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kmkittre

Post subject: PVR350 is not being detected by backend in R5F27 *FIXED*

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:20 am

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

I upgraded from R5D1. I deleted my cards in mythtv-setup and set them up from scratch. The PVR350 was working at first, but now the backend is saying that it is failing initialization. I already shut down the machine for 2 minutes with the power cord removed. Should I do this again?

It seems to boot fine:

Code:

Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: saa7127 1-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner-simple 1-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner 1-0061: type set to LG NTSC (TAPE series)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350

But, when the backend starts, it throws this error message:

Code:

2007-09-17 12:58:30.858 mythbackend: Problem with capture cards: Card 1failed init

I don't know what's going on here. I'm not using the tvout on this card, btw...

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Last edited by kmkittre on Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:31 am, edited 1 time in total.

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mjl

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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:51 pm

Joined: Sun Jun 12, 2005 10:55 pm

Posts: 3161

Location: Warwick, RI

Hi,

Since you are not using tv out on the 350, may I assume you answered no during setup to tv out?

If so, then if you check /etc/X11/xorg.conf (linked to xorg.conf.pre350) you may find it empty. If so, try a cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.1st /etc/X11/xorg.conf (breaks the link also)

If you have a gui, do a ctl + alt + bksp to restart the xserver

Without any hardware information, this about the best I can offer. If the xserver isn't "tuned" to run with your video card, then it can show up in funny ways with some things working and others not.

Also go through all setups just to double check the settings.

Mike

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kmkittre

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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:34 pm

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

xorg.conf is not empty on the backend. I tried as you suggested and copied xorg.conf.1st over and it still shows the same error on the backend. What's really odd is that this card worked at first...

I'm tempted to just buy another pvr150...

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kmkittre

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:58 am

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

When my pvr-350 was working, I was seeing this in the logs:

Code:

Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: tuner-simple 0-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0061: type set to LG NTSC (TAPE series)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
Sep 15 03:05:20 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350

Now that it's not working, I'm seeing this:

Code:

Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: saa7127 1-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner-simple 1-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner 1-0061: type set to LG NTSC (TAPE series)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video16 for decoder MPG (1024 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi8 for decoder VBI (64 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device vbi16 for decoder VOUT
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Registered device video48 for decoder YUV (1024 kB)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge WinTV PVR-350

For some reason, all the references to video0 are now video1, and I think I know why:

When the 350 was working, this was in the logs for the PCHDTV5500:

Code:

Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:5500, board: pcHDTV HD5500 HDTV [card=47,autodetected]
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]: TV tuner type 64, Radio tuner type -1
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  Start initialization, version 1.1.0
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: tda9887 0-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0043: type set to tda9887
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: tuner-simple 0-0061: type set to 64 (LG TDVS-H06xF)
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0061: type set to LG TDVS-H06xF
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Sep 16 13:58:51 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:0d.2, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf8000000

Now it looks like this:

Code:

Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]: subsystem: 7063:5500, board: pcHDTV HD5500 HDTV [card=47,autodetected]
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]: TV tuner type 64, Radio tuner type -1
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ivtv:  Start initialization, version 1.1.0
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (cx88[0])
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tda9887 0-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0043: type set to tda9887
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx88[0])
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner-simple 0-0061: type set to 64 (LG TDVS-H06xF)
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: tuner 0-0061: type set to LG TDVS-H06xF
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:0d.0, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf6000000
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0d.2[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:00:0d.2, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 64, mmio: 0xf8000000
Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88_audio: probe of 0000:00:0d.1 failed with error -2

This is the line that is catching my eye:

Code:

Sep 17 12:58:21 mythtv kernel: cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]

It looks like the PCHDTV5500 is grabbing video0 and this is preventing the PVR-350 from having access to video0. Any suggestions on why this is happening and how I can fix it?

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kmkittre

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:21 am

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

Okay, I'm not local to my mythbox so I can't test this, but I may have found a solution.

I edited the capturcard table and changed the videodevice for the card from /dev/video0 to /dev/video1 (I changed the V4L card for the pcHDTV5500 to /dev/video0, it was /dev/video1). I restarted the backend and I am not getting the "Card 1failed init" error. Whether or not I can watch TV with the card remains to be seen.

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kmkittre

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:08 pm

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

Well, my wife has been able to watch TV on the card, so it looks like this fixed the problem.

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kmkittre

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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:20 pm

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

So I got home today and the PVR-350 wasn't producing sound... So I restarted the machine. This time the 350 initialized before the pcHDTV5500 and it grabbed video0... This is crazy! /dev/videoX should be a static value, no? What's going on here?

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slowtolearn

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:04 am

Joined: Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:55 pm

Posts: 1381

Location: Farmington, MI USA

kmkittre wrote:

udev. See bruce_s01 and silentmic's posts in http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13520 about assigning them permanently.

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kmkittre

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:53 am

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

You rock slow, thanks for the heads up. Now I just need to learn how to use udev...

Some built-in udev feature for myth-setup would be awesome, does anyone know if there are any plans to do so?

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kmkittre

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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:30 am

Joined: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:01 am

Posts: 670

Location: Salem, MA

Setting up manual rules for udev fixed my problem. Because there have been conflicting instructions, I went ahead and did a write up in the wiki that details how I did my setup:
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=Udev

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