43:10.625 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2008-06-20 15:43:10.634 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Audio
Sampling Frequency to 2
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.640 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Video
Aspect ratio to 1
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.641 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Audio
Encoding to 1
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.641 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Audio
L2 Bitrate to 13
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.643 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Video
Peak Bitrate to 6000000
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.643 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set Video
Average Bitrate to 4500000
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.644 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Error: Could not set MPEG
Stream type to 0
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.645 MPEGRec(/dev/video0) Warning: Unable to get
V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_GOP_SIZE, defaulting to 12
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2008-06-20 15:43:10.924 TVRec(6): Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2008-06-20 15:43:10.950 Finished recording The People's Court: channel
1005

Thanks, Tom

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