[mythtv-users] Failed to open Hauppauge HVR-2250 TV card

Greg greg12866 at nycap.rr.com
Tue Jun 19 22:42:21 UTC 2012


On 06/19/2012 05:06 PM, Bob wrote:
> Please, please help.
>
> I just cannot get the MythTV backend to work.  I've configured my
> capture card (Hauppauge HVR-2250).  This card is listed as supported.
>
> I'm using MythBuntu 12.04 LTS that installs MythTV 0.25.
>
> I've followed the steps recommended by RobotBeard.com "Getting a Haupauge
> HVR-2250 to work with MythTV,", including installing his recommended
> firmware in /lib/firmware:
>
>    v4l-saa7164-1.0.3.fw
>    v4l-saa7164-1.0.3-3.fw
>    v4l-saa7164-1.0.2.fw
>    dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw
>
> When the logs still complained about missing NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw, I
> found it on the net and put it there too.  Rebooted.
>
> Now lspci includes:
>
>    03:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164 (rev 81)
>    04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [ION] (rev
>      a2)
>    04:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio
>      Controller (rev a1)
>
> It was recommended that I say that this card is DVB.  Note that it has
> two tuners and RobotBreard.com recommends treating each one as a
> separate card, which I have done.
>
> Now when I do:
>
>    ls -l lld /dev/dvb/*/*
>
> I see:
>
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 1 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 2 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 0 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 6 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
>    crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 Jun 15 00:17 /dev/dvb/adapter1/net0
>
>
> On the Capture card setup I specified each half as:
>
>    [DVDB: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0] (DVBinput)->(None)
> and
>    [DVDB: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0] (DVBinput)->(None)
>
> Note that I could not change the input from "None".  I suspect that this
> may be my problem.
>
>
> On Input conection I have:
>
>    [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0] (DVBInput)->(None)
> and
>    [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0] (DVBInput)->(None)
>
>
> On Profile Group I have
>
>    Name: Profile 1
>    Card-Type: DVB TV capture card (v3.x)
>
>
> Yes, I have connected source to input:
>
>    capture device: [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0}
>    Input:          DVInput
>    Video source:   (None)  -- NOTE that I cannot change this from None;
>                               could this be related to the problem?
> and
>    capture device: [DVB: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0}
>    Input:          DVInput
>    Video source:   (None)  -- NOTE that I cannot change this from None;
>                               could this be related to the problem?
>
> For the catelog I set up the one for North America with a valid account
> and password.
>
> I manually started MySQL since MythBuntu apparently wasn't smart enough
> to add it to /etc/rc5.d.
>
>
> When I invoke mythbackend in foreground I the the following
> (UNindented lines are my comments):
>
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.132942 C  mythbackend version: fixes/0.25 [v0.25]
>      www.mythtv.org
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133014 N  Enabled verbose msgs:  general
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133085 N  Setting Log Level to LOG_INFO
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133236 I  Added logging to the console
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133258 I  Added database logging to table logging
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133513 N  Setting up SIGHUP handler
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133744 N  Using runtime prefix = /usr
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.133911 N  Using configuration directory =
>      /root/.mythtv
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.134673 I  Assumed character encoding: en_US.UTF-8
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.206065 E  Unable to read configuration file
>      mysql.txt
> Where does it expect mysql.txt?
> I have:
> /home/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt ->  /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> /home/bob/.mythtv/mysql.txt ->  /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
> /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.206635 N  Empty LocalHostName.
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.206663 I  Using localhost value of myth
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.376692 N  Setting QT default locale to EN_US
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.376832 I  Current locale EN_US
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.376968 N  Reading locale defaults from
>      /usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.398150 I  Current MythTV Schema Version
>      (DBSchemaVer): 1299
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.399347 I  Loading en_us translation for module
>      mythfrontend
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.401766 N  MythBackend: Starting up as the master
>      server.
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.411891 E  TVRec(1): Problem finding starting
>      channel, setting to default of '3'.
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.704556 E  InitializeInputs():
>    			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>    			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>    			sources to your card's inputs?
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.704695 E  ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed
>      to open device /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.704825 E  Problem with capture cardsCard 1failed init
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.708630 E  TVRec(2): Problem finding starting
>      channel, setting to default of '3'.
> (It would not let me specify a starting channel.)
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.999579 E  InitializeInputs():
>    			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>    			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>    			sources to your card's inputs?
> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.999682 E  ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed
>      to open device /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
>    2012-06-15 00:28:22.999745 E  Problem with capture cardsCard 2failed init
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.003491 E  TVRec(3): Problem finding starting
>    channel, setting to default of '3'.
> (It would not let me specify a starting channel.)
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.004291 E  InitializeInputs():
>    			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>    			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>    			sources to your card's inputs?
> HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.004382 E  ChannelBase: CreateChannel() Error: Failed
>      to open device file:/
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.004426 E  Problem with capture cardsCard 3failed init
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.004460 W  MythBackend: No valid capture cards are
>      defined in the database.
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.007320 W  Scheduler: Listings source '' is defined,
>      but is not attached to a card input.
>    2012-06-15 00:28:23.007350 E  Scheduler: No channel sources defined in
>      the database
>
> Of course the frontend cannot connect to the backend because the backend
> fails to start up normally.
>
> Thanks for any help!!!
> Bob
> bbq at cavu.com
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This is what i used to get my 2250 working...
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1567490&page=10      Post #99


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