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I have resolved the issue using a hauppauge pvr-150 and a simple script


#! /bin/bash
#tune it to my cable box channel 3
ivtv-tune -c 3 -d /dev/video0
#use v4l2ctl to redirect audio
v4l2-ctl --set-audio-input 0 -d /dev/video0 --set-audio-output /dev/audio
#now show the thing on player
mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 -autosync 30

Thank you,





Mark F. Kaufman




________________________________
From: Ryan Headley <lifewithryan@gmail.com>
To: ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:05:15 AM
Subject: [ivtv-users] PVR-350

Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel 2.6.27-11)

Card is found, etc.
When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled. i've seen several posts around the net on this same issue, but never a resolution. (Not sure if people just aren't getting back to the list or what).

Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
Here is the detection from dmesg:

[ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
[ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
[ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)
[ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
[ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
[ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
[ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
[ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
[ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
[ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
[ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
[ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
[ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
[ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
[ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
[ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization

doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[ 26.866394] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
[ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
[ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
[ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
[ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
[ 458.270706] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full. Dropping data.
[ 458.270713] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
[ 458.562591] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full. Dropping data.
[ 458.562599] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.


Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --log-status while recording (cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg):
[ 1676.827938] ivtv0: ================= START STATUS CARD #0 =================
[ 1676.827956] ivtv0: Version: 1.4.0 Card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
[ 1676.880987] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev J323, serial# 7065439
[ 1676.880991] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 (idx 23, type 2)
[ 1676.880995] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
[ 1676.880998] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
[ 1676.881001] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
[ 1676.881004] tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[ 1676.881010] saa7115 0-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
[ 1676.887057] saa7115 0-0021: Input: Composite 4
[ 1676.887065] saa7115 0-0021: Video signal: VCR
[ 1676.887068] saa7115 0-0021: Frequency: 60 Hz
[ 1676.887070] saa7115 0-0021: Detected format: NTSC
[ 1676.887073] saa7115 0-0021: Width, Height: 720, 480
[ 1676.887077] saa7127 0-0044: Standard: 60 Hz
[ 1676.887080] saa7127 0-0044: Input: normal
[ 1676.887082] saa7127 0-0044: Output: S-Video + Composite
[ 1676.887085] saa7127 0-0044: WSS: disabled
[ 1676.887087] saa7127 0-0044: VPS: disabled
[ 1676.887089] saa7127 0-0044: CC: disabled
[ 1676.895982] msp3400 0-0040: msp3400 rev1 = 0x0117 rev2 = 0x3042
[ 1676.895988] msp3400 0-0040: Audio: volume 58880
[ 1676.895992] msp3400 0-0040: Standard: 4.5 M BTSC-Stereo (stereo)
[ 1676.896010] msp3400 0-0040: Audmode: 0x0001
[ 1676.896013] msp3400 0-0040: Routing: 0x00000000 (input) 0x00000044 (output)
[ 1676.896015] msp3400 0-0040: ACB: 0x0c00
[ 1676.896020] tuner 0-0061: Tuner mode: analog TV
[ 1676.896023] tuner 0-0061: Frequency: 175.50 MHz
[ 1676.896025] tuner 0-0061: Standard: 0x0000b000
[ 1676.896031] ivtv0: Video Input: Tuner 1
[ 1676.896033] ivtv0: Audio Input: Tuner 1
[ 1676.896036] ivtv0: Video Output: S-Video + Composite
[ 1676.896039] ivtv0: Audio Output: A/V Audio Out (Stereo/Bilingual: Stereo/Left)
[ 1676.896041] ivtv0: Output Mode: None
[ 1676.896140] ivtv0: Overlay: Off, Alpha: Global, Pixel Format: ARGB 8:8:8:8
[ 1676.896143] ivtv0: Tuner: TV
[ 1676.896147] ivtv0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream
[ 1676.896150] ivtv0: VBI Format: No VBI
[ 1676.896152] ivtv0: Video: 720x480, 30 fps
[ 1676.896156] ivtv0: Video: MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable Bitrate, 6000000, Peak 8000000
[ 1676.896160] ivtv0: Video: GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP Closure
[ 1676.896166] ivtv0: Audio: 48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps, Stereo, No Emphasis, No CRC
[ 1676.896170] ivtv0: Spatial Filter: Manual, Luma 1D Horizontal, Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
[ 1676.896175] ivtv0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
[ 1676.896177] ivtv0: Median Filter: Off, Luma [0, 255], Chroma [0, 255]
[ 1676.896180] ivtv0: Status flags: 0x402000c0
[ 1676.896184] ivtv0: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 2% of 4096 KiB (128 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896187] ivtv0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896191] ivtv0: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 1040 KiB (61 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896194] ivtv0: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0% of 324 KiB (72 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896198] ivtv0: Stream decoder MPG: status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896201] ivtv0: Stream decoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 65 KiB (29 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896205] ivtv0: Stream decoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
[ 1676.896208] ivtv0: Read MPG/VBI: 9359360/0 bytes
[ 1676.896210] ivtv0: ================== END STATUS CARD #0 ===============

The issue is the same as a few other have reported. Its recording video, but looks as if your trying to watch a channel that you aren't paying for circa 1988. Sound is fine (can be choppy).

