Hey

I'm new at myth, and im trying to get it setup and working. Ive gotten pretty far, but now im stuck

I have two problems I can't solve... One is the remote channel changing script is not "firing off" even though it has been specified in the config as per the instructions in these posts...

The second problem is ... when the box comes up and I choose watch tv, sometimes the picture will be black and white, and there is no sound, and more "thrashing" on the hard drive than when it operates normally. There doesn't seem to be anything particular I do to make this work / not work, its random. There are errors which ill definately post back.

My system is a Dell optiplex GX400 P4 1.5 Ghz, I850 chipset, intel Audio i8x0.
Hauppage PVR-150 card (non MCE)
Nvidia FX5600 card, 128 mb.

Have R5A30 of knopmyth.

For the IR Blaster... I went through these

PVR 150 IR Blaster Walkthrough (yes working!)
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... ht=pvr+150

LIRC HOWTO: Hauppauge PVR 150 Silver remote, R5A15.1
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... ht=pvr+150


#!/bin/sh
REMOTE_NAME=blaster
for digit in $(echo $1 | sed -e 's/./& /g'); do
/usr/local/bin/irsend SEND_ONCE $REMOTE_NAME $digit
sleep 0.4 # note, you may have to tweak the interdigit delay up a bit, depending on your DISH receiver model
done

test it out
./chan_change.sh 321

This works wonderfully, and I can use my remote to navigate the menu's, so lircd seems to be working.

I added in the top of the "chan_change.sh" a
eject /dev/hdc &

And when I push the channel -/+ button, the screen refreshes, but no open cdrom drive or activity on the lircd... the script

isn't being run!



I don't get it ?!!?

I used the config that was posted earlier, i've included it below. I live in canada and have the same motorola reciever.... which reminds me btw, does anyone know how to get the guide to come up ? Once i get this working id like to map one of the buttons for that feature

And the working / non working issue, the black and white + no sound vs full color working with sound, i have no idea where to go. I suppose I should start with posting error messages and trying newer nvidia drivers / capture drivers ? or kernel ?

Ive tried playing with the over lay options / enable /disable mpeg hardware decoder output, and openGL.

any other ideas would be execellent .

Thanks so much for any help all !

JC


Dmesg Info (slightly pruned)

ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv: version 0.3.8 (tagged release) loading
ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.13.2-chw-3 SMP preempt 586 gcc-3.3
ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
ivtv: Unknown card: vendor/device: 4444/0016
ivtv: subsystem vendor/device: 1070/8003
ivtv: iTVC16 based
ivtv: Defaulting to WinTV PVR 250 card
ivtv: Please mail the vendor/device and subsystem vendor/device IDs and what kind of
ivtv: card you have to the ivtv-devel mailinglist: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivtv


ivtv: Prefix your subject line with [UNKNOWN CARD]. <- Could this be an issue ?

ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 26032, rev = C199, serial# = 8239144
tveeprom: tuner = TCL 2002N 5H (idx = 99, type = 50)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
tveeprom: audio processor = CX25841 (type = 23)
tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25841 (type = 1c)
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom[50], addr=50]
ivtv: loading /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin <- good
ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c driver #0

ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046403! <- yes LOT and LOTS of these
ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40287611!


ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 250, card #0
ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
cx25840: loading /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM <- load ROM
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840[50], addr=44]
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775[50], addr=1b]
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 56145 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 41145
bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded <- using this audio input
saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
saa7146: register extension 'budget dvb'.
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'.
usbcore: registered new driver ttusb
usbcore: registered new driver ttusb-dec

e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex

hdc: Disabling (U)DMA for SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C (blacklisted) <- pos I know.
hdc: Disabling (U)DMA for SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C (blacklisted)
lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, at major 61
lirc_pvr150: chip found with RX and TX
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=Hauppauge PVR150 IR RX, addr=71] <- good !
ivtv: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=Hauppauge PVR150 IR TX, addr=70] <-good
lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 0
lirc_pvr150: firmware of size 209327 loaded
lirc_pvr150: 575 codesets loaded
lirc_pvr150: Hauppauge PVR-150 IR blaster: firmware version 1.3.0 <- good.


ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!
ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40206467!
ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!

ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A

ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x400e6407!
agpgart: Detected an Intel i850 Chipset.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe0000000
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
tpm_inf 0000:00:1f.0: LPC-bus found at 0x2440
tpm_inf: probe of 0000:00:1f.0 failed with error -5
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-7174 Tue Mar 22 06:44:39 PST 2005
agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode
agpgart: Found an AGP 2.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0.
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 4x mode
agpgart: Putting AGP V2 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 4x mode

**A LOT OF these.... meaning less to me

ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046406!
ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x21 not found for command 0x40046404!
ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x40086d11!
ivtv warning: i2c client addr: 0x40 not found for command 0x80287610!
ivtv warning: i2c c
root@mythtv:~#

lspci -v

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00c6
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: 10000000-117fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff

0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: ff100000-ff3fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e8000000-efffffff

0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 02) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00c6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

0000:00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00c6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ff80 [size=32]

0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00c6
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at dcd0 [size=16]

0000:00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00c6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at ff60 [size=32]

0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 00c6
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
I/O ports at dc40 [size=64]

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01b9
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 11
Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at 11000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0

0000:02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
Subsystem: Daewoo Telecom Ltd: Unknown device 8003
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

0000:02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 02)
Subsystem: IBM 82558B Ethernet Pro 10/100
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at ebfff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at ece0 [size=32]
Memory at ff200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=1M]

0000:02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
Memory at ff1ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at e8100000 [disabled] [size=64K]

A few things I notice... I recently did a clean install of R5A30 and I have ivtv version 0.4.0. You're showing ivtv 0.3.8. Maybe you need to upgrade to 0.4.0?


Re: black & white picture and no sound... Does your XF86Config-4 specifiy NTSC or PAL tv standard? If you're in Canada, it should be NTSC. Is the audio output of your cable/satellite receiver box plugged directly into your PVR-150?

Re: chan_change.sh
Did you change your permissions so user MythTV can execute it?

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Mike
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Hey

Thanks soo much for the reply.... Ive been thinking of going to 0.40, but want to try a few things before that.

I managed to get the remote to kick off the script by adding a $1 at the end. Im not sure if its a required parameter but it sure made mine work.

So for the external channel change command I did change
"/bin/change.sh" to "/bin/change.sh $1" , without the quotes .


Ive been getting somewhere with trial and error in regards to the video working with sound, or black and white video and no sound


After about 3 reboots, and running this in the console

rmmod lirc_pvr150
rmmod lirc_dev
modprobe lirc_pvr150
and restarting X (ctrl + alt + del), I get into myth and it works perfectly... with the exception of the blue bar around 2 sides of the screen, but im sure thats just an X setting.

Im thinking my XF86Config is set to NTSC... ill verify this and yes the audio is hooked into my PVR150... and as I said when the picture is color it works perfecly, when its black n white ... it does not. strange.

EDIT: just checked the configs, im running on SVIDEO out off the card btw, at 1024X768 to a projection screen, changing HZ doesn't seem to make a difference....

Ill keep post here if I make any more progress. If anyone has any more ideas please let me know.... thanks

JC

I noticed you have the non-mce PVR-150. Are you using the 'silver' remote. And if so, what did you select when you did your installation? The choices were:
a) black
b) grey
c) silver - A415-HPG
d) PVR-150 w/ ir transmitter & receiver
e) radio shack remote

I've been reading lately about using the 'grey' selection, but then I read the latest R5A30 release notes and it seems they've updated "New lircd.conf and lircrc for "silver" remote."

Thanks in advance!

I do actually have the silver remote, 44 buttons? or so. I picked "d" when I installed it. I'll try grey, but I think it has less buttons ? ... the config which i posed for the most part all the buttons work. My biggest issue at the moment is getting the box to work when its booted. It will not work on a clean boot with out "fiddling".

I didn't have time tonite to try and changes, but tommorow I hope to

Ill keep everyone posted....

Let me know if you have any ideas....

JC