[mythtv-users] Adding PVR 500 to 350 system

[Todd Houle]

OK - I got my 500 working great in with my 350.  Here's what I did.

I had ivtv 0.4.0, btw-

1) I added these 2 lines to my /etc/modprobe.conf - may not have been  
necessary, but I did it and it works
alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
alias char-major-81-2 ivtv

2) installed card

3) went into mythtv-setup and setup the card - i said it was an MPEG2  
(250/350 type).

4) tried it out and found there was no sound :( but picture looked  
good :)

5) Then i followed instructions from Allan Wilson from a message  
(Sept 18th) on this list
     a) Download http://hauppauge.lightpath.net/software/mce/ 
mce_cd_v27a.zip
    b) mkdir ~/pvrfirmware
    c) unzip mce_cd_v27a.zip -d ~/pvrfirmware
    d) cp ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/ 
HcwMakoA.ROM /lib/modules
    e) cp ~/pvrfirmware/WinTV-PVR-150500MCE_2_0_30_23074_WHQL/ 
HcwFalcn.rom /lib/modules
    f) ln -sf /lib/modules/HcwFalcn.rom /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin

6) shutdown for 10 seconds

7) startup and enjoy.

   Thanks
       Todd

On Oct 27, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Todd Houle wrote:

> Sorry for the newbie question, but I'm a little nervous about  
> breaking this new Myth system now that my wife relies on it so  
> much! I'm hoping to get this done in time to record ER for her  
> tonight...
>
> I have a Fedora 4 system built about a month ago using Jarrod's  
> guide and help from this list (thanks everyone!).  It's on a Dell  
> GX 140 (1.7GHz) and a PVR350 which is working great.  I just bought  
> a PVR500MCE and am getting ready to put it in when I get home from  
> work today.
>
> What do I do to set this up?  I guess add
>
>      alias char-major-81-1 ivtv
>      alias char-major-81-2 ivtv
>
> to my modprobe.conf file.....?   What else do I need to do?
>
> I see the following in Jarrod's guide- is this relevant to setting  
> up the PVR 500- to tell it to use the tuner for input... Or is it  
> only for testing?
> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x3000 -d /dev/video1
> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 -d /dev/video1
> # /usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=480 /dev/video1
>
> Then of course, set it up in mythtv-setup - I think I can handle  
> that...
>
> This was setup about a month ago, so I assume somewhat recent...   
> My cable modem is down this week (thanks comcast) so I can't see  
> what versions I am running from here.
>
> Thanks
>    Todd
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