I've tried us-cable, us-cable-hrc, us-cable-irc with the best results coming from us-cable. I've tried tweaking the frequency 1/10th at a time and occasionally saw "better" results -- meaning not as scrambled, but still scrambled.

What more does anyone need? I'd love to get this resolved...

Thanks,
Ryan




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On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 23:05 -0500, Ryan Headley wrote:

> Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
> Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel 2.6.27-11)
>
> Card is found, etc.
> When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled. i've
> seen several posts around the net on this same issue, but never a
> resolution. (Not sure if people just aren't getting back to the list
> or what).
>
> Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
> Here is the detection from dmesg:
>
> [ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
> [ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
> [ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)
> [ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 21
> [ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64
> (was 32)
> [ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42
> (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver
> #0)
> [ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c
> driver #0)
> [ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096
> kB)
> [ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048
> kB)
> [ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320
> kB)
> [ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> [ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024
> kB)
> [ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
> [ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
> [ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024
> kB)
> [ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization
>
> doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[ 26.866394] ivtv0:
> Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> [ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144
> bytes)
> [ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> [ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> [ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648
> bytes)


I don't see anything from ivtv1 in your trace. I don't see the Decoder
revision or the init.mpg firmware piece in mine. Below is my trace
though it's from Fedora 10. My thinking is your card has experienced
hardware failure but perhaps this trace will help or someone else may
have some ideas. Good luck!

[~]# dmesg |grep -i ivtv
ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
ivtv0: Initializing card #0
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 8)
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
ivtv0: Initialized card #0: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
ivtv1: Initializing card #1
ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 8)
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
ivtv1: Initialized card #1: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
ivtv: End initialization
ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
ivtv1: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
[~]#
[~]# uname -r
2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686
[~]#

This sounds like an ivtv base issue, like your card isn't tuned to a station, this has happened to a lot of folks, try an lspci, if the card shows then use ivtv-tune. The script below should get you something.

#! /bin/bash
ivtv-tune -c 3 -d /dev/video0
v4l2-ctl --set-audio-input 0 -d /dev/video0 --set-audio-output /dev/audio
mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 -autosync 30

Thank you,





Mark F. Kaufman




________________________________
From: Richard Hendershot <rshendershot@mchsi.com>
To: User discussion about IVTV <ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:40:07 AM
Subject: Re: [ivtv-users] PVR-350

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 23:05 -0500, Ryan Headley wrote:

Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel 2.6.27-11)

Card is found, etc.
When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled. i've seen several posts around the net on this same issue, but never a resolution. (Not sure if people just aren't getting back to the list or what).

Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
Here is the detection from dmesg:

[ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
[ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
[ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)
[ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
[ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
[ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
[ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
[ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
[ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
[ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
[ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
[ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
[ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
[ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
[ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
[ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization

doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[ 26.866394] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
[ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
[ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
[ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
[ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)

I don't see anything from ivtv1 in your trace. I don't see the Decoder revision or the init.mpg firmware piece in mine. Below is my trace though it's from Fedora 10. My thinking is your card has experienced hardware failure but perhaps this trace will help or someone else may have some ideas. Good luck!

[~]# dmesg |grep -i ivtv
ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
ivtv0: Initializing card #0
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 8)
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 0-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
ivtv0: Initialized card #0: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
ivtv1: Initializing card #1
ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 8)
ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
ivtv1: Initialized card #1: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
ivtv: End initialization
ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
ivtv1: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
[~]#
[~]# uname -r
2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686
[~]#

please disregard. I *used* to use the PVR-350. apologies.

Not sure if that solution was directed at my PVR-350 issue, but if thats the
case...no love...still have the same issue.

*sigh*

Starting to think it *is* the card...dammit

Will have to try to find a windows box and see what happens..



On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Mark Kaufman <markfkaufman@yahoo.com>wrote:

> I have resolved the issue using a hauppauge pvr-150 and a simple script
>
>
> #! /bin/bash
> #tune it to my cable box channel 3
> ivtv-tune -c 3 -d /dev/video0
> #use v4l2ctl to redirect audio
> v4l2-ctl --set-audio-input 0 -d /dev/video0 --set-audio-output /dev/audio
> #now show the thing on player
> mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 -autosync 30
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
> Mark F. Kaufman
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ryan Headley <lifewithryan@gmail.com>
> *To:* ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:05:15 AM
> *Subject:* [ivtv-users] PVR-350
>
> Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
> Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel 2.6.27-11)
>
> Card is found, etc.
> When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled. i've seen
> several posts around the net on this same issue, but never a resolution.
> (Not sure if people just aren't getting back to the list or what).
>
> Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
> Here is the detection from dmesg:
>
> [ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
> [ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
> [ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415 based)
> [ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ
> 21
> [ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was
> 32)
> [ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv
> i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver
> #0)
> [ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
> [ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
> [ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
> [ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> [ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
> [ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
> [ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization
>
> doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[ 26.866394] ivtv0: Loaded
> v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> [ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> [ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> [ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> [ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware (155648 bytes)
> [ 458.270706] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full. Dropping
> data.
> [ 458.270713] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
> [ 458.562591] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full. Dropping
> data.
> [ 458.562599] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading fast enough.
>
>
> Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --log-status while recording (cat
> /dev/video0 > test.mpg):
> [ 1676.827938] ivtv0: ================= START STATUS CARD #0
> =================
> [ 1676.827956] ivtv0: Version: 1.4.0 Card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [ 1676.880987] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev J323, serial#
> 7065439
> [ 1676.880991] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1236 (idx 23,
> type 2)
> [ 1676.880995] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> [ 1676.880998] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448 (idx 27)
> [ 1676.881001] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> [ 1676.881004] tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR
> transmitter
> [ 1676.881010] saa7115 0-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
> [ 1676.887057] saa7115 0-0021: Input: Composite 4
> [ 1676.887065] saa7115 0-0021: Video signal: VCR
> [ 1676.887068] saa7115 0-0021: Frequency: 60 Hz
> [ 1676.887070] saa7115 0-0021: Detected format: NTSC
> [ 1676.887073] saa7115 0-0021: Width, Height: 720, 480
> [ 1676.887077] saa7127 0-0044: Standard: 60 Hz
> [ 1676.887080] saa7127 0-0044: Input: normal
> [ 1676.887082] saa7127 0-0044: Output: S-Video + Composite
> [ 1676.887085] saa7127 0-0044: WSS: disabled
> [ 1676.887087] saa7127 0-0044: VPS: disabled
> [ 1676.887089] saa7127 0-0044: CC: disabled
> [ 1676.895982] msp3400 0-0040: msp3400 rev1 = 0x0117 rev2 = 0x3042
> [ 1676.895988] msp3400 0-0040: Audio: volume 58880
> [ 1676.895992] msp3400 0-0040: Standard: 4.5 M BTSC-Stereo (stereo)
> [ 1676.896010] msp3400 0-0040: Audmode: 0x0001
> [ 1676.896013] msp3400 0-0040: Routing: 0x00000000 (input) 0x00000044
> (output)
> [ 1676.896015] msp3400 0-0040: ACB: 0x0c00
> [ 1676.896020] tuner 0-0061: Tuner mode: analog TV
> [ 1676.896023] tuner 0-0061: Frequency: 175.50 MHz
> [ 1676.896025] tuner 0-0061: Standard: 0x0000b000
> [ 1676.896031] ivtv0: Video Input: Tuner 1
> [ 1676.896033] ivtv0: Audio Input: Tuner 1
> [ 1676.896036] ivtv0: Video Output: S-Video + Composite
> [ 1676.896039] ivtv0: Audio Output: A/V Audio Out (Stereo/Bilingual:
> Stereo/Left)
> [ 1676.896041] ivtv0: Output Mode: None
> [ 1676.896140] ivtv0: Overlay: Off, Alpha: Global, Pixel Format:
> ARGB 8:8:8:8
> [ 1676.896143] ivtv0: Tuner: TV
> [ 1676.896147] ivtv0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream
> [ 1676.896150] ivtv0: VBI Format: No VBI
> [ 1676.896152] ivtv0: Video: 720x480, 30 fps
> [ 1676.896156] ivtv0: Video: MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable Bitrate, 6000000,
> Peak 8000000
> [ 1676.896160] ivtv0: Video: GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP Closure
> [ 1676.896166] ivtv0: Audio: 48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps, Stereo, No
> Emphasis, No CRC
> [ 1676.896170] ivtv0: Spatial Filter: Manual, Luma 1D Horizontal,
> Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
> [ 1676.896175] ivtv0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
> [ 1676.896177] ivtv0: Median Filter: Off, Luma [0, 255], Chroma [0,
> 255]
> [ 1676.896180] ivtv0: Status flags: 0x402000c0
> [ 1676.896184] ivtv0: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 2% of 4096 KiB
> (128 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896187] ivtv0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB
> (64 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896191] ivtv0: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 1040 KiB
> (61 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896194] ivtv0: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0% of 324 KiB
> (72 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896198] ivtv0: Stream decoder MPG: status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB
> (16 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896201] ivtv0: Stream decoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 65 KiB
> (29 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896205] ivtv0: Stream decoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB
> (16 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896208] ivtv0: Read MPG/VBI: 9359360/0 bytes
> [ 1676.896210] ivtv0: ================== END STATUS CARD #0
> ===============
>
> The issue is the same as a few other have reported. Its recording video,
> but looks as if your trying to watch a channel that you aren't paying for
> circa 1988. Sound is fine (can be choppy).
>
> I've tried us-cable, us-cable-hrc, us-cable-irc with the best results
> coming from us-cable. I've tried tweaking the frequency 1/10th at a time
> and occasionally saw "better" results -- meaning not as scrambled, but still
> scrambled.
>
> What more does anyone need? I'd love to get this resolved...
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.sudovi.com/
> http://www.twitter.com/lifewithryan
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> http://www.lifewithryan.com/
>
>
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You need to start narrowing down the problem and eliminating variables.


Let's get the RF signal source and tuner out of the loop and see if
things are better. Try feeding your PVR-350 with a knwon good DVD
player, cable box, or VCR on the Composite or SVideo input.

If the above test is good, you can blame the RF signal source, cabling,
splitters, or tuner on the card. If the above test is not, then you can
start looking at the Audio/Video Digitizer on the PVR-350.

