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 Post subject: Pinnacle PCTV HD Card
PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:11 am 
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Launching today on Woot is the Pinnacle PCTV HD Card. Since it's a launch, I'm assuming not much is known about it but any opinions? Seems like it can't be terrible deal for $50.

Woot frontpage: http://www.woot.com/
Permalink to product: http://www.woot.com/Blog/BlogEntry.aspx ... tryId=3064


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hehe, I was just about to post this question here ;-)

I, too, would like to know if this will work on Linux...

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:23 pm 
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http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:51 pm 
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I bought the card, then started to build the knoppmyth computer.
I guess I'll be the guinea pig here.

I tried linux once with limited success about 1 year ago. I am extremely green, so any help is appreciated.

I watched the Systm episode, which seems to be a really good video tutorial.

My first question: Which of these settings in appropriate?
MPEG-2 encoder card
DVB DTV capture card
pcHDTV DTV capture card (w/V4L drivers)

Box says it will record in MPEG-1/2 and Divx.
If it makes any difference, I only have the expanded cable package (not digital or HD packages)

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:36 am 
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Atsuten wrote:
DVB DTV capture card

Probably that one, as most of the other HD cards (even the PCHD3000) use it. But there's no telling, really, unless you or someone gets it working.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:24 pm 
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Thank you. That is what I would have guessed.

I'm planning to have the computer built this weekend. However, it has given me trouble in the past.

I friend gave me a link for a good barebones deal. If I need to order that, I'll have to wait for shipping.


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So... I installed KM earlier and have had 0 success.

(Was very sad to find out that the "free tivo" isn't free anymore, since Zap2it stopped its services, but I digress)

The point of this post is that the Pinnacle card worked on Windows. The major drawback was manually entering the frequencies for channels 14-65.

For KM, I am having trouble selecting card type.
I tried "DBV DTV capture card (v3.x)" but Myth says "Frontend ID: Could not open card #0Subtype: No s". Same is true when changing DVB Card Number (#0-7).

Here are the options and their results:
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Analog V4L
Probed info: Unknown/Generic [cx8800]
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MJPEG
Probed info: Unknown/Generic [cx8800]
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MPEG-2
Probed info: Failed to open
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DVB DTV
Frontend ID: Could not open card #_Subtype: No s
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pcHDTV DTV
Unknown/Generic [cx8800]
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I believe the other 6 options are for external devices, so they would not be applicable.

There may be other settings which could provide different results, or this card may not function under linux...

Any suggestions? Thank you.


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:33 pm 
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Ok... what I've been able to find out...

from my messages file:

Code:
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.6 loaded
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:0d.0
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:0d.1
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:0d.2
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.  You can
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: try to pick one of the existing card configs via
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: card=<n> insmod option.  Updating to the latest
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: version might help as well.
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: Here is a list of valid choices for the card=<n> insmod option:
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=0 -> UNKNOWN/GENERIC
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=1 -> Hauppauge WinTV 34xxx models
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=2 -> GDI Black Gold
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=3 -> PixelView
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=4 -> ATI TV Wonder Pro
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=5 -> Leadtek Winfast 2000XP Expert
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=6 -> AverTV Studio 303 (M126)
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=7 -> MSI TV-@nywhere Master
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=8 -> Leadtek Winfast DV2000
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=9 -> Leadtek PVR 2000
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=10 -> IODATA GV-VCP3/PCI
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=11 -> Prolink PlayTV PVR
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=12 -> ASUS PVR-416
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=13 -> MSI TV-@nywhere
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=14 -> KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=15 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T1
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=16 -> KWorld LTV883RF
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=17 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 3 Gold-Q
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=18 -> Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=19 -> Conexant DVB-T reference design
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=20 -> Provideo PV259
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=21 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=22 -> pcHDTV HD3000 HDTV
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=23 -> digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=24 -> Hauppauge WinTV 28xxx (Roslyn) models
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=25 -> Digital-Logic MICROSPACE Entertainment Center (MEC)
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=26 -> IODATA GV/BCTV7E
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=27 -> PixelView PlayTV Ultra Pro (Stereo)
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=28 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 3 Gold-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=29 -> ADS Tech Instant TV DVB-T PCI
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=30 -> TerraTec Cinergy 1400 DVB-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=31 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Gold
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=32 -> AverMedia UltraTV Media Center PCI 550
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=33 -> Kworld V-Stream Xpert DVD
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=34 -> ATI HDTV Wonder
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=35 -> WinFast DTV1000-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=36 -> AVerTV 303 (M126)
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=37 -> Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus DVB-S
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=38 -> Hauppauge Nova-SE2 DVB-S
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=39 -> KWorld DVB-S 100
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=40 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1100 DVB-T/Hybrid
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=41 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1100 DVB-T/Hybrid (Low Profile)
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=42 -> digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=43 -> KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T with cx22702
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=44 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=45 -> KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=46 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Hybrid
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=47 -> pcHDTV HD5500 HDTV
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=48 -> Kworld MCE 200 Deluxe
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=49 -> PixelView PlayTV P7000
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=50 -> NPG Tech Real TV FM Top 10
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=51 -> WinFast DTV2000 H
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=52 -> Geniatech DVB-S
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=53 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR3000 TriMode Analog/DVB-S/DVB-T
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=54 -> Norwood Micro TV Tuner
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=55 -> Shenzhen Tungsten Ages Tech TE-DTV-250 / Swann OEM
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=56 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1300 DVB-T/Hybrid MPEG Encoder
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]:    card=57 -> ADS Tech Instant Video PCI
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: subsystem: 11bd:0051, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]: TV tuner type -1, Radio tuner type -1
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:0d.0, rev: 5, irq: 9, latency: 64, mmio: 0xdc000000
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: tuner 0-0064: chip found @ 0xc8 (cx88[0])
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: tuner 0-0064: tuner type not set
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.6 loaded
Oct 24 17:04:13 box kernel: cx88_audio: probe of 0000:00:0d.1 failed with error -2


