[mythtv-users] ivtv / pvr250 MCE problem...

Boyd II, Willy wboyd at fulbright.com
Tue Feb 24 14:53:16 EST 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Pouliot [mailto:spouliot at scpsoftware.net] 
>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:33 PM
>To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] ivtv / pvr250 MCE problem...
>
>
>...for the record I ran into this SAME problem...and even 
>after reading the documentation I was still confused.  I 
>couldn't find the PL script....and ivtv refused to 
>install...so I was rather stuck until I got passed this step...
>
>Scott 

And for the record, ivtvfwextract.pl is included with the ivtv package.  I
quote again:
"extract the firmware with the ivtvfwextract.pl script from ivtv 'utils'
dir".


>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Boyd II, Willy
>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:01 PM
>To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] ivtv / pvr250 MCE problem...
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Gabe Knuth [mailto:me at gabeknuth.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:37 AM
>>To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
>>Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] ivtv / pvr250 MCE problem...
>>
>>
>>Spare me the holier than thou attitude.  I read what I could and it
>>didn't help me.  The instructions on the site say how to extract from 
>>the CDROM and I did that, to no avail.  I asked how I could 
>extract the 
>>firmware from the exe's on that are linked to from Jarod's howto and 
>>got no help, so I posted to this list.
>>
>
>::sigh::  Normally I'm on the side of the newbie asking the 
>question, and
>consider some replies as rather harsh.  But in this instance, 
>I find this
>thread almost comical.  Let me quote you and compare:
>
>>I
>>asked how I could extract the firmware from the exe's on that are 
>>linked to from Jarod's howto and got no help
>
>And from the Google results which you say you had already found:
>
>>"You should download the Win32 executables/drivers you find on 
>>Hauppauge's site and extract the firmware with the ivtvfwextract.pl 
>>script from ivtv 'utils' dir. It will create two binary .bin 
>(firmware) 
>>files in your /lib/modules/ dir.
>>These will be loaded to the PVR 250/350 board whenever you load the 
>>drivers... Good luck!"
>
>It clearly says, use the ivtvfwextract.pl script, for the 
>executable drivers
>(the exe's linked from Jarod's howto, which YOU refered to)
>
>Does anyone else besides me find this funny, or am I missing 
>something?  
>
>>Congrats on being able to search. I found that stuff days ago while 
>>trying to work this out.
>
>It would appear then you answered your own question regarding 
>extraction,
>days ago.
>
>
>>
>>J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
>>
>>> I DID have the answer.  As do most of the people on this list.  The 
>>>fact that you DON'T have the answer demonstrates your basic lack
>>of knowledge
>>>about the system you're setting up.  When provided a link to a place 
>>>where you could educate yourself and LEARN you instead once
>>again took
>>>the easy way out and demanded an answer here.
>>
>>If you had the answer, why not contribute to the group right off the 
>>bat, rather than posting worthless crap?  You are partially 
>correct - I 
>>don't have a very thorough knowledge of the system I'm setting up.  
>>That's why I'm doing it...to LEARN.  I apologize for not just knowing 
>>how it all works...shame on me.
>>
>>Folks, I tried all the options I could think of before 
>posting.  I even 
>>RTFM, but it didn't appear that I was doing it right, so after asking 
>>the ivtv guys for help, I moved on to this list.  To those that 
>>provided answers
>>- thank you very much.  When I finally get a backend running 
>and figure 
>>out how all this works, I'll most definitely contribute 
>answers to the 
>>list, instead of questions.
>>
>>J. Donavan Stanley - if you want to discuss more, email me offlist.  
>>Quit polluting this list with worthless answers and a poor attitude.
>>
>>Gabe
>>me at gabeknuth.com
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of J. 
>>Donavan Stanley
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:53 AM
>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv / pvr250 MCE problem...
>>
>>Gabe Knuth wrote:
>>
>>>You know what?  Answers like that are not designed to be helpful, 
>>>they're trying to teach someone a lesson that need not be learned.
>>>I've googled, I've looked in the archives, I've even been on the IRC 
>>>channel for ivtv and not had any results.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>No Gabe a smart ass reply meant to teach you a lesson would have been 
>>RTFM without bothering to point you to a place that can answer your 
>>question.  The installation instructions for ivtv cover how 
>to extract 
>>the firmware for the cards.  The reason nobody in IRC discussed it or 
>>probably answered you when you asked about it is because it's 
>like step 
>>one or two when you RTFM.
>>
>>I simply typed "ivtv firmware download" into my google search box in 
>>Firefox and got this on the FIRST PAGE:
>>
>>"You should download the Win32 executables/drivers you find on 
>>Hauppauge's site and extract the firmware with the ivtvfwextract.pl 
>>script from ivtv 'utils' dir. It will create two binary .bin 
>(firmware) 
>>files in your /lib/modules/ dir.
>>These will be loaded to the PVR 250/350 board whenever you load the 
>>drivers... Good luck!"
>>
>>
>>
>>I DID have the answer.  As do most of the people on this list. 
>> The fact
>>that you DON'T have the answer demonstrates your basic lack of 
>>knowledge about the system you're setting up.  When provided 
>a link to 
>>a place where you could educate yourself and LEARN you instead once 
>>again took the easy way out and demanded an answer here.
>>
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