[mythtv-users] Can't record analog from Hauppauge 2255

[David Parker]

Stuart, here are the command outputs you requested:

# v4l2-ctl --all -d /dev/video0
Driver Info (not using libv4l2):
Driver name   : saa7164[0]
Card type     : Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2255
Bus info      : PCI:0000:1f:00.0
Driver version: 0.0.0
Capabilities  : 0x01010001
Video Capture
Tuner
Read/Write
Frequency for tuner 0: 0 (0.000000 MHz)
Tuner 0:
Name                 : tuner
Capabilities         : 62.5 kHz multi-standard stereo freq-bands
Frequency range      : 0.000 MHz - 0.000 MHz
Signal strength/AFC  : 0%/0
Current audio mode   : mono
Available subchannels:
Video input : 0 (tuner: ok)
Video Standard = 0x00001000
NTSC-M
Format Video Capture:
Width/Height  : 720/480
Pixel Format  : 'MPEG'
Field         : Any
Bytes per Line: 0
Size Image    : 0
Colorspace    : Unknown (00000000)
Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
Frames per second: 29.970 (30000/1001)
Read buffers     : 2
                     brightness (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=127
value=127 flags=slider
                       contrast (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=66
value=66 flags=slider
                     saturation (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=62
value=62 flags=slider
                            hue (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128
value=128 flags=slider
                         volume (int)    : min=-83 max=24 step=1 default=20
value=0 flags=slider
                      sharpness (int)    : min=0 max=15 step=1 default=8
value=8 flags=slider

# v4l2-ctl --all -d /dev/video1
Driver Info (not using libv4l2):
Driver name   : saa7164[0]
Card type     : Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2255
Bus info      : PCI:0000:1f:00.0
Driver version: 0.0.0
Capabilities  : 0x01010001
Video Capture
Tuner
Read/Write
Frequency for tuner 0: 0 (0.000000 MHz)
Tuner 0:
Name                 : tuner
Capabilities         : 62.5 kHz multi-standard stereo freq-bands
Frequency range      : 0.000 MHz - 0.000 MHz
Signal strength/AFC  : 0%/0
Current audio mode   : mono
Available subchannels:
Video input : 0 (tuner: ok)
Video Standard = 0x00001000
NTSC-M
Format Video Capture:
Width/Height  : 720/480
Pixel Format  : 'MPEG'
Field         : Any
Bytes per Line: 0
Size Image    : 0
Colorspace    : Unknown (00000000)
Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
Frames per second: 29.970 (30000/1001)
Read buffers     : 2
                     brightness (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=127
value=127 flags=slider
                       contrast (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=66
value=66 flags=slider
                     saturation (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=62
value=62 flags=slider
                            hue (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=128
value=128 flags=slider
                         volume (int)    : min=-83 max=24 step=1 default=20
value=0 flags=slider
                      sharpness (int)    : min=0 max=15 step=1 default=8
value=8 flags=slider

Thanks!
Dave

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:40 PM, David Parker <parker.david.a at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the info about virtual tuners, that makes sense.  I'll do some
> digging and see if that is in fact what's happening.
>
> Regarding the analog tuners, they are both set up correctly (I think) in
> MythTV.  The configurations show as follows in mythtv-setup:
>
> Card type: Analog to MPEG-2 encoder card (PVR-150/250/350, etc)
> Video device: /dev/video0
> VBI device: /dev/vbi0
> Probed info: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2255 [saa7164]
> Tuning timeout (ms): 12000
>
> Same for the second tuner, except the devices are /dev/video1 and
> /dev/vbi1.
>
> Should I try a different card type, perhaps?  I chose this type because
> it's what I always used with my old MythTV box, using a PVR-150 and
> PVR-350.  Also, MythTV auto-detected the rest of the settings when this
> card type was chosen, but not for any others.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Dave
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Mike Perkins <
> mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 29/01/16 14:26, David Parker wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> (trim)
>>
>>>
>>> Also, and perhaps unrelated, is the fact that the card has 4 tuners (2
>>> analog and 2 digital) but MythTV always says it has 6.  I set up all 4
>>> tuners in mythtv-setup, it only shows the 4 tuners, but when I try to
>>> exit
>>> mythtv-setup it tells me that the starting channel for tuners 5 and 6 are
>>> "Please select ...".  But those tuners aren't there!  "Tuner Status" in
>>> the
>>> MythTV frontend also shows 6 tuners.  I have deleted and re-added all of
>>> the tuners over and over again.  Any thoughts on that will be most
>>> welcomed, too.
>>>
>>> This could just be the fact that digital tuners can do multirec. You
>> have two physical tuners, but the system default is to allow two virtual
>> tuners from each physical one.
>>
>> If you want to get rid of those to avoid confusion, I think it is on the
>> second page of tuner definition in mythtv-setup. However, it won't harm you
>> and is even useful for recording back-to-back programs from the same
>> channel with overlap.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mike Perkins
>>
>>
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