Regards,
Andy


On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 20:40 -0500, Ryan Headley wrote:
> Not sure if that solution was directed at my PVR-350 issue, but if
> thats the case...no love...still have the same issue.
>
> *sigh*
>
> Starting to think it *is* the card...dammit
>
> Will have to try to find a windows box and see what happens..
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Mark Kaufman <markfkaufman@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> I have resolved the issue using a hauppauge pvr-150 and a
> simple script
>
>
> #! /bin/bash
> #tune it to my cable box channel 3
> ivtv-tune -c 3 -d /dev/video0
> #use v4l2ctl to redirect audio
> v4l2-ctl --set-audio-input 0 -d /dev/video0
> --set-audio-output /dev/audio
> #now show the thing on player
> mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 -autosync 30
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
> Mark F. Kaufman
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> From: Ryan Headley <lifewithryan@gmail.com>
> To: ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:05:15 AM
> Subject: [ivtv-users] PVR-350
>
>
> Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
> Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel
> 2.6.27-11)
>
> Card is found, etc.
> When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled.
> i've seen several posts around the net on this same issue, but
> never a resolution. (Not sure if people just aren't getting
> back to the list or what).
>
> Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
> Here is the detection from dmesg:
>
> [ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
> [ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
> [ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415
> based)
> [ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 21
> [ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting
> to 64 (was 32)
> [ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> [ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000)
> @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c
> driver #0)
> [ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv
> i2c driver #0)
> [ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c
> driver #0)
> [ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG
> (4096 kB)
> [ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder
> YUV (2048 kB)
> [ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI
> (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder
> PCM (320 kB)
> [ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder
> radio
> [ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder
> MPG (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI
> (64 kB)
> [ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
> [ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder
> YUV (1024 kB)
> [ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV
> PVR-350
> [ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization
>
> doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[ 26.866394]
> ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> [ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware
> (262144 bytes)
> [ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> [ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> [ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware
> (155648 bytes)
> [ 458.270706] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full.
> Dropping data.
> [ 458.270713] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading
> fast enough.
> [ 458.562591] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full.
> Dropping data.
> [ 458.562599] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading
> fast enough.
>
>
> Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --log-status while recording
> (cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg):
> [ 1676.827938] ivtv0: ================= START STATUS CARD
> #0 =================
> [ 1676.827956] ivtv0: Version: 1.4.0 Card: Hauppauge WinTV
> PVR-350
> [ 1676.880987] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev
> J323, serial# 7065439
> [ 1676.880991] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips
> FM1236 (idx 23, type 2)
> [ 1676.880995] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M)
> (eeprom 0x08)
> [ 1676.880998] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448
> (idx 27)
> [ 1676.881001] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is
> SAA7115 (idx 19)
> [ 1676.881004] tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR receiver,
> has no IR transmitter
> [ 1676.881010] saa7115 0-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
> [ 1676.887057] saa7115 0-0021: Input: Composite 4
> [ 1676.887065] saa7115 0-0021: Video signal: VCR
> [ 1676.887068] saa7115 0-0021: Frequency: 60 Hz
> [ 1676.887070] saa7115 0-0021: Detected format: NTSC
> [ 1676.887073] saa7115 0-0021: Width, Height: 720, 480
> [ 1676.887077] saa7127 0-0044: Standard: 60 Hz
> [ 1676.887080] saa7127 0-0044: Input: normal
> [ 1676.887082] saa7127 0-0044: Output: S-Video +
> Composite
> [ 1676.887085] saa7127 0-0044: WSS: disabled
> [ 1676.887087] saa7127 0-0044: VPS: disabled
> [ 1676.887089] saa7127 0-0044: CC: disabled
> [ 1676.895982] msp3400 0-0040: msp3400 rev1 = 0x0117 rev2 =
> 0x3042
> [ 1676.895988] msp3400 0-0040: Audio: volume 58880
> [ 1676.895992] msp3400 0-0040: Standard: 4.5 M BTSC-Stereo
> (stereo)
> [ 1676.896010] msp3400 0-0040: Audmode: 0x0001
> [ 1676.896013] msp3400 0-0040: Routing: 0x00000000 (input)
> 0x00000044 (output)
> [ 1676.896015] msp3400 0-0040: ACB: 0x0c00
> [ 1676.896020] tuner 0-0061: Tuner mode: analog TV
> [ 1676.896023] tuner 0-0061: Frequency: 175.50 MHz
> [ 1676.896025] tuner 0-0061: Standard: 0x0000b000
> [ 1676.896031] ivtv0: Video Input: Tuner 1
> [ 1676.896033] ivtv0: Audio Input: Tuner 1
> [ 1676.896036] ivtv0: Video Output: S-Video + Composite
> [ 1676.896039] ivtv0: Audio Output: A/V Audio Out
> (Stereo/Bilingual: Stereo/Left)
> [ 1676.896041] ivtv0: Output Mode: None
> [ 1676.896140] ivtv0: Overlay: Off, Alpha: Global,
> Pixel Format: ARGB 8:8:8:8
> [ 1676.896143] ivtv0: Tuner: TV
> [ 1676.896147] ivtv0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream
> [ 1676.896150] ivtv0: VBI Format: No VBI
> [ 1676.896152] ivtv0: Video: 720x480, 30 fps
> [ 1676.896156] ivtv0: Video: MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable
> Bitrate, 6000000, Peak 8000000
> [ 1676.896160] ivtv0: Video: GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP
> Closure
> [ 1676.896166] ivtv0: Audio: 48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps,
> Stereo, No Emphasis, No CRC
> [ 1676.896170] ivtv0: Spatial Filter: Manual, Luma 1D
> Horizontal, Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
> [ 1676.896175] ivtv0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
> [ 1676.896177] ivtv0: Median Filter: Off, Luma [0, 255],
> Chroma [0, 255]
> [ 1676.896180] ivtv0: Status flags: 0x402000c0
> [ 1676.896184] ivtv0: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 2%
> of 4096 KiB (128 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896187] ivtv0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896191] ivtv0: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 1040 KiB (61 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896194] ivtv0: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 324 KiB (72 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896198] ivtv0: Stream decoder MPG: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896201] ivtv0: Stream decoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 65 KiB (29 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896205] ivtv0: Stream decoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
> [ 1676.896208] ivtv0: Read MPG/VBI: 9359360/0 bytes
> [ 1676.896210] ivtv0: ================== END STATUS CARD
> #0 ===============
>
> The issue is the same as a few other have reported. Its
> recording video, but looks as if your trying to watch a
> channel that you aren't paying for circa 1988. Sound is fine
> (can be choppy).
>
> I've tried us-cable, us-cable-hrc, us-cable-irc with the best
> results coming from us-cable. I've tried tweaking the
> frequency 1/10th at a time and occasionally saw "better"
> results -- meaning not as scrambled, but still scrambled.
>
> What more does anyone need? I'd love to get this resolved...
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.sudovi.com/
> http://www.twitter.com/lifewithryan
> http://www.thecommontongue.com
> http://www.lifewithryan.com/
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ivtv-users mailing list
> ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.sudovi.com/
> http://www.twitter.com/lifewithryan
> http://www.thecommontongue.com
> http://www.lifewithryan.com/
> _______________________________________________
> ivtv-users mailing list
> ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users


