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The audio microcontroller is only used for broadcast RF audio decoding. IIRC, your log shows you are set to an external input.

From what source are you trying to recrod?

Regards,
Andy
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Stephan <skt@v-lab.tv> wrote:

Hi,

we have two PVR 150 cards under Ubuntu lucid with recommended upgrades, which work fine to encode video, but after a day or so to encode audio, they set the audio controller to stopped and nothing works anymore. We switched to the second card, and a day later we had the same problem there. A reboot did not fix the issue. We upgraded the cx25840 fw to the one from tvtvdriver.org, which is newer than the Ubuntu linux-firmware repository, but this did not solve the problem with either a manual driver reload or a reboot.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Stephan

P.S. This is what the log status looks like:


Status Log:

[ 782.548927] ivtv1: ================= START STATUS CARD #1 =================
[ 782.548930] ivtv1: Version: 1.4.3 Card: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150
[ 782.606091] tveeprom 15-0050: Hauppauge model 26709, rev F0C1, serial# 10167533
[ 782.606094] tveeprom 15-0050: tuner model is Philips FQ1216LME MK5 (idx 121, type 80)
[ 782.606097] tveeprom 15-0050: TV standards PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/D1/K) (eeprom 0x74)
[ 782.606099] tveeprom 15-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
[ 782.606100] tveeprom 15-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
[ 782.606102] tveeprom 15-0050: has no radio
[ 782.606108] ivtv1: GPIO status: DIR=0xdf01 OUT=0x26f3 IN=0x37f1
[ 782.606110] ivtv1-gpio: Mute: false
[ 782.609476] cx25840 15-0044: Video signal: present
[ 782.609478] cx25840 15-0044: Detected format: PAL-BDGHI
[ 782.609480] cx25840 15-0044: Specified standard: PAL-BDGHI
[ 782.609481] cx25840 15-0044: Specified video input: Composite 3
[ 782.609483] cx25840 15-0044: Specified audioclock freq: 48000 Hz
[ 782.617341] cx25840 15-0044: Detected audio mode: forced mode
[ 782.617343] cx25840 15-0044: Detected audio standard: no detected audio standard
[ 782.617345] cx25840 15-0044: Audio microcontroller: stopped
[ 782.617347] cx25840 15-0044: Configured audio standard: automatic detection
[ 782.617349] cx25840 15-0044: Configured audio system: automatic standard and mode detection
[ 782.617350] cx25840 15-0044: Specified audio input: External
[ 782.617352] cx25840 15-0044: Preferred audio mode: stereo
[ 782.617354] cx25840 15-0044: Selected 65 MHz format: system DK
[ 782.617355] cx25840 15-0044: Selected 45 MHz format: chroma
[ 782.629772] cx25840 15-0044: IR Receiver:
[ 782.629774] cx25840 15-0044: Enabled: no
[ 782.629776] cx25840 15-0044: Demodulation from a carrier: disabled
[ 782.629777] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO: disabled
[ 782.629779] cx25840 15-0044: Pulse timers' start/stop trigger: disabled
[ 782.629780] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO data on pulse timer overflow: overflow marker
[ 782.629782] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO interrupt watermark: half full or greater
[ 782.629783] cx25840 15-0044: Loopback mode: normal receive
[ 782.629785] cx25840 15-0044: Max measurable pulse width: 318144512 us, 318144512000 ns
[ 782.629787] cx25840 15-0044: Low pass filter: disabled
[ 782.629789] cx25840 15-0044: Pulse width timer timed-out: no
[ 782.629790] cx25840 15-0044: Pulse width timer time-out intr: enabled
[ 782.629791] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO overrun: no
[ 782.629793] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO overrun interrupt: enabled
[ 782.629794] cx25840 15-0044: Busy: no
[ 782.629796] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service requested: no
