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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 11 November 2006 11:12, John Meyer wrote: Happauge pvr 150 was cheap and works nice for me. be forewarned though, getting ivtv to work can be a chore. I would advise subscribing to the ivtv mail list on their site, some good people there. - -- 11:19am up 1 day 9:05, 1 user, load average: 0.97, 0.68, 0.65 Powered by: SuSE Linux 10.1 ~ Kernel 2.6.16.21-0.25-smp #1 ~ Kmail 1.9 ~ Registered Linux user: 412217 http://reillyblog.com http://norwichlinuxusersgroup.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFVficUomsJZB8WEYRAik8AJ4+ig4wnS3w14buHarFyFk49lNMDQCcCtW1 qUrXRK4AXFD4N6OjO0VPXec= =ZX/r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 11 November 2006 07:21, steve reilly wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 11:12, John Meyer wrote:
Happauge pvr 150 was cheap and works nice for me. be forewarned though, getting ivtv to work can be a chore. I would advise subscribing to the ivtv mail list on their site, some good people there.
Actually, the later versions of SuSE don't need any hacking to get ivtv to work. Even 9.3 will work somewhat (although not with that particular card). Later versions 10.1 on should work out of the box. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast) John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 07:21, steve reilly wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 11:12, John Meyer wrote:
Happauge pvr 150 was cheap and works nice for me. be forewarned though, getting ivtv to work can be a chore. I would advise subscribing to the ivtv mail list on their site, some good people there.
Actually, the later versions of SuSE don't need any hacking to get ivtv to work. Even 9.3 will work somewhat (although not with that particular card). Later versions 10.1 on should work out of the box.
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On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:19, John Meyer wrote:
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast)
Does comcast require a cable box (settop box)? If so, the card is only going to see channel 4. You also want to check if it found and loaded the firmware correctly. I cant recall if SuSE distributed the firmware or not. As root do: dmesg | grep ivtv And compare it to the output of this page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Suse (might not be exactly the same but the bit about loading the firmware should be there.) That page has sections specific to each suse version -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
We're still in the back country so we have analog still. John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:19, John Meyer wrote:
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast)
Does comcast require a cable box (settop box)? If so, the card is only going to see channel 4.
You also want to check if it found and loaded the firmware correctly.
I cant recall if SuSE distributed the firmware or not.
As root do: dmesg | grep ivtv
And compare it to the output of this page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Suse
(might not be exactly the same but the bit about loading the firmware should be there.)
That page has sections specific to each suse version
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module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== ivtv: version 0.7.0 (development snapshot compiled on Tue Jul 18 02:37:25 2006) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.16.21-0.13-bigsmp SMP 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ==================== Is what I am getting. John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:19, John Meyer wrote:
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast)
Does comcast require a cable box (settop box)? If so, the card is only going to see channel 4.
You also want to check if it found and loaded the firmware correctly.
I cant recall if SuSE distributed the firmware or not.
As root do: dmesg | grep ivtv
And compare it to the output of this page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Suse
(might not be exactly the same but the bit about loading the firmware should be there.)
That page has sections specific to each suse version
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On Saturday 11 November 2006 14:27, John Meyer wrote:
module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== ivtv: version 0.7.0 (development snapshot compiled on Tue Jul 18 02:37:25 2006) loading ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.16.21-0.13-bigsmp SMP 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
Not nearly enough. Looks like it didn't find anything. Dig around on the page in the above link and what you can find. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:46:11PM -0900, John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:19, John Meyer wrote:
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast)
Does comcast require a cable box (settop box)? If so, the card is only going to see channel 4.
You also want to check if it found and loaded the firmware correctly.
I cant recall if SuSE distributed the firmware or not.
As root do: dmesg | grep ivtv
And compare it to the output of this page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Suse
(might not be exactly the same but the bit about loading the firmware should be there.)
