[mythtv-users] HVR-1600 analog section not showing up as MPEG-2 encoder

[Rick Goldberg]

I've successfully set this card up in a 9.10 install over the past few
weeks, so hopefully, I can help.

First, have you confirmed that the card works outside of Myth? That
will confirm the drivers and firmware are installed properly. try
"mplayer /dev/video0" (or whichever device it is) and you should see
some TV. (mplayer is not installed by default, so you may need to
install it first).

Thanks

-Rick



On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:25 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
> In myth setup, my HVR-1600 tuner cards don't show up when I choose Card
> Type IVTV MPEG-2 encoder.
>
> I'm trying to follow directions in
>  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HVR-1600
> to setup these cards.
>
> According to that page, they should show up.
>
> What's up?  Is the wiki page wrong?  Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Context:
> - a newly assembled computer
> - two Hauppauge HVR-1600 cards
> - one Adaptec VideOH! AVC 2410 card (a lot like a PVR-150)
> - Ubuntu 9.10 + MythUbuntu packages, all up to date
> - v4l package built to fix stock 9.10's cx18 driver
>
> When I add tuner cards in mythsetup, I try to follow this advice from the
> HVR-1600 wiki page:
>
>    * Configure the analog half of the card like a supported MPEG-2
>        Encoder PVR-150 card. Treating the analog half of the card as an ivtv
>        based card in MythTV works as the cx18 driver is heavily based on
>        (i.e. cut and pasted from) the ivtv driver.
>
>   1. Under Card type, choose IVTV MPEG-2 encoder (or MPEG-2 encoder
>        card (PVR-x50, PVR-500)). Do not select Analog V4L capture
>   2. Choose the correct video device (usually /dev/video0 unless
>        there is more than one card). Note: if the video device is not listed
>        and a could not open to probe its inputs message appears, add
>        /dev/video0 manually
>   3. Probed info should populate with Hauppauge HVR-1600 [cx18]
>   4. To use NTSC RF from an antenna or cable TV provider, choose
>        'Tuner 1' under Default input
>   5. Select Finish.
>
> When I select Card Type "IVTV MPEG-2 encoder", no matter what I choose
> for the Video device, the only thing that shows up in the Probed
> info is the Adaptec card.
>
> If however I select Card Type "Analog V4L capture card" I can adjust
> the Video device to show any of the three cards in the Probed info.
>
> I tried to use the Analog V4L capture card choice when adding a card
> and then finishing the setup (I only have signals going to the tuner
> input of the two HVR-1600 cards).  All was happy, but recording's were
> blank and I could not watch live TV from the Myth frontend.
>
> These cards worked in a different Myth box.  Unfortunately that box is
> disassembled so I cannot go back to figure out what is different.  It
> was running Ubuntu 9.04, not 9.10.
>
> Nothing in dmesg looks suspicious to me.
>
> These fine devices exist (video1 is the Adaptec card):
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  0 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video0
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  5 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video1
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  9 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video2
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  3 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video24
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  8 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video25
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 12 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video26
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  1 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video32
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81,  6 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video33
> crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 10 2009-12-13 20:24 /dev/video34
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