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I've plugged the same coax into a regular TV and the signal was fine so we
can rule that out. I've also tried removing the splitter so I'm going
directly to the cable outlet with no luck either. God I hope its not the
tuner...

As far as feeding it something good, would hooking up a video camera up to
the thing tell me what I need to know? I have the little s-video to
composite connector somewhere. Would I then use cat /dev/videoX > test.mpg
where X is the number for the s-video IN??



On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net> wrote:

> You need to start narrowing down the problem and eliminating variables.
>
>
> Let's get the RF signal source and tuner out of the loop and see if
> things are better. Try feeding your PVR-350 with a knwon good DVD
> player, cable box, or VCR on the Composite or SVideo input.
>
> If the above test is good, you can blame the RF signal source, cabling,
> splitters, or tuner on the card. If the above test is not, then you can
> start looking at the Audio/Video Digitizer on the PVR-350.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 20:40 -0500, Ryan Headley wrote:
> > Not sure if that solution was directed at my PVR-350 issue, but if
> > thats the case...no love...still have the same issue.
> >
> > *sigh*
> >
> > Starting to think it *is* the card...dammit
> >
> > Will have to try to find a windows box and see what happens..
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Mark Kaufman <markfkaufman@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > I have resolved the issue using a hauppauge pvr-150 and a
> > simple script
> >
> >
> > #! /bin/bash
> > #tune it to my cable box channel 3
> > ivtv-tune -c 3 -d /dev/video0
> > #use v4l2ctl to redirect audio
> > v4l2-ctl --set-audio-input 0 -d /dev/video0
> > --set-audio-output /dev/audio
> > #now show the thing on player
> > mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 -autosync 30
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark F. Kaufman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > From: Ryan Headley <lifewithryan@gmail.com>
> > To: ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:05:15 AM
> > Subject: [ivtv-users] PVR-350
> >
> >
> > Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while back.
> > Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex, kernel
> > 2.6.27-11)
> >
> > Card is found, etc.
> > When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is scrambled.
> > i've seen several posts around the net on this same issue, but
> > never a resolution. (Not sure if people just aren't getting
> > back to the list or what).
> >
> > Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
> > Here is the detection from dmesg:
> >
> > [ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0
> > [ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
> > [ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23415
> > based)
> > [ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level,
> > low) -> IRQ 21
> > [ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting
> > to 64 (was 32)
> > [ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
> > [ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000)
> > @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > [ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c
> > driver #0)
> > [ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv
> > i2c driver #0)
> > [ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c
> > driver #0)
> > [ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG
> > (4096 kB)
> > [ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder
> > YUV (2048 kB)
> > [ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI
> > (1024 kB)
> > [ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder
> > PCM (320 kB)
> > [ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder
> > radio
> > [ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder
> > MPG (1024 kB)
> > [ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI
> > (64 kB)
> > [ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
> > [ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder
> > YUV (1024 kB)
> > [ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV
> > PVR-350
> > [ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization
> >
> > doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[ 26.866394]
> > ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> > [ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware
> > (262144 bytes)
> > [ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> > [ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> > [ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg firmware
> > (155648 bytes)
> > [ 458.270706] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full.
> > Dropping data.
> > [ 458.270713] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading
> > fast enough.
> > [ 458.562591] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers are full.
> > Dropping data.
> > [ 458.562599] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not reading
> > fast enough.
> >
> >
> > Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --log-status while recording
> > (cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg):
> > [ 1676.827938] ivtv0: ================= START STATUS CARD
