[mythtv-users] HD-PVR input issues:

Tue Apr 13 00:04:37 UTC 2010

On 04/10/2010 14:33, Mark wrote:
>    
>> The orange light stays on, on the HD-PVR?   That is a problem.  It
>> means that the hardware is not initializing itself correctly.
>>
>> I have seen that happen due to a bad USB cable.  It may also be the
>> USB port that it is plugged into.
>>
>> Even with good USB, I have had that happen to me half a dozen times in
>> the 1.8 years that I have had my HD-PVRs.  Usually, turning the HD-PVR
>> off, waiting, and turning it back on will get it cleared up.  You
>> could also try pulling the power plug on the computer itself.
>>
>>      
> Ok, I shut off the hdpvr for several hours, then disconnected it.  shut
> down the server, plugged everything back in, and started the hdpvr.
> initialized, orange light off.  Then turned on the server, booted to
> completion, no orange light, nodes /dev/video4 and /dev/hdpvr created.
>
>    

It looks like your HD-PVR is running properly now. I have had to unplug 
power on mine sometimes to get them to reset. When i do, I unplug USB, 
then power. Then I plug the power in - wait for the orange light to go 
out, then plug in USB. Then I turn on the power. I Usually leave the 
server running the whole time.

> Ran setup, then mythbackend and got this output:
> [mythtv at cyclops ~]$ mythtv-setup
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.649 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.649 Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.711 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.712 Using localhost value of cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.782 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.846 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.846 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.872 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver support
> enabled
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.872 DPMS is active.
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.888 Primary screen: 0.
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.888 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:23:39.988 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.054 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.055 Primary screen: 0.
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.056 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.093 Using theme base resolution of 800x600
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.111 LIRC, Error: Failed to read config file
> '/home/mythtv/.lircrc'
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.111 JoystickMenuThread Error: Joystick disabled -
> Failed to read /home/mythtv/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.503 Using the Qt painter
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.563 Loaded base theme from
> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/base.xml
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.847 Loaded base theme from
> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.886 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
> 2010-04-10 16:23:40.949 Loading window theme from
> /usr/local/share/mythtv/themes/MythCenter/menu-ui.xml
> 2010-04-10 16:23:41.147 Loading menu theme from
> /usr/local/share/mythtv/setup.xml
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.264 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.264 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.860 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.860 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.861 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.862 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.879 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:45.879 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:48.460 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:48.460 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:48.934 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:48.935 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:49.770 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:49.770 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:53.792 ProbeAudioInputs(/,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:53.792 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:53.792 ProbeAudioInputs() ->  couldn't open device
> 2010-04-10 16:23:53.792 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:53.792 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.456 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.456 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.630 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.630 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.829 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.829 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.829 ProbeAudioInputs() ->  couldn't open device
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.829 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.829 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.981 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.981 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.981 ProbeAudioInputs() ->  couldn't open device
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.981 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:54.981 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:56.894 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/hdpvr,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:23:56.894 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/hdpvr)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:03.001 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/video4,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:03.001 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/video4)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:03.576 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/hdpvr,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:03.576 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/hdpvr)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:03.594 ProbeAudioInputs(/dev/hdpvr,HDPVR)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:03.594 ProbeV4LAudioInputs(/dev/hdpvr)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:10.809 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2010-04-10 16:24:10.809 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:10.834 New DB connection, total: 4
> 2010-04-10 16:24:10.835 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:13.964 You have a Video Storage Group, but have not set
> up all Image Groups.  If you continue, video image downloads will be saved
> in your Videos Storage Group.  Do you want to store them in their own
> groups?
> [mythtv at cyclops ~]$ mythbackend
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.401 mythbackend version: tags/release-0-22 [0.22]
> www.mythtv.org
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.402 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.402 Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.402 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.402 Using localhost value of cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.409 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.412 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.412 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.412 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.422 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.424 MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.502 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.503 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.503 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master server
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.546 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2010-04-10 16:24:25.547 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:24:35.612 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
> 			while setting input (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:45.625 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
> 			while setting format (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:24:55.638 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
> 			while setting input (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:25:05.652 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
> 			while setting format (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:25:15.665 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
> 			while setting input (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:25:25.678 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, NTSC)
> 			while setting format (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:25:35.692 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, ATSC)
> 			while setting input (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:25:45.705 Channel(/dev/hdpvr) Error: SetInputAndFormat(1, ATSC)
> 			while setting format (v4l v2)
> 			eno: Connection timed out (110)
> 2010-04-10 16:25:45.705 Channel(/dev/hdpvr): SetInputAndFormat() failed
> 2010-04-10 16:25:45.746 New DB scheduler connection
> 2010-04-10 16:25:45.746 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: cyclops
> 2010-04-10 16:25:45.884 Enabling Upnpmedia rebuild thread.
> 2010-04-10 16:25:47.196 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2010-04-10 16:25:47.197 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2010-04-10 16:25:47.199 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space:
> 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 3131, errno = 32
> [mythtv at cyclops ~]$
>
>
>    
 From a few of these errors, It looks like the user you ran mythtv-setup 
from doesn't have permission to write to /dev/video4. Either run 
mythtv-setup as root, do a chmod 777 /dev/video4 or add your mythtv user 
to the video group (gpasswd -a mythtv video). This will let you select 
the proper inputs in mythtv-setup

For the error "Channel(/dev/hdpvr): SetInputAndFormat() failed" make 
sure you don't have anything in the input field "Preset Tuner to 
Channel" This is for using a PVR-250 on a cable box from the RF output 
(ie channel 3) where you still have to use an IR blaster to change 
channels.

HTH
- Richard