[mythtv-users] Problem configuring analog side of hvr 1600

[Dan Armbrust]

No, I'm trying to pick up unencrypted cable.

The ivtv-tune  test works fine, so I know its just a myth config issue.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Larry J on his Dell LT
<larry at foxgulch.com> wrote:
> On 06/26/2012 05:12 PM, Dan Armbrust wrote:
>>
>> I have an HVR 1600, and a HVR 2250.
>>
>> Both have been working fine in my myth system for quite some time.
>>
>> I haven't used the analog side of the HVR 1600 in about a year, and
>> during that year, I've upgraded to the latest myth.
>>
>> Now I'm trying to configure the Analog side again, but I can't get it
>> to find any channels via a scan.
>>
>> The 2 ATSC tuners from the 2250 are configured and working fine, as is
>> the 1 ATSC tuner from the HVR 1600.  All 3 of those are grouped under
>> an input named "Digital".
>>
>> Everything in dmesg looks ok for the 1600:
>>
>> dmesg |grep cx18
>> [    5.964857] cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.5.1
>> [    5.964893] cx18-0: Initializing card 0
>> [    5.964896] cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
>> [    5.964943] cx18 0000:05:04.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 22 (level, low) ->
>>  IRQ 22
>> [    5.964957] cx18-0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was
>> 32)
>> [    6.036584] cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
>> [    6.273972] cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
>> [    6.273974] cx18-0: Simultaneous Digital and Analog TV capture
>> supported
>> [    6.448552] cs5345 0-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
>> [    6.471232] cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (64 x
>> 32.00 kB)
>> [    6.471236] DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
>> [    6.671210] cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
>> [    6.671214] cx18-0: Registered DVB adapter0 for TS (32 x 32.00 kB)
>> [    6.671462] cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (20 x
>> 101.25 kB)
>> [    6.671606] cx18-0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (20 x 51984
>> bytes)
>> [    6.678191] cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio
>> (256 x 4.00 kB)
>> [    6.679074] cx18-0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
>> [    6.679078] cx18-0: Initialized card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
>> [    6.679337] cx18:  End initialization
>> [    6.724542] cx18-alsa: module loading...
>> [    6.896665] cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
>> [    7.075806] cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000
>> (141200 bytes)
>> [    7.082195] cx18-0: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
>> [    8.058062] cx18-0 843: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382
>> bytes)
>> [    8.080568] cx18-0 843: verified load of v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
>> firmware (16382 bytes)
>>
>>
>> It says that the MPEG encoder is registered to video0.
>>
>> Following these instructions, I'm able to manually tune channels and
>> they work fine:
>> http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-June/290232.html
>>
>> I've configured it in Myth as an "MPEG-2 encoder card", and set the
>> device to /dev/video0.  The probe info is correct.
>>
>> I don't know what to set the VBI line to - it doesn't make sense for
>> Myth to be asking the question.  vb0, vb1, and vb2 are all for ATSC
>> tuners, not MPEG tuners.  But I've tried setting it to all 3 of those,
>> and also blank.
>>
>> When I go to channel scan, it just flies through the channels (very
>> fast, too fast, really) and then tells me that there are no channels.
>>
>> What am I missing / doing wrong?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dan
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> Dan,  I have one of those.   Since the VHF/UHF TV stations went off the air
> some time ago,  the 1600s analog side won't find any transmitters.   Maybe
> if you hooked it up to your old VCR which has an output on anallog chan 3 or
> 4.,  it might pick something up.
>
> Maybe  I'm missing something.
>
> Larry
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