also, I noted during boot a message to the effect that the cx88-dvb.ko module couldn't be loaded (or was missing??? it went by too fast, and I couldn't find the message in any of the log files)

Anyone have a suggestion? I think if we could find the right info to pass to the cx88 driver, it might be possible to get this card running.

Update: I've temporarily installed the card in my widows box... card works well. Anyone know how I might get the relevant info from the windows files to help set up in the mythbox?


Update 2: Apparently...

http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/P ... %28800i%29

the card is not yet supported. We'll have to keep messing with it...


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:19 pm 
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I would guess I'm a moderately skilled Windows user, but an absolute n00b at Linux. (i.e. I have no idea where you copied that log file from.)

The card is still very new, so I doubt the Linux support will come before next year. Still, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:41 pm 
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The card has support in mercurial at this address:

http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/v4l-dvb/

I haven't been able to get it to compile though. This is the error log I get when I run make. Anyone here have any ideas?


Quote:
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c: In function 'stk_isoc_handler':
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:400: warning: implicit declaration of function 'list_first_entry'
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:401: error: expected expression before 'struct'
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:401: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:448: error: expected expression before 'struct'
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:448: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c: In function 'stk_prepare_iso':
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:534: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk- webcam.c: In function 'v4l_stk_read':
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:775: error: expected expression before 'struct'
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:775: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c: In function 'stk_vidioc_dqbuf':
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.c:1225: error: expected expression before 'struct'
/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk- webcam.c:1225: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[3]: *** [/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l/stk-webcam.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/storage/v4l-dvb-6303d8072fff/v4l] Error 2
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:12 am 
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Yeah, you need to disable all the webcam options under 'make menuconfig' ... there's a bunch of 'em. Not sure which one stk-webcam is a part of, but that was the only way I could get it to compile.

I couldn't get that driver to work (video stuttered ridiculously on my PVR-150) so I had to roll back, but they seem to fix things on there within a couple days, so I'd try again in a little while if you have the same problem.

EDIT: Specifically, you just need to deselect the Syntel Webcam. Also, you'll probably run into some compile errors in videodev.c. Take a look here for a patch: http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=17502

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Thanks.

Since my other card is a pvr150, I'll probably wait a bit before I change the drivers.


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Has anybody by chance gotten this to work yet? I still can't get it to compile, and I'm not even sure I have the firmware in the right place (it's currently /lib/firmware/dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw)


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Now that R5.5 is out, has anyone had any luck with this card? I've actually gotten it to recognize it as a Pinnacle card, finally, but I can't get it to actually tune any channels.


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I am curious to know if anyone is using this card successfully under R5.5. I just bought one on woot.com today for 20$. I see that it is supported in the kernel as of 2.6.25 and recent versions of v4l-dvb. Hopefully it works, we shall see.


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