[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HVR-1800 with basic cable
George Galt
george.galt at gmail.com
Thu May 1 18:34:50 UTC 2008
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:38 AM, No spam <pf1234 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I have tried various tests. When I "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" after
> "ivtv-tuner --channel=24" and try to open the resulting file in mplayer I
> get a screen full of coloured squares and the following output:
>
> Playing test.mpg.
> RAWDV file format detected.
> VIDEO: [DVSD] 720x576 24bpp 25.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
> xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window.
> GNOME screensaver disabled
> ==========================================================================
> Opening video decoder: [dshow] DirectShow video codecs
> Decoder supports the following YUV formats: YUY2 UYVY
> Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x9)
> VDec: vo config request - 720 x 576 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2)
> [PP] Using codec's postprocessing, max q = 4.
> VDec: using Packed YUY2 as output csp (no 0)
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> VO: [xv] 720x576 => 720x576 Packed YUY2
> Selected video codec: [qdv] vfm: dshow (Sony Digital Video (DV))
> ==========================================================================
> ==========================================================================
> Forced audio codec: mad
> Opening audio decoder: [libdv] Raw DV Audio Decoder
> Unknown/missing audio format -> no sound
> ADecoder init failed :(
> Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
> Cannot find codec 'dvaudio' in libavcodec...
> ADecoder init failed :(
> ADecoder init failed :(
> Cannot find codec for audio format 0x56444152.
> Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> Audio: no sound
> Starting playback...
>
> tvtime /dev/video0 gives me the same flickering coloured dots but at a
> higher resolution.
>
> mplayer tv://dev/video0 gives me a solid green window and
> mplayer pvr://dev/video0 gives me:
> Playing pvr://dev/video0.
> [pvr] Using device /dev/video0
> [pvr] Detected Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1800
> [encoder] device do not support MPEG input.
> Failed to open pvr://dev/video0.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Peter Farr
> Consulting Principal, LPI Solutions
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> On Wed, April 30, 2008 16:19, George Galt wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:34 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Peter <pf1234 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> > I just bought a new PC that happened to come with an Hauppauge
> >> HVR-1800
> >> > card in it. Since it was there I thought I would try to get it
> >> working
> >> > with Ubuntu and MythTV. Then I saw
> >> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppage_HVR-1800, which says
> >> that
> >> > only digital input is supported with NTSC "coming soon". That
> >> apparently
> >> > was last updated December 2007... any progress yet? I only have a
> >> basic
> >> > cable service.
> >> >
> >> > I am able to get the card recognized and a channel scan apparently
> >> works
> >> > (at least the numbers count up from 2). I am using the latest v4l
> >> via
> >> > mercurial.The modules seem to load okay:
> >> >
> >> > cx23885[0]: i2c bus 0 registered
> >> > cx23885[0]: i2c bus 1 registered
> >> > cx23885[0]: i2c bus 2 registered
> >> > tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 78521, rev C2E9, serial# 2868679
> tveeprom 0-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-2B-C5-C7
> >> > tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips 18271_8295 (idx 149, type
> >> 54)
> >> > tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom
> 0x88) tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX23887 (idx 42)
> >> > tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX23887 (idx 37)
> >> > tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR
> >> transmitter
> >> > cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=78521
> >> > cx25840' 2-0044: cx25 0-21 found @ 0x88 (cx23885[0])
> >> > cx23885[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
> >> > cx25840' 2-0044: unable to open firmware v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
> cx23885[0]: registered device video1 [mpeg]
> >> > cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
> >> > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ
> 23 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to 64
> >> > MT2131: successfully identified at address 0x61
> >> > DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
> >> > DVB: registering frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
> cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb1
> >> > cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 15, irq: 17, latency: 0,
> >> mmio:
> >> > 0xfe800000
> >> >
> >> > When I select Watch TV I just get a blank screen.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I would tune it external to mythtv (using the v4l apps) and see if you
> get output.
> >>
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >>
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> >
> > I've considered this tuner myself, and am about to take the leap. I
> found this posting that gives directions for getting the analog tuner
> working (it's about halfway down the page)
> > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=178654&page=3&pp=15. You
> need a **very** recent kernel.
> >
> > George
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Peter:
What kernel and distribution are you using? Did you follow the
instructions on the fedoraforums site?
Thanks.
George
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