That page has sections specific to each suse version
I have a WinTV-PVR 350 as well. I run 10.0 at this moment. I have followed that page a few times. One time I had succes, untill there was a kernel upgrade. I have tried again and still get nothing. I have written what I have done down and have again followed it to no avail. I also have written a script to run, as to follow the HOWTO's and README's and what not. I am not realy a newbie, so I have a bit of an idea what I am doing, yet I have enourmous problems getting it to work. First because I am so used that hardware just works with SUSE, second becoause the sites all point from one place to another. As the README and HOWTO's are basicaly an set of instructions you need to follow, why has nobody writen a simpel script that does all that? I treid, but as long as it does not work with me, I can't spread it around. What I did the first time and the script I had written can be found here: http://houghi.org/Fun/haupauge/index.php Again, it is very frustrating that I can not get it to work after several hundred tries and at least 100 hours and about 50 sites, including the one above. Also because I looked before buying and it was said that it would be the easiest card to get working. So if somebody could look at my notes, look at the script and tell me what I missed after the kernel update, please let me know. houghi -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Saturday 11 November 2006 15:01, houghi wrote:
So if somebody could look at my notes, look at the script and tell me what I missed after the kernel update, please let me know.
I'll give them a read a bit later. I'm being paged by the secretary of shopping at the moment. I have both cards (one each in different machines) and I too dread suse kernel updated. I did find that with later suse distros, if you don't ruthlessly root out and delete all suse xxxxxxx.ko modules for each and every xxxxxxxx.ko built by the ivtv package it will never work. Then follow the bit about the firmware (/lib/firmware is the place in Suse) and renaming of same. Then depmod -ae and reboot, and it usually works. But miss one suse module and you are usually left with something that does not work. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 03:10:13PM -0900, John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 15:01, houghi wrote:
So if somebody could look at my notes, look at the script and tell me what I missed after the kernel update, please let me know.
I'll give them a read a bit later. I'm being paged by the secretary of shopping at the moment.
I have both cards (one each in different machines) and I too dread suse kernel updated.
I did find that with later suse distros, if you don't ruthlessly root out and delete all suse xxxxxxx.ko modules for each and every xxxxxxxx.ko built by the ivtv package it will never work.
Then follow the bit about the firmware (/lib/firmware is the place in Suse) and renaming of same.
Then depmod -ae and reboot, and it usually works.
But miss one suse module and you are usually left with something that does not work.
Have you been able to find something? houghi -- To have a nice mailinglist experience, follow the guidelines below:
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What I am using right now is a WinTV GO-Plus, if that makes any difference. houghi wrote:
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:46:11PM -0900, John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:19, John Meyer wrote:
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast) Does comcast require a cable box (settop box)? If so, the card is only going to see channel 4.
You also want to check if it found and loaded the firmware correctly.
I cant recall if SuSE distributed the firmware or not.
As root do: dmesg | grep ivtv
And compare it to the output of this page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Suse
(might not be exactly the same but the bit about loading the firmware should be there.)
That page has sections specific to each suse version
I have a WinTV-PVR 350 as well. I run 10.0 at this moment.
I have followed that page a few times. One time I had succes, untill there was a kernel upgrade. I have tried again and still get nothing.
I have written what I have done down and have again followed it to no avail.
I also have written a script to run, as to follow the HOWTO's and README's and what not. I am not realy a newbie, so I have a bit of an idea what I am doing, yet I have enourmous problems getting it to work. First because I am so used that hardware just works with SUSE, second becoause the sites all point from one place to another.
As the README and HOWTO's are basicaly an set of instructions you need to follow, why has nobody writen a simpel script that does all that? I treid, but as long as it does not work with me, I can't spread it around.
What I did the first time and the script I had written can be found here: http://houghi.org/Fun/haupauge/index.php
Again, it is very frustrating that I can not get it to work after several hundred tries and at least 100 hours and about 50 sites, including the one above. Also because I looked before buying and it was said that it would be the easiest card to get working.
So if somebody could look at my notes, look at the script and tell me what I missed after the kernel update, please let me know.
houghi
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while we're at it, here's what I get from dmesg | grep bttv linux-ya18:/home/jmeyer # dmesg | grep bttv bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:08.0, irq: 50, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfdcff000 bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10,autodetected] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffdb [init] bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5] bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom indicates model#44981 bttv0: using tuner=4 bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... <6>usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found bttv0: registered device video0 bttv0: registered device vbi0 bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .<6>scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices John Meyer wrote:
What I am using right now is a WinTV GO-Plus, if that makes any difference. houghi wrote:
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:46:11PM -0900, John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 11 November 2006 13:19, John Meyer wrote:
Okay, I got it to detect, now am having some problems getting it to get the channels (I'm running Comcast) Does comcast require a cable box (settop box)? If so, the card is only going to see channel 4.
