[mythtv-users] Help with Hauppauge HVR-1600

[greg]

Wendel, Ryan wrote:
> I've just recently put together a MythTV box. I grabbed a Hauppauge HVR-1600 as my input/capture source. So far, I have not been able to make it work with MythTV. I have followed the instructions to the letter that are listed here:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_HVR-1600
>
> >From what I gather, I have configured the card correctly from within MythTV. I am trying to use the analog functions of this card by the way. The one thing I am unsure about is whether to use Composite 1 or Composite 2 when configuring my Capture Card setting. Composite 1 yields a black screen while Composite 2 produces a grey screen.
>
> I have tried to execute:
>
> cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg
> mplayer /tmp/test.mpg
>
> but this doesn't work. It yields a grey screen much like when I use Composite 2 within MythTV. Only when I execute:
>
> modprobe -r cx18
> modprobe cx18
>
> can I produce a test mpeg file that has audio and video. Knowing this, I have created the following script and set MythTV to execute it on starting the backend:
>
> -- script start -- 
> #!/bin/bash
>
> function tune {
>         cat $1 > /tmp/temp.mpg &
>         pid=$!
>         sleep 1
>         kill $pid
>         rm -f /tmp/temp.mpg
> }
>
> modprobe -r cx18
> #modprobe cx18 debug=32
> modprobe cx18
>
> tune /dev/video0
> -- script end --
>
> Still, I do not achieve the desired results. I have set /live as my default LiveTV directory. There are indeed some temporary files that are being produced when I try to watch live TV but when I view them with mplayer, they are also grey.
>
> Here is the dmesg out I am getting upon boot:
>
> cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.0.1
> cx18-0: Initializing card #0
> cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
> cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31)
> cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
> cx18-0: VBI is not yet supported
> tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx18 i2c driver #0-1)
> tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx18 i2c driver #0-1)
> cs5345 0-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
> cx18-0: Disabled encoder IDX device
> cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (2 MB)
> DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
> cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
> cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
> cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
> cx18-0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> cx18-0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge HVR-1600
> cx18:  End initialization
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
> cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000 (141200 bytes)
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
> cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
> cx18-0: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
> cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
> cx18-0: unregister DVB
> cx18-0: Removed Hauppauge HVR-1600, card #0
> cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.0.1
> cx18-0: Initializing card #0
> cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
> cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31)
> cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
> cx18-0: VBI is not yet supported
> tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx18 i2c driver #0-1)
> tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx18 i2c driver #0-1)
> cs5345 0-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
> cx18-0: Disabled encoder IDX device
> cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (2 MB)
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
> DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
> cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000 (141200 bytes)
> cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
> cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
> cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
> cx18-0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> cx18-0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge HVR-1600
> cx18:  End initialization
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
> cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
> cx18-0: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
> firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
> cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Ryan
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What are you feeding to the card (coax,stb)?