[ 782.629797] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service request interrupt: enabled
[ 782.629798] cx25840 15-0044: IR Transmitter:
[ 782.629800] cx25840 15-0044: Enabled: no
[ 782.629801] cx25840 15-0044: Modulation onto a carrier: disabled
[ 782.629803] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO: disabled
[ 782.629804] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO interrupt watermark: half full or less
[ 782.629806] cx25840 15-0044: Carrier polarity: space:noburst mark:burst
[ 782.629807] cx25840 15-0044: Max pulse width: 318144512 us, 318144512000 ns
[ 782.629809] cx25840 15-0044: Busy: no
[ 782.629811] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service requested: yes
[ 782.629812] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service request interrupt: enabled
[ 782.629814] cx25840 15-0044: Brightness: 128
[ 782.629816] cx25840 15-0044: Contrast: 64
[ 782.629818] cx25840 15-0044: Saturation: 64
[ 782.629820] cx25840 15-0044: Hue: 0
[ 782.629822] cx25840 15-0044: Volume: 33405
[ 782.629824] cx25840 15-0044: Mute: false
[ 782.629826] cx25840 15-0044: Balance: 32750
[ 782.629828] cx25840 15-0044: Bass: 32750
[ 782.629830] cx25840 15-0044: Treble: 32750
[ 782.629833] wm8775 15-001b: Input: 2
[ 782.629835] wm8775 15-001b: Mute: false
[ 782.629837] wm8775 15-001b: Volume: 52992
[ 782.629839] wm8775 15-001b: Balance: 32768
[ 782.629840] wm8775 15-001b: Loudness: true
[ 782.629843] ivtv1: Video Input: Composite 1
[ 782.629845] ivtv1: Audio Input: Line In 1
[ 782.629846] ivtv1: Tuner: TV
[ 782.629847] ivtv1: Stream Type: MPEG-2 Program Stream (grabbed)
[ 782.629850] ivtv1: Stream VBI Format: No VBI (grabbed)
[ 782.629852] ivtv1: Audio Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz (grabbed)
[ 782.629854] ivtv1: Audio Encoding: MPEG-1/2 Layer II (grabbed)
[ 782.629856] ivtv1: Audio Layer II Bitrate: 224 kbps (grabbed)
[ 782.629858] ivtv1: Audio Stereo Mode: Stereo
[ 782.629861] ivtv1: Audio Stereo Mode Extension: Bound 4 (inactive)
[ 782.629863] ivtv1: Audio Emphasis: No Emphasis
[ 782.629865] ivtv1: Audio CRC: No CRC
[ 782.629866] ivtv1: Audio Mute: false
[ 782.629868] ivtv1: Video Encoding: MPEG-2
[ 782.629870] ivtv1: Video Aspect: 4x3
[ 782.629872] ivtv1: Video B Frames: 2
[ 782.629874] ivtv1: Video GOP Size: 15
[ 782.629876] ivtv1: Video GOP Closure: true
[ 782.629878] ivtv1: Video Bitrate Mode: Constant Bitrate (grabbed)
[ 782.629880] ivtv1: Video Bitrate: 4000000 (grabbed)
[ 782.629883] ivtv1: Video Peak Bitrate: 8000000 (inactive, grabbed)
[ 782.629885] ivtv1: Video Temporal Decimation: 0
[ 782.629887] ivtv1: Video Mute: false
[ 782.629889] ivtv1: Video Mute YUV: 32896
[ 782.629891] ivtv1: Spatial Filter Mode: Manual
[ 782.629893] ivtv1: Spatial Filter: 0
[ 782.629895] ivtv1: Spatial Luma Filter Type: 1D Horizontal
[ 782.629897] ivtv1: Spatial Chroma Filter Type: 1D Horizontal
[ 782.629899] ivtv1: Temporal Filter Mode: Manual
[ 782.629901] ivtv1: Temporal Filter: 8
[ 782.629903] ivtv1: Median Filter Type: Off
[ 782.629905] ivtv1: Median Luma Filter Minimum: 0 (inactive)
[ 782.629907] ivtv1: Median Luma Filter Maximum: 255 (inactive)
[ 782.629909] ivtv1: Median Chroma Filter Minimum: 0 (inactive)
[ 782.629911] ivtv1: Median Chroma Filter Maximum: 255 (inactive)
[ 782.629913] ivtv1: Insert Navigation Packets: false
[ 782.629916] ivtv1: Status flags: 0x00200000
[ 782.629918] ivtv1: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 0% of 4096 KiB (128 buffers) in use
[ 782.629920] ivtv1: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in use
[ 782.629923] ivtv1: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of 1049 KiB (41 buffers) in use
[ 782.629925] ivtv1: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0% of 324 KiB (72 buffers) in use
[ 782.629927] ivtv1: Read MPG/VBI: 334283520/0 bytes
[ 782.629928] ivtv1: ================== END STATUS CARD #1 ==================