You also want to check if it found and loaded the firmware correctly.
I cant recall if SuSE distributed the firmware or not.
As root do: dmesg | grep ivtv
And compare it to the output of this page: http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Suse
(might not be exactly the same but the bit about loading the firmware should be there.)
That page has sections specific to each suse version I have a WinTV-PVR 350 as well. I run 10.0 at this moment.
I have followed that page a few times. One time I had succes, untill there was a kernel upgrade. I have tried again and still get nothing.
I have written what I have done down and have again followed it to no avail.
I also have written a script to run, as to follow the HOWTO's and README's and what not. I am not realy a newbie, so I have a bit of an idea what I am doing, yet I have enourmous problems getting it to work. First because I am so used that hardware just works with SUSE, second becoause the sites all point from one place to another.
As the README and HOWTO's are basicaly an set of instructions you need to follow, why has nobody writen a simpel script that does all that? I treid, but as long as it does not work with me, I can't spread it around.
What I did the first time and the script I had written can be found here: http://houghi.org/Fun/haupauge/index.php
Again, it is very frustrating that I can not get it to work after several hundred tries and at least 100 hours and about 50 sites, including the one above. Also because I looked before buying and it was said that it would be the easiest card to get working.
So if somebody could look at my notes, look at the script and tell me what I missed after the kernel update, please let me know.
houghi
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:03, John Meyer wrote: john, im not 100% sure on the bttv driver as i use ivtv, but what happens when you issue this command........ open 2 terminals in the first mplayer /dev/video0 in the second ivtv-tune -c35 the 35 being whatever channel you want to view
while we're at it, here's what I get from dmesg | grep bttv
linux-ya18:/home/jmeyer # dmesg | grep bttv bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:08.0, irq: 50, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfdcff000 bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10,autodetected] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffdb [init] bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5] bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom indicates model#44981 bttv0: using tuner=4 bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... <6>usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found bttv0: registered device video0 bttv0: registered device vbi0 bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .<6>scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 a whole bunch of this: Playing /dev/video0. Cannot seek backward in linear streams! Seek failed Cannot seek backward in linear streams! steve reilly wrote:
On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:03, John Meyer wrote:
john,
im not 100% sure on the bttv driver as i use ivtv, but what happens when you issue this command........ open 2 terminals
in the first
mplayer /dev/video0
in the second
ivtv-tune -c35
the 35 being whatever channel you want to view
while we're at it, here's what I get from dmesg | grep bttv
linux-ya18:/home/jmeyer # dmesg | grep bttv bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:03:08.0, irq: 50, latency: 32, mmio: 0xfdcff000 bttv0: detected: Hauppauge WinTV [card=10], PCI subsystem ID is 0070:13eb bttv0: using: Hauppauge (bt878) [card=10,autodetected] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00ffffdb [init] bttv0: Hauppauge/Voodoo msp34xx: reset line init [5] bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom indicates model#44981 bttv0: using tuner=4 bttv0: i2c: checking for MSP34xx @ 0x80... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... <6>usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found bttv0: registered device video0 bttv0: registered device vbi0 bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .<6>scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
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On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:07 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
Playing /dev/video0. Cannot seek backward in linear streams! Seek failed Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Shouldn't it be mplayer tv:// ? I do (for encoding): mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=768:height=576:norm=pal:input=1:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0 You may have to edit that to your taste. Not sure if it's different with ivtv. Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's identifying itself as a bttv card, not ivtv. And when I do a dmesg, I notice that the tuner is always set to 4, no matter what I do. Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:07 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
Playing /dev/video0. Cannot seek backward in linear streams! Seek failed Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Shouldn't it be mplayer tv:// ?
I do (for encoding):
mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=768:height=576:norm=pal:input=1:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0
You may have to edit that to your taste. Not sure if it's different with ivtv.
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Finally, I got it to work. So far, the picture has been in black and white, and slightly grainy, but it is now picking up channels. Here's what I did. Went to /etc/modprobe.d/ Edited the tv file to add tuner=44. Rebooted. Right now I'm experimenting with the tuner to see which one is the best, but right now I am up with my card. Thanks to everybody for all the help. John Meyer wrote:
It's identifying itself as a bttv card, not ivtv. And when I do a dmesg, I notice that the tuner is always set to 4, no matter what I do. Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:07 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
Playing /dev/video0. Cannot seek backward in linear streams! Seek failed Cannot seek backward in linear streams! Shouldn't it be mplayer tv:// ?
