[mythtv-users] StartEncoding failed

[Craig Isdahl]

> Craig,
> 
> Here is what I had to do to get it working
> 
> service mythbackend stop
> 
> modprobe -r ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner video
> 
> yum remove `rpm -qa | grep ivtv | grep -v 'ivtv-firmware'`
> 
> yum install video4linux video4linux-devel video4linux-kmdl (This stated
> that a version did not exist for my kernel)
> 
> yum upgrade kernel
> 
> yum install video4linux video4linux-devel video4linux-kmdl
> 
> reboot to load new kernel
> 
> If you didn't have to update your kernel the  modprobe ivtv command
> should get you working.
> 
> Chris

I was still not able to get this to work but I am so close...  I'm not an X
person so any help w/ this is greatly appreciated.

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These are the last few lines from /var/log/Xorg.0.log

(II) IVTV: driver for ivtv framebuffer: PVR-350
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
(--) Chipset PVR-350 found
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
(II) UnloadModule: "ivtv"
(EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
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My xorg.conf file

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "TV" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
        FontPath     "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "vnc"
        Load  "xtrap"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

#Section "Monitor"
#       Identifier   "Monitor0"
#       VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
#       ModelName    "Monitor Model"
#EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "NTSC Monitor"
        HorizSync    30-68
        VertRefresh  50-120
        DisplaySize  183 122
        Mode         "720x480"
          # D: 34.563 MHz, H: 37.244 kHz, V: 73.897 Hz
          DotClock 34.564
          HTimings 720 752 840 928
          VTimings 480 484 488 504
          Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
        EndMode
EndSection

#Section "Device"
#        ### Available Driver options are:-
#        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
#        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
#        ### [arg]: arg optional
#        #Option     "NoAccel"                  # [<bool>]
#        #Option     "SWcursor"                 # [<bool>]
#        #Option     "ColorKey"                 # <i>
#        #Option     "CacheLines"               # <i>
#        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                  # [<bool>]
#        #Option     "DRI"                      # [<bool>]
#        #Option     "NoDDC"                    # [<bool>]
#        #Option     "ShowCache"                # [<bool>]
#        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"             # <i>
#        #Option     "PageFlip"                 # [<bool>]
#       Identifier  "Card0"
#       Driver      "intel"
#       VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
#       BoardName   "82865G Integrated Graphics Controller"
#       BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
#EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
        Driver      "ivtv"
        ### change fb1 to whatever your card grabbed
        Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb0"
        Option      "ivtv" "/dev/fb0"
        Option      "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
        Option      "XVideo" "1"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

#Section "Screen"
#       Identifier "Screen0"
#       Device     "Card0"
#       Monitor    "Monitor0"
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Viewport   0 0
#               Depth     1
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Viewport   0 0
#               Depth     4
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Viewport   0 0
#               Depth     8
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Viewport   0 0
#               Depth     15
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Viewport   0 0
#               Depth     16
#       EndSubSection
#       SubSection "Display"
#               Viewport   0 0
#               Depth     24
#       EndSubSection
#EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "TV"
        Device     "Hauppauge PVR 350 iTVC15 Framebuffer"
        Monitor     "NTSC Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        DefaultFbbpp    32
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth   24
                FbBpp   32
                Modes "720x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection
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