MythTV, IVTV, PVR250...

[mugs]

I have been workiing on this for about 2 weeks now, and still havent solved it. I had an FC2 install with a working MythTV Setup with a Hauppauge PVR-250. Remote worked also.

I installed FC4 on a seperate drive, but left FC2 on the other drive. I am trying to get Myth working on the FC4 drive. I can load all the modules and the remote works fine, but all I seem to get is snow. I have went over the settings with a fine tooth comb, but still no luck. The weird thing is if I boot into FC2 and use Myth, then boot into FC4, Myth will work, but only on 1 channel, if I try to change the channel, it seems like it is changing, because the OSD changes, but the same channel shows. I have compared the settings with my FC2 installation and they appear to be identical.
I dont see any errors in /var/log/messages in the ivtv section, it seems to be just about the same as what I see in FC2. In FC2, when I start mythbackend, it loads all the modules I need (ivtv, saa7115, etc). In FC4, I have to manually modprobe them.

I tried compiling ivtv myself this morning, after removing it with yumex, but I got an error in saa7115...line 1139. In FC2, I did manually compile and install ivtv.

I could attach var/log/messages, the results of lsmod, etc if need be.

If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[sej7278]

did you get anywhere with this - i wasted at least one weekend trying to get my pvr250 working on fc4 and just got snow from the antenna and a garbled picture from the composite (yes i was using pal).

[mjman]

I just recently set up a mythtv box with FC4.
Try the following:

mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0

I'm pretty sure that will play the output of the PVR250 with mplayer.
While it is playing, run /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl
try changing the frequency table, and observing the result in mplayer.
once you find the right frequency table (ntsc-cable-hrc for me), make sure to set the proper frequency table in mythtv-setup
This worked for me.

good luck!

[mugs]

No, I havent been able to get this to work, although I have tried and tried. The key to the problem is probably this:

tuner 2-0061: tuner type not set

from START INIT IVTV section.

I dont know how to fix it, though.

[SuperNu]

Just wondering if you happened to check out the FAQ for IVTV? Questions 48 and 49 deal with static.

--SN

[mjman]

mugs, you prob have to set the tuner type (duh) =)

post the contents of your /etc/modprobe.conf

[mugs]

thanks MJMAN for your help.
Here is the modprobe.conf from my FC4 drive:

alias eth0 forcedeth
alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-ca0106 index=0
remove snd-ca0106 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ca0106
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv

# ivtv modules setup
options ivtv ivtv_debug-1 tuner-39
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
#alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
#alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv


# nvidia kernel module
alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-7667
alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-7667


And here is what works in FC2:

alias eth0 forcedeth

#alias snd-card-1 snd-emu10k1
#alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0
install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
#alias snd-card-0 snd-audigyls
alias snd-card-0 snd-ca0106
install snd-audigyls /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-audigyls && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-audigyls { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-audigyls

# ivtv modules setup
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
#alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv
#alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv




alias char-major-195* nvidia

Please note that I have tried it EXACTLY the same as in FC2 and it still didnt work, but if I use it in FC2 and then boot to FC4, it works on one station.

Thanks!

[mjman]

ah, well this line:

options ivtv ivtv_debug-1 tuner-39

should read:

options ivtv ivtv-debug=1 tuner=39

try that. Also, what version of the ivtv driver are you using?

[mugs]

thanks, I will try that. The version is:

0.3.7d