I do (for encoding):
mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=768:height=576:norm=pal:input=1:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0
You may have to edit that to your taste. Not sure if it's different with ivtv.
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John Meyer wrote:
Finally, I got it to work. So far, the picture has been in black and white, and slightly grainy, but it is now picking up channels. Here's what I did.
Went to /etc/modprobe.d/ Edited the tv file to add tuner=44. Rebooted.
LOL, what is going on with all the mentions of rebooting on this list lately? People are rebooting rather than simply reloading or restarting services. The only reason I can think of is that Linux is starting to pick up a lot of new users who come from microsoft backgrounds, where rebooting is a common fix. Otherwise it's quite puzzling. Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 12:20 -0800, J Sloan wrote:
LOL, what is going on with all the mentions of rebooting on this list lately?
People are rebooting rather than simply reloading or restarting services. The only reason I can think of is that Linux is starting to pick up a lot of new users who come from microsoft backgrounds, where rebooting is a common fix.
Otherwise it's quite puzzling.
While I understand your reaction - I suspect there is a bit of both new Microsoft converts (WELCOME TO FREEDOM!!) and possibly prudent administration. Prudent Administration?!?!?!?! Yes. After making a change to the kernel (which I group inserting modules to the kernel), it is not a bad idea to ensure that a) the system functions, b) the system functions as you intended it and c) there are no unexpected consequences from the change. I would say that once the modules hav been inserted and some preliminary testing has been done, it is wise to do a simple reboot. Do I do that? (god - I sound like Steve Urkel!) No ... but that is why I often say do as I say not as I do! ;-} Rich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:20, J Sloan wrote:
LOL, what is going on with all the mentions of rebooting on this list lately?
People are rebooting rather than simply reloading or restarting services. The only reason I can think of is that Linux is starting to pick up a lot of new users who come from microsoft backgrounds, where rebooting is a common fix.
Normally I would agree Joe, but when it comes to tv cards, specifically hauppage cards it is quite necessary. In fact, its often better to take them all the way to power off, in order to get them to accept new firmware. Without that, you have to rmmod a large number of modules in exactly the right order, and then load them all again, and even if you do it all correctly, the card may refuse its firmware load. Its way quicker to reboot. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:20, J Sloan wrote:
LOL, what is going on with all the mentions of rebooting on this list lately?
People are rebooting rather than simply reloading or restarting services. The only reason I can think of is that Linux is starting to pick up a lot of new users who come from microsoft backgrounds, where rebooting is a common fix.
Normally I would agree Joe, but when it comes to tv cards, specifically hauppage cards it is quite necessary. In fact, its often better to take them all the way to power off, in order to get them to accept new firmware.
Without that, you have to rmmod a large number of modules in exactly the right order, and then load them all again, and even if you do it all correctly, the card may refuse its firmware load.
Its way quicker to reboot.
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On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:02, John Meyer wrote:
Edited the tv file to add tuner=44.
Well it might get you a bit closer, but That's not the correct way to go about it according to the ivtv docs. modprobe ivtv should do it all. This suggests to me you still have a mix of modules installed. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:02, John Meyer wrote:
Edited the tv file to add tuner=44.
Well it might get you a bit closer, but That's not the correct way to go about it according to the ivtv docs. modprobe ivtv should do it all. This suggests to me you still have a mix of modules installed.
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On Sunday 12 November 2006 16:04, John Meyer wrote:
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John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:02, John Meyer wrote:
Edited the tv file to add tuner=44.
Well it might get you a bit closer, but That's not the correct way to go about it according to the ivtv docs. modprobe ivtv should do it all. This suggests to me you still have a mix of modules installed.
My card doesn't use ivtv it uses bvtv.
Doh!!! Sorry, John, got my threads mixed up... -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don't worry. Part of my problem was that I was getting them mixed up. People were telling me to use ivtv when it was a bvtv card. John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 12 November 2006 16:04, John Meyer wrote:
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John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 12 November 2006 09:02, John Meyer wrote:
Edited the tv file to add tuner=44. Well it might get you a bit closer, but That's not the correct way to go about it according to the ivtv docs. modprobe ivtv should do it all. This suggests to me you still have a mix of modules installed. My card doesn't use ivtv it uses bvtv.
Doh!!! Sorry, John, got my threads mixed up...
