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On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:39:08 -0500
Ben Davis <ben@xsusio.com> wrote:

>
> I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv and set it up
> according to the docs. When I get to using mythfrontend it freezes
> when I click on "Watch TV".
>
>
> and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend after this so I
> have to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything to do with
> this? Could it have something to do with the fact that I haven't
> gotten sound working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.

It's only possible to help if you include more informations about your
setup: sound card make and model, its onboard chip (if possible), if
you're using OSS or ALSA, and lsmod ouput just before you try to run
livetv could be a beginning...


Pete

On Wednesday 30 April 2003 12:39 am, Ben Davis wrote:
> and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend after this so I have
> to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything to do with this?
> Could it have something to do with the fact that I haven't gotten sound
> working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.

One of two things: you don't have the card setup as 'Hardware MPEG Encoder
card' in setup, or you have artsd or esd running.

Isaac

Did you load the msp3400 module?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Davis [mailto:ben@xsusio.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:39 PM
To: mythtv-users@snowman.net
Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output

Well, after much blood, sweat, and tears I'm able to get live video from

my WinTV PVR 250 through /dev/video0. The only way I can watc it right
now is using "mplayer /dev/video0".. and that's without sound (haven't
figured that out yet)

I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv and set it up
according to the docs. When I get to using mythfrontend it freezes when
I click on "Watch TV".

Here's output from mythbackend:
-----------------------------------
Starting up as the master server.
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument

..and after I start mythfrontend:

2003-04-29 23:33:33 adding: <hostname> as a player 1
2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
2003-04-29 23:33:38adding: <hostname> as a remote ringbuffer
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
strange error flushing buffer ...
----------------------------------------------------------------

and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend after this so I have
to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything to do with this?
Could it have something to do with the fact that I haven't gotten sound
working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben Davis

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are you supposed to?

from the ivtv stuff i've read i have only heard of
using:
i2c-core
i2c-algo-bit
tuner type=2 (assuming ntsc)
videodev
saa7115
ivtv

never anything about msp4300 ... ??

--- Chuck Ferring <chuckf@fullplaymedia.com> wrote:
> Did you load the msp3400 module?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Davis [mailto:ben@xsusio.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:39 PM
> To: mythtv-users@snowman.net
> Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output
>
> Well, after much blood, sweat, and tears I'm able to
> get live video from
>
> my WinTV PVR 250 through /dev/video0. The only way
> I can watc it right
> now is using "mplayer /dev/video0".. and that's
> without sound (haven't
> figured that out yet)
>
> I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv
> and set it up
> according to the docs. When I get to using
> mythfrontend it freezes when
> I click on "Watch TV".
>
> Here's output from mythbackend:
> -----------------------------------
> Starting up as the master server.
> Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
> Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
> Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
> Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
> Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
> Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
> Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
> Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
> Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
> Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
> VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>
> ..and after I start mythfrontend:
>
> 2003-04-29 23:33:33 adding: <hostname> as a player 1
> 2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
> 2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
> 2003-04-29 23:33:38adding: <hostname> as a remote
> ringbuffer
> Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> strange error flushing buffer ...
>
----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend
> after this so I have
> to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything
> to do with this?
> Could it have something to do with the fact that I
> haven't gotten sound
> working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Davis
>
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Just a thought. I just installed a PVR-250 lastnight and had a heck
of a time getting it to work. It seems it only works when it wants to,
sometimes when I load the ivtv module I got tons and tons of msgs about
mailbox (no idea what that is) and other times I ony get a few. I have
noticed that when I get a ton of msgs, mythtv will not work, live tv will
hang, however if I kill all myth related procs and rmmod ivtv and modprobe
it over and over until I dont see the mailbox msgs, then mythtv will work
just fine. I was just looking thru the ivtv CVS and see major updates
were added on 4/25 and 4/29. Might want to try usinging the CVS version
prior to all the changes, the README says `cvs checkout -r pre-qbuf ivtv`
will get you the CVS prior to all the changes.

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:

> are you supposed to?
>
> from the ivtv stuff i've read i have only heard of
> using:
> i2c-core
> i2c-algo-bit
> tuner type=2 (assuming ntsc)
> videodev
> saa7115
> ivtv
>
> never anything about msp4300 ... ??
>
> --- Chuck Ferring <chuckf@fullplaymedia.com> wrote:
> > Did you load the msp3400 module?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Davis [mailto:ben@xsusio.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:39 PM
> > To: mythtv-users@snowman.net
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output
> >
> > Well, after much blood, sweat, and tears I'm able to
> > get live video from
> >
> > my WinTV PVR 250 through /dev/video0. The only way
> > I can watc it right
> > now is using "mplayer /dev/video0".. and that's
> > without sound (haven't
> > figured that out yet)
> >
> > I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv
> > and set it up
> > according to the docs. When I get to using
> > mythfrontend it freezes when
> > I click on "Watch TV".
> >
> > Here's output from mythbackend:
> > -----------------------------------
> > Starting up as the master server.
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
> > Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
> > VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> > VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> > VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
> >
> > ..and after I start mythfrontend:
> >
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:33 adding: <hostname> as a player 1
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
> > 2003-04-29 23:33:38adding: <hostname> as a remote
> > ringbuffer
> > Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> > strange error flushing buffer ...
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend
> > after this so I have
> > to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything
> > to do with this?
> > Could it have something to do with the fact that I
> > haven't gotten sound
> > working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben Davis
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > mythtv-users mailing list
> > mythtv-users@snowman.net
> >
> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >
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> >
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I don't think I ever loaded msp4300.. what's that for?

Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:

>are you supposed to?
>
>from the ivtv stuff i've read i have only heard of
>using:
>i2c-core
>i2c-algo-bit
>tuner type=2 (assuming ntsc)
>videodev
>saa7115
>ivtv
>
>never anything about msp4300 ... ??
>
>--- Chuck Ferring <chuckf@fullplaymedia.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Did you load the msp3400 module?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ben Davis [mailto:ben@xsusio.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:39 PM
>>To: mythtv-users@snowman.net
>>Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output
>>
>>Well, after much blood, sweat, and tears I'm able to
>>get live video from
>>
>>my WinTV PVR 250 through /dev/video0. The only way
>>I can watc it right
>>now is using "mplayer /dev/video0".. and that's
>>without sound (haven't
>>figured that out yet)
>>
>>I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv
>>and set it up
>>according to the docs. When I get to using
>>mythfrontend it freezes when
>>I click on "Watch TV".
>>
>>Here's output from mythbackend:
>>-----------------------------------
>>Starting up as the master server.
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
>>VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>>VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>>VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>>
>>..and after I start mythfrontend:
>>
>>2003-04-29 23:33:33 adding: <hostname> as a player 1
>>2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
>>2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
>>2003-04-29 23:33:38adding: <hostname> as a remote
>>ringbuffer
>>Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>>strange error flushing buffer ...
>>
>>
>>
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>>and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend
>>after this so I have
>>to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything
>>to do with this?
>>Could it have something to do with the fact that I
>>haven't gotten sound
>>working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Ben Davis
>>
>>_______________________________________________
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>>mythtv-users@snowman.net
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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>>
>>
>>
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>
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 10:31:57AM -0700, Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:
> are you supposed to?
>
> from the ivtv stuff i've read i have only heard of
> using:
> i2c-core
> i2c-algo-bit
> tuner type=2 (assuming ntsc)
> videodev
> saa7115
> ivtv
>
> never anything about msp4300 ... ??

Look in the ivtv docs directory for capture.txt
It mentions it in there. It should be loaded before saa7115

Jeff

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Ok I've still got the problem. I got alsa up and running, and I can hear
sound fine when I capture video from /dev/video (using cat /dev/video >
test.mpg)..

here's the ivtv modules I've insterted:

insmod i2c-core
insmod i2c-algo-bit
insmod msp3400.o
insmod saa7115.o
insmod tuner type=2
insmod videodev
insmod ivtv.o debug=1

they all show up fine in lsmod.. When I try viewing TV with
mythfrontend, it still freezes:

[root@hostname root]$ mythbackend &
[1] 12244
Starting up as the master server.
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument

[root@hostname root]$ mythfrontend
connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543
2003-04-30 15:53:59 adding: hostname as a player 1
2003-04-30 15:54:03 adding: hostname as a player 0
2003-04-30 15:54:03 adding: hostname as a player 0
2003-04-30 15:54:03adding: hostname as a remote ringbuffer
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Won't work with the streaming interface, falling back
VIDIOCGCAP:: Invalid argument
VIDIOCSAUDIO: Invalid argument

On Wednesday 30 April 2003 05:02 pm, Ben Davis wrote:
> Ok I've still got the problem. I got alsa up and running, and I can hear
> sound fine when I capture video from /dev/video (using cat /dev/video >
> test.mpg)..

You don't have the card set as a 'Hardware MPEG encoder card' in setup.

Isaac

Well, that was it! I thought I'd selected that but I guess not.. Thanks!

Isaac Richards wrote:

>On Wednesday 30 April 2003 05:02 pm, Ben Davis wrote:
>
>
>>Ok I've still got the problem. I got alsa up and running, and I can hear
>>sound fine when I capture video from /dev/video (using cat /dev/video >
>>test.mpg)..
>>
>>
>
>You don't have the card set as a 'Hardware MPEG encoder card' in setup.
>
>Isaac
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