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

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Fri Jan 29 19:49:43 UTC 2016


On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:43 PM, David Parker <parker.david.a at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>
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 " 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." Hmm, IIRC multirec use the same starting
channel number. likely something else.
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