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On Sunday 12 November 2006 19:31, John Andersen wrote:
Edited the tv file to add tuner=44.
Well it might get you a bit closer, but That's not the correct way to go about it according to the ivtv docs. modprobe ivtv should do it all. This suggests to me you still have a mix of modules installed.
If you give a tuner number, to me that means you are using bttv module. PVR-150 uses ivtv, not bttv. Ivtv has no such thing as tuner=a number. Bryan *************************************** Powered by Kubuntu Linux 6.06 KDE 3.5.2 KMail 1.9.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net *************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm not using the PVR-150, I'm using WinTV GO Plus, and it does work. Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
On Sunday 12 November 2006 19:31, John Andersen wrote:
Edited the tv file to add tuner=44. Well it might get you a bit closer, but That's not the correct way to go about it according to the ivtv docs. modprobe ivtv should do it all. This suggests to me you still have a mix of modules installed.
If you give a tuner number, to me that means you are using bttv module. PVR-150 uses ivtv, not bttv. Ivtv has no such thing as tuner=a number.
Bryan
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On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:34 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
It's identifying itself as a bttv card, not ivtv. And when I do a dmesg, I notice that the tuner is always set to 4, no matter what I do.
I can't remember what card you had. But on my Zoltrix I had to specify the card and tuner at module loading time. like: insmod bttv card=15 tuner=5 You can't change those values after loading the module. Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fixed it. set the following in /etc/modprobe.d/tv alias char-major-81 videodev options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1 options bttv tuner=39 # YaST configured TV card # Uog3.jkuH1hutKMA:User-Defined TV Card alias char-major-81-0 bttv alias char-major-81-1 off alias char-major-81-2 off alias char-major-81-3 off Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 10:34 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
It's identifying itself as a bttv card, not ivtv. And when I do a dmesg, I notice that the tuner is always set to 4, no matter what I do.
I can't remember what card you had. But on my Zoltrix I had to specify the card and tuner at module loading time.
like:
insmod bttv card=15 tuner=5
You can't change those values after loading the module.
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On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 09:12 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
Hi, does anybody have any recommendations on TV cards, either ones that work nicely on Linux or ones you should stay away from with someone else's 10 foot pole?
I have a Pinnacle PCTV USB2 model. Needed to get one for my notebook. Works great! Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 18:57 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 09:12 -0700, John Meyer wrote:
Hi, does anybody have any recommendations on TV cards, either ones that work nicely on Linux or ones you should stay away from with someone else's 10 foot pole?
I have a Pinnacle PCTV USB2 model. Needed to get one for my notebook. Works great!
Just a little more info - it's not printed on the unit itself, but according to the box it's a model 50e. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/uk/Products/Consumer+Products/PCTV +Tuners/PCTV+Analog+PVR+%28cable_antenna%29/PCTV+50e.htm I also had a Zoltrix TV-MAX PCI card. It used a bt848 chip. The tuner wasn't the best quality, but it had AV and S-video plugs, which gave much better quality. I'm sure you can pick up a secondhand one quite cheaply. The only downside is that the bttv driver cannot detect the card model - I always had to specify that. Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I have a Pinnacle PCTV USB2 model. Needed to get one for my notebook. Works great!
Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans, I just picked up the Pinnacle PCTV HD pro stick last night...starting to attempt it as we speak.
Which programs are you using, version of SuSE, etc? V4L or DVB? Thanks! -- Tom in NM SuSE 9.3/Evolution 10:38am up 8 days 10:13, 2 users, load average: 5.12, 5.07, 5.01 ==== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 10:39 -0700, Tom Patton wrote:
I just picked up the Pinnacle PCTV HD pro stick last night...starting to attempt it as we speak.
Which programs are you using, version of SuSE, etc? V4L or DVB?
Thanks!
