[mythtv-users] PVR-250 Error, no inputs

[Lane]

On Thursday 30 March 2006 10:15, Nick wrote:
> On 30/03/06, Lane <lane at joeandlane.com> wrote:
> > I've got MythTV 0.17 set up on FBSD6.1 and it does everything ... but
> > work.
> >
> > I can connect to the database, I can edit channels, I can schedule
> > recordings, and probably do much more stuff that I don't even know.
> >
> > But I can't watch TV and I can't playback a recording.
> >
> > To be clear, I can *schedule* a recording, but it won't actually *record*
> > anyting.  Instead X crashes.
> >
> > I'm using the PVR250.  When I type:
> >
> > cat /dev/cxm0>filename.mpg
> >
> > a proper .mpeg file is created, with sound.
> >
> > Here's what happens when I start mythbackend -d -l /var/log/mythtv.log
> >
> > 2006-03-30 07:13:58.856 ChannelBase: Could not find input: ERROR, No
> > inputs found on card when setting channel 3
> >
> > 2006-03-30 07:13:58.901 mythbackend version: 0.17.20050130-1
> > www.mythtv.org 2006-03-30 07:13:58.905 Enabled verbose msgs : important
> > general 2006-03-30 07:14:00.931 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> > 2006-03-30 07:14:01.773 Scheduled 47 items in 0.8 = 0.04 match + 0.80
> > place 2006-03-30 07:14:01.799 Seem to be woken up by USER
> >
> > And when I run mythsetup, Capture Cards, Select MPEG-2 Encoder
> > (PVR250,PVR350), I get "Error, No Inputs Found" on the "Default Input"
> > section.
>
> What inputs does ivtvctl think you have? (And is the /dev/cxm0 device
> BSD specific?) Maybe MythTV setup is looking for a /dev/video0 device
> and not finding one, does not fully configure the capture card?
>
> Nick
Hey, Nick.  Thanks for responding.

Yes, cxm0 is specific to BSD (FreeBSD > 5.0, at least).

I can't find anything named "ivtvctl" on disk, so I can't respond to the 
question about that.

There is no "video" device in /dev, so you may be on to something.

FreeBSD uses a program called pvr-setchannel to monkey with the pvr 
frequencies, channel sets, and what-not.  Is this the same function of 
"ivtvctl?"  If so, do you know if I can change this program reference in one 
of the setup screens, or should I look to patching the code?

I just grepped the source and found "setchannel" but not "ivtvctl" so I'll 
look at that to see if I can solve this.  But I'd certainly welcome any other 
input (no pun intended :)

lane