[mythtv-users] PVR-500 configuration
Scot L. Harris
webid at cfl.rr.com
Wed Sep 14 15:42:25 UTC 2005
Possibly I included to much info in my first post on this problem.
I am trying to put together a slave backend/frontend system using a
PVR-350 and a PVR-500. I was able to test the PVR-350 per Jarod's guide
just fine.
I tried to test the PVR-500 using similar methods but the results are
not as expected. It appears that ivtvctl -p 6 produces static on the
first tuner (video1) but I get a blank screen on second tuner (video2).
ptune-ui.pl does not appear to work with the PVR-500.
Is there some info/docs that I have missed on setting up a PVR-500?
Should the same tests I used to validate the PVR-350 work with the
PVR-500?
Trying to get this new box as ready as possible before setting up the
connection to the master backend. I need to upgrade the master backend
to 18.1 before connecting the slave backend to it.
On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 16:39, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> I finally purchased some additional equipment to build a slave
> backend/frontend system to go with my existing backend/frontend mythtv
> system.
>
> For the new box I will be using a PVR-350 for output to the TV as well
> as a PVR-500 for additional encoders.
>
> Using an ECS 760GX-M Socket 754 SiS 760 GX Micro ATX AMD motherboard.
>
> So far this has worked very nicely, FC4 loaded with no problems, the
> SATA controller was recognized just fine and the Plextor PX-740A/SW-BL
> had no problem booting and loading the OS. Only complaint is that when
> using KDE and the on board video I get line artifacts sometimes when
> moving windows around. Shortly this will be a non issue as I plan to
> using the PVR-350 output for X to the TV.
>
>
> Following Jarod's excellent guide to load and configure this system.
>
> The PVR-350 was recognized and I was able to get ivtv loaded and
> input/output on the PVR-350 is working just fine. My past experience
> getting the PVR-350 working on the first box helped. :)
>
> The test using:
>
> dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
>
> worked just fine. Best I can tell video0 is the encoder on the
> PVR-350. Derived from the following:
>
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #1
> ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #2
>
>
> 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15
> MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
> Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
> 02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16
> (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device e807
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
> Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
> 02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16
> (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device e817
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3
> Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
>
> I can see /dev/video0 /dev/video1 and /dev/video2 on the system. As
> such I expected that I should have been able to run the following test:
>
> dd if=/dev/video1 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
>
> or
>
> dd if=/dev/video2 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k
>
> However on the first one (video1) the initial test I just had static. I
> thought that might be due to not having the channel set correctly. So I
> tried:
>
> /usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -p 0
>
> I tried values 0 through 8. 6 appears to be the one that shows the
> static. All other settings resulted in a blank screen.
>
> I also tried using the /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl program to change the
> channels. This worked for the /dev/video0 (PVR-350) input but not for
> the /dev/video1 or /dev/vidoe2 inputs.
>
> Same results running the test using mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 | video1
> | video2.
>
> I believe I pulled the latest ivtv drivers from atrpms testing repo:
>
> vtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at
> ivtv-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.at
> ivtv-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.at
> perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-7.rhfc4.at
> ivtv-firmware-audio-0.0.1-1.at
> ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at
>
> So my question is: is the test I am trying to run invalid? Or have I
> missed a configuration step with the PVR-500 encoders?
>
>
> I also don't see any major differences running ivtvctl -a against each
> of the encoders:
>
>
> [root at terraslave ~]# ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -a
> ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
> Codec parameters
> aspect : 2
> audio : 0x00e9
> bframes : 3
> bitrate_mode: 0
> bitrate : 8000000
> bitrate_peak: 9600000
> dnr_mode : 0
> dnr_spatial : 0
> dnr_temporal: 8
> dnr_type : 0
> framerate : 0
> framespergop: 15
> gop_closure : 1
> pulldown : 0
> stream_type : 14
> ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
> Type : Video Capture
> Width : 720
> Height : 480
> ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
> Driver name : ivtv
> Card type : WinTV PVR 350
> Bus info : 0000:00:09.0
> Driver version: 775
> Capabilities : 0x01070033
>
>
>
>
>
> [root at terraslave ~]# ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -a
> ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
> Codec parameters
> aspect : 2
> audio : 0x00e9
> bframes : 3
> bitrate_mode: 0
> bitrate : 8000000
> bitrate_peak: 9600000
> dnr_mode : 0
> dnr_spatial : 0
> dnr_temporal: 8
> dnr_type : 0
> framerate : 0
> framespergop: 15
> gop_closure : 1
> pulldown : 0
> stream_type : 14
> ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
> Type : Video Capture
> Width : 720
> Height : 480
> ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
> Driver name : ivtv
> Card type : WinTV PVR 150
> Bus info : 0000:02:08.0
> Driver version: 775
> Capabilities : 0x01070011
>
>
> [root at terraslave ~]# ivtvctl -d /dev/video2 -a
> ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
> Codec parameters
> aspect : 2
> audio : 0x00e9
> bframes : 3
> bitrate_mode: 0
> bitrate : 8000000
> bitrate_peak: 9600000
> dnr_mode : 0
> dnr_spatial : 0
> dnr_temporal: 8
> dnr_type : 0
> framerate : 0
> framespergop: 15
> gop_closure : 1
> pulldown : 0
> stream_type : 14
> ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
> Type : Video Capture
> Width : 720
> Height : 480
> ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
> Driver name : ivtv
> Card type : WinTV PVR 150
> Bus info : 0000:02:09.0
> Driver version: 775
> Capabilities : 0x01030011
>
>
>
>
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