Hi Tom, I don't know if yours has the same internals as mine but I'll give you as much info on mine as I can. It uses the em28xx driver with v4l. I didn't need to do anything to set it up - just plugged it in. I've only used it with mencoder to move VHS tapes onto DVD, so I had to fiddle around with the settings, but I guess xawtv and the like should pick it up easily. lsusb merely shows me this: Bus 001 Device 010: ID 2304:0208 Pinnacle Systems, Inc. [hex] Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB2 Output of /var/log/messages when I plug it in: Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: usb 1-6.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: usb 1-6.1: new device found, idVendor=2304, idProduct=0208 Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: usb 1-6.1: new device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: usb 1-6.1: Product: PCTV USB2 PAL Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: usb 1-6.1: Manufacturer: Pinnacle Systems GmbH Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: usb 1-6.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Nov 11 23:06:31 theluggage kernel: em28xx v4l2 driver version 0.0.1 loaded Nov 11 23:06:35 theluggage udevd-event[21586]: wait_for_sysfs: waiting for '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.2/usb1/1-6/1-6.1/1-6.1:1.1/bus' failed Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx new video device (2304:0208): interface 0, class 255 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate settings: 8 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 0, max size= 0 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 1, max size= 1024 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 2, max size= 1448 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 3, max size= 2048 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 4, max size= 2304 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 5, max size= 2580 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 6, max size= 2892 Nov 11 23:06:36 theluggage kernel: em28xx: Alternate setting 7, max size= 3072 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: tuner 0-0063: chip found @ 0xc6 (em28xx #0) Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: tuner 0-0063: type set to 37 (LG PAL (newer TAPC series)) Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (em28xx #0) Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 00: 1a eb 67 95 04 23 08 02 10 00 1e 03 98 1e 6a 2e Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 10: 00 00 06 57 6e 00 00 00 8e 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 20: 16 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 30: 00 00 20 40 20 80 02 20 10 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2e 03 50 00 69 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 70: 6e 00 6e 00 61 00 63 00 6c 00 65 00 20 00 53 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 80: 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 73 00 20 00 47 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 90: 6d 00 62 00 48 00 00 00 1e 03 50 00 43 00 54 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom a0: 56 00 20 00 55 00 53 00 42 00 32 00 20 00 50 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom b0: 41 00 4c 00 00 00 06 03 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: i2c eeprom f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 22 17 56 03 99 a5 92 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: EEPROM ID= 0x9567eb1a Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: Vendor/Product ID= 2304:0208 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: AC97 audio (5 sample rates) Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: 500mA max power Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: Table at 0x06, strings=0x1e98, 0x2e6a, 0x0000 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: em28xx #0: Found Pinnacle PCTV USB 2 Nov 11 23:06:37 theluggage kernel: usbcore: registered new driver em28xx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 23:14 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 10:39 -0700, Tom Patton wrote:
I just picked up the Pinnacle PCTV HD pro stick last night...starting to attempt it as we speak.
I don't know if yours has the same internals as mine but I'll give you as much info on mine as I can. It uses the em28xx driver with v4l. Thanks, Hans, the data may be useful...I was sidetracked today and haven't begun the adventure. I suspect mine is different (but hopefully similar) since it is the NTSC/ATSC tuner...
I'll post if I have any luck with it. -- Tom in NM SuSE 9.3/Evolution 6:28pm up 8 days 18:03, 3 users, load average: 7.01, 7.13, 7.20 ==== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 18:28 -0700, Tom Patton wrote:
haven't begun the adventure. I suspect mine is different (but hopefully similar) since it is the NTSC/ATSC tuner...
I don't see why that sould be different. The ones we get here are no different - every TV-card I've encountered could be set to either PAL or NTSC Hans --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Sat, 11. November 2006 17:12 schrieb John Meyer:
Hi, does anybody have any recommendations on TV cards, either ones that work nicely on Linux or ones you should stay away from with someone else's 10 foot pole?
Haupauge PVR150 / PVR250 / PVR350 / PVR500 They are using the ivtv kernel module and are known to work as a charm. I'm using a PVR 150 and mythtv for recording, no problems at all. (I've compiled the ivtv kernel module from a tarball to have the latest matching version for kernel 2.6.17. Just configure, make, make install and it's done.) regards, thomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi,
Im using a PCTV rave, and it works find (its also very cheap (£25?) -
works fine with programs such as MythTV....
Carl.
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Am Sat, 11. November 2006 17:12 schrieb John Meyer:
Hi, does anybody have any recommendations on TV cards, either ones that work nicely on Linux or ones you should stay away from with someone else's 10 foot pole?
Haupauge PVR150 / PVR250 / PVR350 / PVR500
They are using the ivtv kernel module and are known to work as a charm. I'm using a PVR 150 and mythtv for recording, no problems at all. (I've compiled the ivtv kernel module from a tarball to have the latest matching version for kernel 2.6.17. Just configure, make, make install and it's done.)
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