[mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output

Ben Davis ben at xsusio.com
Wed Apr 30 13:57:46 EDT 2003


I don't think I ever loaded msp4300.. what's that for?

Allen T. Gilliland IV wrote:

>are you supposed to?
>
>from the ivtv stuff i've read i have only heard of
>using:
>i2c-core
>i2c-algo-bit
>tuner type=2 (assuming ntsc)
>videodev
>saa7115
>ivtv
>
>never anything about msp4300 ... ??
>
>--- Chuck Ferring <chuckf at fullplaymedia.com> wrote:
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>
>>Did you load the msp3400 module?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ben Davis [mailto:ben at xsusio.com] 
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:39 PM
>>To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
>>Subject: [mythtv-users] PVR 250 -- strange output 
>>
>>Well, after much blood, sweat, and tears I'm able to
>>get live video from
>>
>>my WinTV PVR 250 through /dev/video0.  The only way
>>I can watc it right 
>>now is using "mplayer /dev/video0".. and that's
>>without sound (haven't 
>>figured that out yet)
>>
>>I've successfully compiled the latest CVS of mythtv
>>and set it up 
>>according to the docs. When I get to using
>>mythfrontend it freezes when 
>>I click on "Watch TV".
>>
>>Here's output from mythbackend:
>>-----------------------------------
>>Starting up as the master server.
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 0
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 1
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 2
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 3
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Tuner 0
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - Composite 4
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 0
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 1
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 2
>>Probed: /dev/video0 - S-Video 3
>>VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>>VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>>VIDIOCGPICT: Invalid argument
>>
>>..and after I start mythfrontend:
>>
>>2003-04-29 23:33:33 adding: <hostname> as a player 1
>>2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
>>2003-04-29 23:33:38 adding: <hostname> as a player 0
>>2003-04-29 23:33:38adding: <hostname> as a remote
>>ringbuffer
>>Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>>strange error flushing buffer ...
>>
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>>and that's it. I can't do anything in mythfrontend
>>after this so I have 
>>to kill it. Do the errors shown above have anything
>>to do with this? 
>>Could it have something to do with the fact that I
>>haven't gotten sound 
>>working yet? Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Ben Davis
>>
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