> > #0 =================
> > [ 1676.827956] ivtv0: Version: 1.4.0 Card: Hauppauge WinTV
> > PVR-350
> > [ 1676.880987] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 48132, rev
> > J323, serial# 7065439
> > [ 1676.880991] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Philips
> > FM1236 (idx 23, type 2)
> > [ 1676.880995] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M)
> > (eeprom 0x08)
> > [ 1676.880998] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is MSP4448
> > (idx 27)
> > [ 1676.881001] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is
> > SAA7115 (idx 19)
> > [ 1676.881004] tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR receiver,
> > has no IR transmitter
> > [ 1676.881010] saa7115 0-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
> > [ 1676.887057] saa7115 0-0021: Input: Composite 4
> > [ 1676.887065] saa7115 0-0021: Video signal: VCR
> > [ 1676.887068] saa7115 0-0021: Frequency: 60 Hz
> > [ 1676.887070] saa7115 0-0021: Detected format: NTSC
> > [ 1676.887073] saa7115 0-0021: Width, Height: 720, 480
> > [ 1676.887077] saa7127 0-0044: Standard: 60 Hz
> > [ 1676.887080] saa7127 0-0044: Input: normal
> > [ 1676.887082] saa7127 0-0044: Output: S-Video +
> > Composite
> > [ 1676.887085] saa7127 0-0044: WSS: disabled
> > [ 1676.887087] saa7127 0-0044: VPS: disabled
> > [ 1676.887089] saa7127 0-0044: CC: disabled
> > [ 1676.895982] msp3400 0-0040: msp3400 rev1 = 0x0117 rev2 =
> > 0x3042
> > [ 1676.895988] msp3400 0-0040: Audio: volume 58880
> > [ 1676.895992] msp3400 0-0040: Standard: 4.5 M BTSC-Stereo
> > (stereo)
> > [ 1676.896010] msp3400 0-0040: Audmode: 0x0001
> > [ 1676.896013] msp3400 0-0040: Routing: 0x00000000 (input)
> > 0x00000044 (output)
> > [ 1676.896015] msp3400 0-0040: ACB: 0x0c00
> > [ 1676.896020] tuner 0-0061: Tuner mode: analog TV
> > [ 1676.896023] tuner 0-0061: Frequency: 175.50 MHz
> > [ 1676.896025] tuner 0-0061: Standard: 0x0000b000
> > [ 1676.896031] ivtv0: Video Input: Tuner 1
> > [ 1676.896033] ivtv0: Audio Input: Tuner 1
> > [ 1676.896036] ivtv0: Video Output: S-Video + Composite
> > [ 1676.896039] ivtv0: Audio Output: A/V Audio Out
> > (Stereo/Bilingual: Stereo/Left)
> > [ 1676.896041] ivtv0: Output Mode: None
> > [ 1676.896140] ivtv0: Overlay: Off, Alpha: Global,
> > Pixel Format: ARGB 8:8:8:8
> > [ 1676.896143] ivtv0: Tuner: TV
> > [ 1676.896147] ivtv0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream
> > [ 1676.896150] ivtv0: VBI Format: No VBI
> > [ 1676.896152] ivtv0: Video: 720x480, 30 fps
> > [ 1676.896156] ivtv0: Video: MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable
> > Bitrate, 6000000, Peak 8000000
> > [ 1676.896160] ivtv0: Video: GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP
> > Closure
> > [ 1676.896166] ivtv0: Audio: 48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps,
> > Stereo, No Emphasis, No CRC
> > [ 1676.896170] ivtv0: Spatial Filter: Manual, Luma 1D
> > Horizontal, Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
> > [ 1676.896175] ivtv0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
> > [ 1676.896177] ivtv0: Median Filter: Off, Luma [0, 255],
> > Chroma [0, 255]
> > [ 1676.896180] ivtv0: Status flags: 0x402000c0
> > [ 1676.896184] ivtv0: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 2%
> > of 4096 KiB (128 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896187] ivtv0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0%
> > of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896191] ivtv0: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0%
> > of 1040 KiB (61 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896194] ivtv0: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0%
> > of 324 KiB (72 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896198] ivtv0: Stream decoder MPG: status 0x0000, 0%
> > of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896201] ivtv0: Stream decoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0%
> > of 65 KiB (29 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896205] ivtv0: Stream decoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0%
> > of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896208] ivtv0: Read MPG/VBI: 9359360/0 bytes
> > [ 1676.896210] ivtv0: ================== END STATUS CARD
> > #0 ===============
> >
> > The issue is the same as a few other have reported. Its
> > recording video, but looks as if your trying to watch a
> > channel that you aren't paying for circa 1988. Sound is fine
> > (can be choppy).
> >
> > I've tried us-cable, us-cable-hrc, us-cable-irc with the best
> > results coming from us-cable. I've tried tweaking the
> > frequency 1/10th at a time and occasionally saw "better"
> > results -- meaning not as scrambled, but still scrambled.
> >
> > What more does anyone need? I'd love to get this resolved...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Ryan,

Please don't top post. It breaks up the logical flow. Try to respond
in line. I was guilty of top-posting on my last reply - ooops.


On Sat, 2009-03-14 at 22:21 -0500, Ryan Headley wrote:
> I've plugged the same coax into a regular TV and the signal was fine
> so we can rule that out. I've also tried removing the splitter so I'm
> going directly to the cable outlet with no luck either. God I hope
> its not the tuner...

