[mythtv-users] problem recognizing HVR-1600

Sat Aug 15 02:23:57 UTC 2009

Calvin Dodge wrote:
> I'm running Fedora 10.  It recognizes the new HVR-1600 care (version
> 1199) as /dev/video0, but mythtv-setup (0.21-20) doesn't. It doesn't
> include /dev/video0 in the list of available devices, and if I
> manually enter it I'm told it can't open the device.
> 
> Here's the relevant dmesg output:
> 
> cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (2 MB)
> DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
> MXL5005S: Attached at address 0x63
> DVB: registering frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
> cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
> cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
> cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
> cx18-0: Initialized card #0: Hauppauge HVR-1600
> 
> Can anyone give me a clue about this card?
> 

Is that all of the output you get from the cx-18 initialization?  I get
quite a bit more than that:
cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.2.0
cx18-0: Initializing card 0
cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] enabled at IRQ 17
cx18 0000:05:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
cx18-0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 52379 usecs (2576 samples)
intel8x0: clocking to 46848
tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 74041, rev C6B2, serial# nnnnnnn
tveeprom 2-0050: MAC address is nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn
tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E (idx 112, type 50)
tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38)
tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31)
tveeprom 2-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter
cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
cx18-0: Simultaneous Digital and Analog TV capture supported
IRQ 17/cx18-0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
tuner 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx18 i2c driver #0-1)
cs5345 2-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
tuner-simple 3-0061: creating new instance
tuner-simple 3-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (64 x 32 kB)
DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
MXL5005S: Attached at address 0x63
DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
cx18-0: Registered DVB adapter0 for TS (32 x 32 kB)
cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (16 x 128 kB)
cx18-0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (20 x 51984 bytes)
cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (256 x 4 kB)
cx18-0: Initialized card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
cx18-1: Initializing card 1
cx18-1: Autodetected Hauppauge card
cx18 0000:05:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC3] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
cx18-1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
cx18-1: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
tveeprom 4-0050: Hauppauge model 74041, rev C6B2, serial# nnnnnnn
tveeprom 4-0050: MAC address is nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn
tveeprom 4-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E (idx 112, type 50)
tveeprom 4-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 4-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38)
tveeprom 4-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31)
tveeprom 4-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter
cx18-1: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
cx18-1: Simultaneous Digital and Analog TV capture supported
IRQ 18/cx18-1: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs
tuner 5-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (cx18 i2c driver #1-1)
cs5345 4-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #1-0)
tuner-simple 5-0061: creating new instance
tuner-simple 5-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
cx18-1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPEG (64 x 32 kB)
DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
MXL5005S: Attached at address 0x63
DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
cx18-1: DVB Frontend registered
cx18-1: Registered DVB adapter1 for TS (32 x 32 kB)
cx18-1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (16 x 128 kB)
cx18-1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (20 x 51984 bytes)
cx18-1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM audio (256 x 4 kB)
cx18-1: Initialized card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
cx18:  End initialization
...
cx18 0000:05:07.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
cx18 0000:05:07.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000 (141200 bytes)
cx18-0: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
cx18 0000:05:07.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
cx18 0000:05:07.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
cx18 0000:05:07.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
cx18-0 843: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
cx18-0 843: verified load of v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
cx18 0000:05:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
cx18-1: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
cx18 0000:05:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
cx18-1: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000 (141200 bytes)
cx18-1: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
cx18 0000:05:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
cx18 0000:05:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
cx18 0000:05:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
cx18-1 843: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
cx18-1 843: verified load of v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)

Admittedly this is for 2 cx18 cards, but for instance, I don't see any
of the tveeprom, tuner, or firmware loading lines in your dmesg.

How old is your motherboard?  This card has been known to have i2c
problems with older motherboards, though I though they'd fixed those all up.

All of that said, I still have problems configuring this thing in
MythTV.  Upon first attempt, it seems to have recognized a simple analog
v4l device.  I have to tell it that it's an mpeg2 capture card, and it
still doesn't recognize the device.  After I type in the device name,
then it recognizes everything and all is well.

At the moment it doesn't sound like your card is getting properly
initialized.  Before even attempting to use it with MythTV I'd try
something much simpler - a simple live TV application.  I did initial
debug with mplayer and v4l tools.

If you're still having troubles, I'd suggest looking for Andy Walls on
the v4l or ivtv lists.

Dale Pontius