I am sorry for the misunderstanding then! We are trying to record from
a direct external audio line (line 1 of the PVR 150). The audio is
actually generated by a different PC-based platform, we have no access
to, which generates composite video and cinch audio. The audio input is
fine on a test TV. We need the encoded a/v MPEG2.

On initial tests everything worked fine, we even captured for a week in
a row and it was ok. But when we installed this for real use, it seemed
to stop capturing audio after a day or so. We then switched to another
PVR 150 card in the same PC, which initially also worked fine. A day
later it was also mute.

We tried the "recommended firmware" from the WIKI (2.0.43), and the one
from the ivtv downloads (must be a beta from 2008-07-01), but it did nto
change anything we could see... We also cold-booted the PC, which had
no effect.

Right now, we are pretty lost here, as we don't understand, what is
going on.

Thanks, Stephan

On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 06:57 -0500, Andy Walls wrote:
> The audio microcontroller is only used for broadcast RF audio
> decoding. IIRC, your log shows you are set to an external input.
>
> From what source are you trying to recrod?
>
> Regards,
> Andy
> --
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
> Stephan <skt@v-lab.tv> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we have two PVR 150 cards under Ubuntu lucid with recommended
> upgrades, which work fine to encode video, but after a day or
> so to encode audio, they set the audio controller to stopped
> and nothing works anymore. We switched to the second card,
> and a day later we had the same problem there. A reboot did
> not fix the issue. We upgraded the cx25840 fw to the one from
> tvtvdriver.org, which is newer than the Ubuntu linux-firmware
> repository, but this did not solve the problem with either a
> manual driver reload or a reboot.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks, Stephan
>
> P.S. This is what the log status looks like:
>
>
> Status Log:
>
> [ 782.548927] ivtv1: ================= START STATUS CARD
> #1 =================
> [ 782.548930] ivtv1: Version: 1.4.3 Card: Hauppauge WinTV
> PVR-150
> [ 782.606091] tveeprom 15-0050: Hauppauge model 26709, rev
> F0C1, serial# 10167533
> [ 782.606094] tveeprom 15-0050: tuner model is Philips
> FQ1216LME MK5 (idx 121, type 80)
> [ 782.606097] tveeprom 15-0050: TV standards PAL(B/G)
> PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/D1/K) (eeprom 0x74)
> [ 782.606099] tveeprom 15-0050: audio processor is CX25843
> (idx 37)
> [ 782.606100] tveeprom 15-0050: decoder processor is
> CX25843 (idx 30)
> [ 782.606102] tveeprom 15-0050: has no radio
> [ 782.606108] ivtv1: GPIO status: DIR=0xdf01 OUT=0x26f3
> IN=0x37f1
> [ 782.606110] ivtv1-gpio: Mute: false
> [ 782.609476] cx25840 15-0044: Video signal:
> present
> [ 782.609478] cx25840 15-0044: Detected format:
> PAL-BDGHI
> [ 782.609480] cx25840 15-0044: Specified standard:
> PAL-BDGHI
> [ 782.609481] cx25840 15-0044: Specified video input:
> Composite 3
> [ 782.609483] cx25840 15-0044: Specified audioclock freq:
> 48000 Hz
> [ 782.617341] cx25840 15-0044: Detected audio mode:
> forced mode
> [ 782.617343] cx25840 15-0044: Detected audio standard:
> no detected audio standard
> [ 782.617345] cx25840 15-0044: Audio microcontroller:
> stopped
> [ 782.617347] cx25840 15-0044: Configured audio standard:
> automatic detection
> [ 782.617349] cx25840 15-0044: Configured audio system:
> automatic standard and mode detection
> [ 782.617350] cx25840 15-0044: Specified audio input:
> External
> [ 782.617352] cx25840 15-0044: Preferred audio mode:
> stereo
> [ 782.617354] cx25840 15-0044: Selected 65 MHz format:
> system DK
> [ 782.617355] cx25840 15-0044: Selected 45 MHz format:
> chroma
> [ 782.629772] cx25840 15-0044: IR Receiver:
> [ 782.629774] cx25840 15-0044: Enabled:
> no
> [ 782.629776] cx25840 15-0044: Demodulation from a
> carrier: disabled
> [ 782.629777] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO:
> disabled
> [ 782.629779] cx25840 15-0044: Pulse timers'
> start/stop trigger: disabled
> [ 782.629780] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO data on pulse
> timer overflow: overflow marker
> [ 782.629782] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO interrupt
> watermark: half full or greater
> [ 782.629783] cx25840 15-0044: Loopback mode:
> normal receive
> [ 782.629785] cx25840 15-0044: Max measurable pulse
> width: 318144512 us, 318144512000 ns
> [ 782.629787] cx25840 15-0044: Low pass filter:
> disabled
> [ 782.629789] cx25840 15-0044: Pulse width timer
> timed-out: no
> [ 782.629790] cx25840 15-0044: Pulse width timer
> time-out intr: enabled
> [ 782.629791] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO overrun:
> no
> [ 782.629793] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO overrun
> interrupt: enabled
> [ 782.629794] cx25840 15-0044: Busy:
> no
> [ 782.629796] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service
> requested: no
> [ 782.629797] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service request
> interrupt: enabled
> [ 782.629798] cx25840 15-0044: IR Transmitter:
> [ 782.629800] cx25840 15-0044: Enabled:
> no
> [ 782.629801] cx25840 15-0044: Modulation onto a
> carrier: disabled
> [ 782.629803] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO:
> disabled
> [ 782.629804] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO interrupt
> watermark: half full or less
> [ 782.629806] cx25840 15-0044: Carrier polarity:
> space:noburst mark:burst
> [ 782.629807] cx25840 15-0044: Max pulse width:
> 318144512 us, 318144512000 ns
> [ 782.629809] cx25840 15-0044: Busy:
> no
> [ 782.629811] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service
> requested: yes
> [ 782.629812] cx25840 15-0044: FIFO service request
> interrupt: enabled
> [ 782.629814] cx25840 15-0044: Brightness: 128
> [ 782.629816] cx25840 15-0044: Contrast: 64
> [ 782.629818] cx25840 15-0044: Saturation: 64
> [ 782.629820] cx25840 15-0044: Hue: 0
> [ 782.629822] cx25840 15-0044: Volume: 33405
> [ 782.629824] cx25840 15-0044: Mute: false
> [ 782.629826] cx25840 15-0044: Balance: 32750
> [ 782.629828] cx25840 15-0044: Bass: 32750
> [ 782.629830] cx25840 15-0044: Treble: 32750
> [ 782.629833] wm8775 15-001b: Input: 2
> [ 782.629835] wm8775 15-001b: Mute: false
> [ 782.629837] wm8775 15-001b: Volume: 52992
> [ 782.629839] wm8775 15-001b: Balance: 32768
> [ 782.629840] wm8775 15-001b: Loudness: true
> [ 782.629843] ivtv1: Video Input: Composite 1
> [ 782.629845] ivtv1: Audio Input: Line In 1
> [ 782.629846] ivtv1: Tuner: TV
> [ 782.629847] ivtv1: Stream Type: MPEG-2 Program Stream
> (grabbed)
> [ 782.629850] ivtv1: Stream VBI Format: No VBI (grabbed)
> [ 782.629852] ivtv1: Audio Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz
> (grabbed)
> [ 782.629854] ivtv1: Audio Encoding: MPEG-1/2 Layer II
> (grabbed)
> [ 782.629856] ivtv1: Audio Layer II Bitrate: 224 kbps
> (grabbed)
> [ 782.629858] ivtv1: Audio Stereo Mode: Stereo
> [ 782.629861] ivtv1: Audio Stereo Mode Extension: Bound 4
> (inactive)
> [ 782.629863] ivtv1: Audio Emphasis: No Emphasis
> [ 782.629865] ivtv1: Audio CRC: No CRC
> [ 782.629866] ivtv1: Audio Mute: false
> [ 782.629868] ivtv1: Video Encoding: MPEG-2
> [ 782.629870] ivtv1: Video Aspect: 4x3
> [ 782.629872] ivtv1: Video B Frames: 2
> [ 782.629874] ivtv1: Video GOP Size: 15
> [ 782.629876] ivtv1: Video GOP Closure: true
> [ 782.629878] ivtv1: Video Bitrate Mode: Constant Bitrate
> (grabbed)
> [ 782.629880] ivtv1: Video Bitrate: 4000000 (grabbed)
> [ 782.629883] ivtv1: Video Peak Bitrate: 8000000
> (inactive, grabbed)
> [ 782.629885] ivtv1: Video Temporal Decimation: 0
> [ 782.629887] ivtv1: Video Mute: false
> [ 782.629889] ivtv1: Video Mute YUV: 32896
> [ 782.629891] ivtv1: Spatial Filter Mode: Manual
> [ 782.629893] ivtv1: Spatial Filter: 0
> [ 782.629895] ivtv1: Spatial Luma Filter Type: 1D
> Horizontal
> [ 782.629897] ivtv1: Spatial Chroma Filter Type: 1D
> Horizontal
> [ 782.629899] ivtv1: Temporal Filter Mode: Manual
> [ 782.629901] ivtv1: Temporal Filter: 8
> [ 782.629903] ivtv1: Median Filter Type: Off
> [ 782.629905] ivtv1: Median Luma Filter Minimum: 0
> (inactive)
> [ 782.629907] ivtv1: Median Luma Filter Maximum: 255
> (inactive)
> [ 782.629909] ivtv1: Median Chroma Filter Minimum: 0
> (inactive)
> [ 782.629911] ivtv1: Median Chroma Filter Maximum: 255
> (inactive)
> [ 782.629913] ivtv1: Insert Navigation Packets: false
> [ 782.629916] ivtv1: Status flags: 0x00200000
> [ 782.629918] ivtv1: Stream encoder MPG: status 0x0118, 0%
> of 4096 KiB (128 buffers) in use
> [ 782.629920] ivtv1: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in use
> [ 782.629923] ivtv1: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 1049 KiB (41 buffers) in use
> [ 782.629925] ivtv1: Stream encoder PCM: status 0x0000, 0%
> of 324 KiB (72 buffers) in use
> [ 782.629927] ivtv1: Read MPG/VBI: 334283520/0 bytes
> [ 782.629928] ivtv1: ================== END STATUS CARD
> #1 ==================
>
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