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| Author: | fishbulb15 [ Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | PVR-500 shows nothing but static .... Solved |
My problem is that when I go to "Watch TV," it shows nothing but static. I have a PVR-500 that is attached to cable(analog). I am using R5A16 version of knoppmyth and took these steps to try to get it working. This is from MANY different links on how to set this card up, each one having their own subtle differences; here is what I did: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko that reside in the /lib/modules/KERNEL-VER/v4l2/ directory causes issues with the PVR-500. RENAME all the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko and msp3400.ko to .DELETE Make these changes to /etc/mythtv/modules/ivtv #ivtv (PVR-500MCE) alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias char-major-81-1 ivtv alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv alias tuner tuner-ivtv alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv Install new firmware by downloading this file: ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr ... .23035.zip Unzip it and copy HcwMakoA.ROM to /lib/modules/. Also copy HcwFalcn.rom to /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin. If you also need the ivtv-fw-dec.bin firmware (used by the Hauppauge PVR-350 for example), then download the recommended version from: ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr ... 54_inf.zip Use the ivtvfwextract.pl perl utility in the driver source to extract the firmware : utils/ivtvfwextract.pl pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip Now you should be able to run a depmod and load up the ivtv module: # /sbin/depmod -ae # /sbin/modprobe ivtv ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Errors from the backend log: QSettings: error creating /.qt QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty 2005-10-17 22:27:23.864 New DB connection, total:1 Starting up as the master server. QSettings: error creating /.qt QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty 2005-10-17 22:27:24.027 New DB connection, total:2 QSettings: error creating /.qt QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty 2005-10-17 22:27:24.377 New DB connection, total:3 QSettings: error creating /.qt QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty 2005-10-17 22:27:25.510 New DB scheduler connection 2005-10-17 22:27:25.517 mythbackend version: 0.18.120050510-1 www.mythtv.org 2005-10-17 22:27:25.520 Enabled verbose msgs: important general 2005-10-17 22:27:27.516 Reschedule requested for id -1. 2005-10-17 22:27:27.740 Scheduled 0 itmes in 0.2 = 0.22 match + 0.00 place 2005-10-17 22:27:27.744 Seem to be woken up by USER 2005-10-17 22:27:48.193 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-17 22:27:48.195 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-17 22:27:48.225 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-17 22:27:48.227 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 1) 2005-10-17 22:27:48.235 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-17 22:27:48.236 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-17 22:27:48.285 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback 2005-10-17 22:27:48.287 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0) 2005-10-17 22:27:48.294 adding: mythtv as a remote ringbuffer 2005-10-17 22:27:48.303 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV 2005-10-17 22:27:48.421 Can't enable VBI recording vbi: Invalid argument 2005-10-17 22:27:57.609 Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None What could I be doing wrong with this setup? If you need any log files, please let me know which ones to look at and what info to extract, I am pretty new at this stuff. This problem is just killing me and frusterating me to no end; thanks. |
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| Author: | fishbulb15 [ Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:13 pm ] |
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Solved... took forever (7 days) but here it is: untar kernel tar jxvf /usr/src/KERNEL-VER Note: the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko that reside in the /lib/modules/KERNEL-VER/v4l2/ and /lib/modules/KERNEL-VER/ivtv RENAME all the tuner.ko and tveeprom.ko and msp3400.ko to .DELETE wget new driver: tar -xvzf ivtv-0.4.0.tar.gz cd ivtv-0.3.5f/driver make make install cd ../utils make make install reboot |
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