Hello,<br>
<br>
I've got a PVR-150. Sometimes for whatever reason mine gets
recognized as a PVR-250 like your dmesg output says in which case I
lose video. The only solution I've found to this problem has been
to turn the machine completely off for about 10 - 30 seconds and then
try again. I think I read somewhere that the registers in the
tuner take a while to completely clear hence the 10 - 30 second
wait. Hope this helps. Let us know if you find something
that works out better.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/29/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Ribe</b> <<a href="mailto:chrisribe@gmail.com">chrisribe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm having a difficult time getting a new PVR-150 to work in my
system. Presently, I am not getting any output out of
/dev/video0.<br>
<br>
There is a lot going on here, so I'll try to lay it out as clearly as possible.<br>
<br>
My system: <br>
<br>
-1002 Mhz PIII w/ 284 MB of RAM<br>
-Running FC4, kernel 2.6.13_1.1532_FC4<br>
-PVR-150<br>
-Old Pinnacle bttv card<br>
-Moto DCT-6200 attached via Firewire<br>
<br>
Background: <br>
-Last year I had this system running as a backend on FC3 using the Bttv
card as my only capture card. Then Comcast cut off my free
cable so I went back to my trusty DirecTiVo. I bought 2 of these
in March 2002 for $100. Best $100 I ever spent. God,
I love those things. I'm still using my DirecTivo, but I'm
considering moving to Myth when I make the transition to HDTV,
and I'm trying to get a Myth box back up and running before shelling
out for an HD capable frontend.<br>
<br>
Timeline:<br>
<br>
Sat. 10/22: Following Jarrod Wilson's uberguide, I do a fresh
install of FC4 and Myth. I skip the capture card setup steps for
now. <br>
<br>
Tues-Wed: After some difficulty involving kernel release versions
and ivtv build versions, I get matching kernel and ivtv versions
installed. At this point, I am able to get static from "cat
dev/video1 > test.mpg" After searching for solutions to
this problem and finding nothing definitive, I try capturing via
the composite out from the DCT-6200. Game 4 of the World Series
is under way and time is of the essance. <br>
<br>
Wed, ca. 9:00 PM: Success! I am now watching the
game. The PVR-150 is much better at capturing video that the
Houston bats, and hits just as well, too!<br>
<br>
Wed, ca. 10:00 PM: As long as I'm at my computer and watching the
game, I'll see if I can continue the install process while watching the
game. I still have to get LIRC and Firewire capture
working. <br>
<br>
My Other Computer:<br>
-PII 450Mhz w/ 458MB of RAM (it has to run iTunes and Rhapsody)<br>
-Win2K (previously KnoppMyth, used as a frontend)<br>
<br>
While I am watching the game, I SSH into the Myth box and begin to
install the necesary packages for Firewire capture.
Mythfrontend chokes hard during the install process, but the
install finishes fine. System is rebooted after install. <br>
<br>
Wed, ca. 11:30: White Sox win World Series. Good times. I
leave frontend running in LiveTV mode, turn off monitor, and go to bed.<br>
<br>
Thurs.: Frontend is frozen. After reboot, not only is
capture no longer working, but /dev/video1 doesn't even exist
anymore. Regardless, I am able to get LIRC up and running using
the Hauppage remote. <br>
<br>
Sat. 10/29: After much frustrastion, I have firewire capture
working. I now have a remote and something to control.
LIttle progress made with the PVR-150, though. I have removed the
bttv card and was able to capture static from /dev/video0
one time. Have not been able to repeat that meagre success. <br>
<br>
<br>
Here is the relevant section from dmesg:<br>
<br>
ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================<br>
ivtv: version 0.4.0 (tagged release) loading<br>
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.0<br>
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info<br>
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when<br>
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.<br>
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 250 card (iTVC16 based)<br>
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:0a.0 (0014 -> 0016)<br>
PCI: IRQ 0 for device 0000:02:0a.0 doesn't match PIRQ mask - try pci=usepirqmask<br>
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered<br>
PCI: Assigned IRQ 5 for device 0000:02:0a.0<br>
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 0)<br>
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]<br>
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26032, rev = C199, serial# = 8182601<br>
tveeprom: tuner = <unknown> (idx = 99, type = 0)<br>
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)<br>
tveeprom: audio_processor = TDA9850 (type = 3)<br>
: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)<br>
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]<br>
msp3400: error while reading chip version<br>
ivtv0: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin<br>
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02040024<br>
ivtv0 warning: Encoder Firmware can be buggy, use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032.<br>
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)<br>
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)<br>
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)<br>
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)<br>
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream<br>
tuner 0-0061: type set to 0 (Temic PAL (4002 FH5))<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046403!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046404!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40086d11!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40307603!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046403!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x4004760f!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!<br>
ivtv0 warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!<br>
ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0<br>
<br>
<end><br>
<br>
>From modprobe.conf:<br>
<br>
alias eth0 8139too<br>
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0<br>
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c<br>
options snd-card-0 index=0<br>
options snd-intel8x0 index=0<br>
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null
2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0<br>
alias usb-controller uhci-hcd<br>
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394<br>
# ivtv (PVR-150MCE)<br>
alias char-major-81 videodev<br>
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv<br>
alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv<br>
alias tuner tuner-ivtv<br>
alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv<br>
install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c<br>
install ohci1394 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ohci1394; /sbin/modprobe raw1394<br>
<br>
<br>
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.<br>
<br>
Thanks, <br><span class="sg">
Chris<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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