[mythtv-users] Tuner card stopped working

[Greg]

On 03/24/2013 11:22 AM, Jason Hiller wrote:
> I am pretty new to Mythtv.  I installed version 0.25 about 2 weeks ago
> on Ubuntu 12.04 and successfully recorded and watched several shows.  I
> am using a Hauppauge HVR-1600 tuner that is recording analog cable tv
> (NTSC).  A few days ago I recorded another show but when I went to watch
> it, it was just an hour of a blank red screen.  When I ran mythtv-setup
> and went to the tuner card setup section I noticed it said "Failed to
> open" in the Probed info section on my tuner card that I had previously
> successfully configured.  The configuration I am using is Video device:
> /dev/video0 and VBI device /dev/vbi0.  When I looked at the log file for
> mythtv-setup I only see the one entry which I listed below.  I also
> looked at syslog (see entries below) and from what I can tell the OS
> successfully recognized my tuner.  Also, when I look in /dev I see three
> entries which are video0, video24 and video32.
>
> I searched my memory for anything that I changed that might have caused
> this to stop working.  The only thing that I can think that I changed
> was the location of the database backup directory.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can look at next?  Is there
> anyway to test the tuner card outside of Mythtv?  And how do I increase
> the log level on mythtv-setup?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Log Entry from mythtv-setup ->
> mythtv-setup[4190]: E CoreContext cardutil.cpp:1990
> (ProbeV4LAudioInputs) ProbeAudioInputs() -> couldn't open device
>
> Log Entries from syslog->
> kernel: [    2.205824] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> kernel: [    2.207910] cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.5.1
> kernel: [    2.207925] cx18-0: Initializing card 0
> kernel: [    2.207927] cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
> kernel: [    2.207958] cx18 0000:05:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 18
> kernel: [    2.208032] cx18-0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting
> to 64 (was 32)
> kernel: [    2.486978] tveeprom 17-0050: Hauppauge model 74021, rev
> C1B2, serial# 1439597
> kernel: [    2.486980] tveeprom 17-0050: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:15:f7:6d
> kernel: [    2.486981] tveeprom 17-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E
> (idx 112, type 50)
> kernel: [    2.486982] tveeprom 17-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> kernel: [    2.486984] tveeprom 17-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38)
> kernel: [    2.486985] tveeprom 17-0050: decoder processor is CX23418
> (idx 31)
> kernel: [    2.486986] tveeprom 17-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver,
> has IR transmitter
> kernel: [    2.486987] cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
> kernel: [    2.486989] cx18-0: Simultaneous Digital and Analog TV
> capture supported
> kernel: [    2.620454] tuner-simple 18-0061: creating new instance
> kernel: [    2.620455] tuner-simple 18-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
> kernel: [    2.623443] cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG
> (64 x 32.00 kB)
> kernel: [    2.623446] DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
> kernel: [    2.697626] MXL5005S: Attached at address 0x63
> kernel: [    2.697629] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung
> S5H1409 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
> kernel: [    2.697718] cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
> kernel: [    2.697720] cx18-0: Registered DVB adapter0 for TS (32 x
> 32.00 kB)
> kernel: [    2.697747] cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV
> (20 x 101.25 kB)
> kernel: [    2.697778] cx18-0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI
> (20 x 51984 bytes)
> kernel: [    2.697809] cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM
> audio (256 x 4.00 kB)
> kernel: [    2.697811] cx18-0: Initialized card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
> kernel: [    2.697831] cx18:  End initialization
> kernel: [    2.699336] cx18-alsa: module loading...
> kernel: [    2.762886] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
> kernel: [    2.762948] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device
> 240x67
> kernel: [    2.762966] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
> kernel: [    2.762967] drm: registered panic notifier
> kernel: [    2.912433] cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware
> (158332 bytes)
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Try in mythtv-setup to do a delete all cards (not delete all cards on 
host name)..