Mailing List Archive: PVR-350 Was Working in MythTV, Now Isn't

PVR-350 Was Working in MythTV, Now Isn't

Oct 12, 2005, 5:17 PM

Post #1 of 4 (2664 views)

My PVR-350 was working fine with driver 0.3.8, recording and watching
live TV. Then I tried to add a second capture card (using saa7134.) I
gave up on the second card but now the PVR-350 stopped working in MythTV
-- all I get is a black screen.

I've upgraded to ivtv 0.4.0. The "cp /dev/video0 > file.mpg" test
works fine -- the card is receiving a signal on the tuner0 input.

Can *anyone* make *any* suggestions on what to do next?

Is there someway to 'reset' mythtv, short of a reinstall? I have removed
all the tuner cards in myth-setup and re-added the PVR-350 several times
with no success.

Thanks in advance,
Kirk

ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2 SMP gcc-3.4
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (iTVC15 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:02.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tveeprom: The eeprom says no radio is present, but the tuner type 68
tveeprom: indicates otherwise. I will assume that radio is present.
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = K268, serial# = 2985761
tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44]
msp34xx: ivtv version
msp34xx: init: chip=MSP3448W-A2, has NICAM support, simple (D) mode,
simpler (G) no-thread mode
msp34xx: $Id$ compiled on: Oct 11 2005 20:45:41
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP3448W-A2, addr=40]
tda9885/6/7: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 256 x 32768 buffers (8192KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total)
ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream
ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 48 x 43200 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv_init_mpeg.bin
tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

PVR-350 Was Working in MythTV, Now Isn't [ In reply to ]

ivtv at kosteronline

Oct 12, 2005, 6:18 PM

Post #2 of 4 (2552 views)

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Kirk Bocek wrote:
> My PVR-350 was working fine with driver 0.3.8, recording and watching
> live TV. Then I tried to add a second capture card (using saa7134.) I
> gave up on the second card but now the PVR-350 stopped working in MythTV
> -- all I get is a black screen.
>
> I've upgraded to ivtv 0.4.0. The "cp /dev/video0 > file.mpg" test
> works fine -- the card is receiving a signal on the tuner0 input.

This largely excludes ivtv issues. In case you still suspect ivtv you
should please have a look at your logfiles for any errors reported by
the ivtv driver.

> Can *anyone* make *any* suggestions on what to do next?
>
> Is there someway to 'reset' mythtv, short of a reinstall? I have removed
> all the tuner cards in myth-setup and re-added the PVR-350 several times
> with no success.

This question likely is more suited for the mythtv-users mailinglist
instead of ivtv. Alternatively, you could have a look at the output of
mythbackend (of the mythconverg databse for strange entries). In any
case include enough version and log information regarding mythtv.

--
Paul

PVR-350 Was Working in MythTV, Now Isn't [ In reply to ]

t004 at kbocek

Oct 12, 2005, 6:43 PM

Post #3 of 4 (2567 views)

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Thanks for the reply Paul. I have no idea where the problem is and wanted to see if
ivtv could be the cause. I've made several postings to mythtv-users with no
responses. Guess I'll just keep at it until it works. :)

It's just frustrating that it *was* working...

Kirk

Paul Koster wrote:
> Kirk Bocek wrote:
>
>> My PVR-350 was working fine with driver 0.3.8, recording and watching
>> live TV. Then I tried to add a second capture card (using saa7134.) I
>> gave up on the second card but now the PVR-350 stopped working in MythTV
>> -- all I get is a black screen.
>>
>> I've upgraded to ivtv 0.4.0. The "cp /dev/video0 > file.mpg" test
>> works fine -- the card is receiving a signal on the tuner0 input.
>
>
> This largely excludes ivtv issues. In case you still suspect ivtv you
> should please have a look at your logfiles for any errors reported by
> the ivtv driver.
>
>> Can *anyone* make *any* suggestions on what to do next?
>>
>> Is there someway to 'reset' mythtv, short of a reinstall? I have removed
>> all the tuner cards in myth-setup and re-added the PVR-350 several times
>> with no success.
>
>
> This question likely is more suited for the mythtv-users mailinglist
> instead of ivtv. Alternatively, you could have a look at the output of
> mythbackend (of the mythconverg databse for strange entries). In any
> case include enough version and log information regarding mythtv.
>
> --
> Paul
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ivtv-users mailing list
> ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users

PVR-350 Was Working in MythTV, Now Isn't [ In reply to ]

agforsyth at gmail

Oct 13, 2005, 12:08 AM

Post #4 of 4 (2552 views)

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I *know* I've had this problem, but can't remember what the solution
was for me. Have you upgraded / recompiled mythtv recently?

> >> My PVR-350 was working fine with driver 0.3.8, recording and watching
> >> live TV. Then I tried to add a second capture card (using saa7134.) I
> >> gave up on the second card but now the PVR-350 stopped working in MythTV
> >> -- all I get is a black screen.

Recording too or just watching? If it's just watching then make sure
you didn't compile with DirectFB support on.

What output do you get from mythfrontend if you start it with
"mythfrontend -v all -l frontend.log" when you have the problem? What
about in the backend log?

> >> I've upgraded to ivtv 0.4.0. The "cp /dev/video0 > file.mpg" test
> >> works fine -- the card is receiving a signal on the tuner0 input.

Yeah, it's really not an ivtv issue at all then. Make sure you
remembered to associate the pvr-350 with a listings service in
mythtv-setup and run mythfilldatabase at least once afterwards.