Well TV's can dedicate for components for tuning under very adverse
conditions. Your test doesn't quite rule out the signal quality, but
it's a strong indicator.

Well the tuner on a PVR-350 is not big loss, if the rest of the card
works. The PVR-350's main unquie features are its hardware MPEG
decoding to and creating an output video signal. Those are the
functions you really don't want to loose. An PVR-150 or HVR-1600 are
common and work fine for RF input.


> As far as feeding it something good, would hooking up a video camera
> up to the thing tell me what I need to know? I have the little
> s-video to composite connector somewhere.

Yes, that should be fine


> Would I then use cat /dev/videoX > test.mpg where X is the number
> for the s-video IN??

$ v4l2-ctl --help
$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 --list-inputs
$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -i 1
$ v4l2-ctl -d /dev/video0 -s ntsc
$ cat /dev/video0 > foo.mpg


BTW did your card stop working after the OS/software upgrade, or was it
like this before?

Good Luck.

Regards,
Andy

>
>
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net> wrote:
> You need to start narrowing down the problem and eliminating
> variables.
>
>
> Let's get the RF signal source and tuner out of the loop and
> see if
> things are better. Try feeding your PVR-350 with a knwon good
> DVD
> player, cable box, or VCR on the Composite or SVideo input.
>
> If the above test is good, you can blame the RF signal source,
> cabling,
> splitters, or tuner on the card. If the above test is not,
> then you can
> start looking at the Audio/Video Digitizer on the PVR-350.
>
> Regards,
> Andy
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> > From: Ryan Headley <lifewithryan@gmail.com>
> > To: ivtv-users@ivtvdriver.org
> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:05:15 AM
> > Subject: [ivtv-users] PVR-350
> >
> >
> > Pulling my hair out as this card was working a while
> back.
> > Recently installed latest MythBuntu (8.10 --Ibex,
> kernel
> > 2.6.27-11)
> >
> > Card is found, etc.
> > When doing cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg, the video is
> scrambled.
> > i've seen several posts around the net on this same
> issue, but
> > never a resolution. (Not sure if people just aren't
> getting
> > back to the list or what).
> >
> > Anyway, I'd really like to get this to work again :)
> > Here is the detection from dmesg:
> >
> > [ 8.964309] ivtv: Start initialization, version
> 1.4.0
> > [ 8.964510] ivtv0: Initializing card #0
> > [ 8.964516] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
> (cx23415
> > based)
> > [ 9.008082] ivtv 0000:02:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI
> 21 (level,
> > low) -> IRQ 21
> > [ 9.008097] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency
> timer, setting
> > to 64 (was 32)
> > [ 9.061650] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV
> PVR-350
> > [ 9.937797] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found
> (1f7115d0e100000)
> > @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > [ 10.497222] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88
> (ivtv i2c
> > driver #0)
> > [ 10.510791] msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @
> 0x80 (ivtv
> > i2c driver #0)
> > [ 10.513538] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv
> i2c
> > driver #0)
> > [ 10.638629] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for
> encoder MPG
> > (4096 kB)
> > [ 10.638680] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for
> encoder
> > YUV (2048 kB)
> > [ 10.638723] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for
> encoder VBI
> > (1024 kB)
> > [ 10.638765] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for
> encoder
> > PCM (320 kB)
> > [ 10.638807] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for
> encoder
> > radio
> > [ 10.638849] ivtv0: Registered device video16 for
> decoder
> > MPG (1024 kB)
> > [ 10.638893] ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for
> decoder VBI
> > (64 kB)
> > [ 10.638935] ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for
> decoder VOUT
> > [ 10.638983] ivtv0: Registered device video48 for
> decoder
> > YUV (1024 kB)
> > [ 10.638988] ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge
> WinTV
> > PVR-350
> > [ 10.639244] ivtv: End initialization
> >
> > doing a dmesg | ivtv I'm seeing some of this:[
> 26.866394]
> > ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836
> bytes)
> > [ 26.891332] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
> firmware
> > (262144 bytes)
> > [ 27.088352] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> > [ 27.088483] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
> > [ 27.151554] ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
> firmware
> > (155648 bytes)
> > [ 458.270706] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers
> are full.
> > Dropping data.
> > [ 458.270713] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not
> reading
> > fast enough.
> > [ 458.562591] ivtv0: All encoder MPG stream buffers
> are full.
> > Dropping data.
> > [ 458.562599] ivtv0: Cause: the application is not
> reading
> > fast enough.
> >
> >
> > Here is the output of v4l2-ctl --log-status while
> recording
> > (cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg):
> > [ 1676.827938] ivtv0: ================= START
> STATUS CARD
> > #0 =================
> > [ 1676.827956] ivtv0: Version: 1.4.0 Card:
> Hauppauge WinTV
> > PVR-350
> > [ 1676.880987] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model
> 48132, rev
> > J323, serial# 7065439
> > [ 1676.880991] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is
> Philips
> > FM1236 (idx 23, type 2)
> > [ 1676.880995] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards
> NTSC(M)
> > (eeprom 0x08)
> > [ 1676.880998] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor
> is MSP4448
> > (idx 27)
> > [ 1676.881001] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor
> is
> > SAA7115 (idx 19)
> > [ 1676.881004] tveeprom 0-0050: has radio, has IR
> receiver,
> > has no IR transmitter
> > [ 1676.881010] saa7115 0-0021: Audio frequency:
> 48000 Hz
> > [ 1676.887057] saa7115 0-0021: Input:
> Composite 4
> > [ 1676.887065] saa7115 0-0021: Video signal:
> VCR
> > [ 1676.887068] saa7115 0-0021: Frequency:
> 60 Hz
> > [ 1676.887070] saa7115 0-0021: Detected format:
> NTSC
> > [ 1676.887073] saa7115 0-0021: Width, Height:
> 720, 480
> > [ 1676.887077] saa7127 0-0044: Standard: 60 Hz
> > [ 1676.887080] saa7127 0-0044: Input: normal
> > [ 1676.887082] saa7127 0-0044: Output: S-Video
> +
> > Composite
> > [ 1676.887085] saa7127 0-0044: WSS: disabled
> > [ 1676.887087] saa7127 0-0044: VPS: disabled
> > [ 1676.887089] saa7127 0-0044: CC: disabled
> > [ 1676.895982] msp3400 0-0040: msp3400 rev1 =
> 0x0117 rev2 =
> > 0x3042
> > [ 1676.895988] msp3400 0-0040: Audio: volume
> 58880
> > [ 1676.895992] msp3400 0-0040: Standard: 4.5 M
> BTSC-Stereo
> > (stereo)
> > [ 1676.896010] msp3400 0-0040: Audmode: 0x0001
> > [ 1676.896013] msp3400 0-0040: Routing:
> 0x00000000 (input)
> > 0x00000044 (output)
> > [ 1676.896015] msp3400 0-0040: ACB: 0x0c00
> > [ 1676.896020] tuner 0-0061: Tuner mode:
> analog TV
> > [ 1676.896023] tuner 0-0061: Frequency:
> 175.50 MHz
> > [ 1676.896025] tuner 0-0061: Standard:
> 0x0000b000
> > [ 1676.896031] ivtv0: Video Input: Tuner 1
> > [ 1676.896033] ivtv0: Audio Input: Tuner 1
> > [ 1676.896036] ivtv0: Video Output: S-Video +
> Composite
> > [ 1676.896039] ivtv0: Audio Output: A/V Audio Out
> > (Stereo/Bilingual: Stereo/Left)
> > [ 1676.896041] ivtv0: Output Mode: None
> > [ 1676.896140] ivtv0: Overlay: Off, Alpha:
> Global,
> > Pixel Format: ARGB 8:8:8:8
> > [ 1676.896143] ivtv0: Tuner: TV
> > [ 1676.896147] ivtv0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program
> Stream
> > [ 1676.896150] ivtv0: VBI Format: No VBI
> > [ 1676.896152] ivtv0: Video: 720x480, 30 fps
> > [ 1676.896156] ivtv0: Video: MPEG-2, 4x3,
> Variable
> > Bitrate, 6000000, Peak 8000000
> > [ 1676.896160] ivtv0: Video: GOP Size 15, 2
> B-Frames, GOP
> > Closure
> > [ 1676.896166] ivtv0: Audio: 48 kHz, Layer II,
> 224 kbps,
> > Stereo, No Emphasis, No CRC
> > [ 1676.896170] ivtv0: Spatial Filter: Manual,
> Luma 1D
> > Horizontal, Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0
> > [ 1676.896175] ivtv0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8
> > [ 1676.896177] ivtv0: Median Filter: Off, Luma
> [0, 255],
> > Chroma [0, 255]
> > [ 1676.896180] ivtv0: Status flags: 0x402000c0
> > [ 1676.896184] ivtv0: Stream encoder MPG: status
> 0x0118, 2%
> > of 4096 KiB (128 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896187] ivtv0: Stream encoder YUV: status
> 0x0000, 0%
> > of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896191] ivtv0: Stream encoder VBI: status
> 0x0000, 0%
> > of 1040 KiB (61 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896194] ivtv0: Stream encoder PCM: status
> 0x0000, 0%
> > of 324 KiB (72 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896198] ivtv0: Stream decoder MPG: status
> 0x0000, 0%
> > of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896201] ivtv0: Stream decoder VBI: status
> 0x0000, 0%
> > of 65 KiB (29 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896205] ivtv0: Stream decoder YUV: status
> 0x0000, 0%
> > of 1024 KiB (16 buffers) in use
> > [ 1676.896208] ivtv0: Read MPG/VBI: 9359360/0
> bytes
> > [ 1676.896210] ivtv0: ================== END
> STATUS CARD
> > #0 ===============
> >
> > The issue is the same as a few other have reported.
> Its
> > recording video, but looks as if your trying to
> watch a
> > channel that you aren't paying for circa 1988.
> Sound is fine
> > (can be choppy).
> >
> > I've tried us-cable, us-cable-hrc, us-cable-irc with
> the best
> > results coming from us-cable. I've tried tweaking
> the
> > frequency 1/10th at a time and occasionally saw
> "better"
> > results -- meaning not as scrambled, but still
> scrambled.
> >
> > What more does anyone need? I'd love to get this
> resolved...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan

>


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