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nothingworks
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:53 pm 
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Thanks for taking the time to help me. I downloaded KnoppMyth vR5A30 yesterday so I've got a fairly new version. I've got everything working except for my turner card. Quite simply I don't think its getting detected.

At boot I get "No Multimedia Device Found....". It scrolls to fast I can't read the rest.

I ran lspci to get the model on my turner card and here's the output:
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0000:00:14.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)

I went to Video4Linux's site to see if my card was supported and it seems like it was. I found a driver that supported the saa713x. Here's the link: http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/saa7134.html . So I know my card will work I just need to find a way. I'm not sure which version of V4L KnoppMyth comes with so I can't be sure if they include this driver already.

Anyway taking the last option I had, I downloaded the driver from: http://dl.bytesex.org/releases/video4linux/ and extracted it on my MythTV box. I looked at the files and really I have no idea how to compile the drivers. There's not much help in the doc directory. :( There's no ./configure command so I skipped to making. Make failed and so did make install.

Update, I thought the above until I did dmesg. Turns out it does recognize my card. So something else is going wrong. When I press Watch TV I get a blank black screen. At start I still get that "No Multimedia Device Found" Here's my dmesg output:
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Linux video capture interface: v1.00
saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [PIN1] enabled at IRQ 9
PCI: setting IRQ 9 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.0[A] -> Link [PIN1] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
saa7130[0]: quirk: PCIPCI_NATOMA
saa7130[0]: found at 0000:00:14.0, rev: 1, irq: 9, latency: 120, mmio: 0xf75ffc00
saa7130[0]: subsystem: 1131:0000, board: Sabrent SBT-TVFM (saa7130) [card=42,autodetected]
saa7130[0]: board init: gpio is 38500
saa7130[0]: Huh, no eeprom present (err=-5)?
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus saa7130[0]
tuner: type set to 17 (Philips NTSC_M (MK2)) by saa7130[0]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc6 i2c-bus saa7130[0]
tuner: type set to 17 (Philips NTSC_M (MK2)) by saa7130[0]
saa7130[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
saa7130[0]: registered device vbi0
saa7130[0]: registered device radio0
e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.4.8-k2-NAPI
e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:03.0[A] -> Link [PIN4] -> GSI 15 (level, low) -> IRQ 15
e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xeffff000, irq 15, MAC addr 00:06:29:73:15:D1
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
NET: Registered protocol family 17
bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
saa7146: register extension 'budget dvb'.
saa7146: register extension 'budget_ci dvb'.
saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'.

Any ideas? Kind of stumped right now.

Much thanks,

Alex[/code]


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tjc
PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:12 pm 
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nothingworks wrote:
Thanks for taking the time to help me. I downloaded KnoppMyth vR5A30 yesterday so I've got a fairly new version.

:lol: You've got an absolutely _archaic_ version there. :lol:

See this thread... http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13537

The current release is R5E50. The upgrade hints thread here http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13108 contains information which is useful even for fresh installs, as well as pointers to the installation instructions.
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nothingworks
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:15 pm 
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:X I feel kind of like an idiot now. :P Those directory listings can be tricky sometimes right?

As they say newer is always better. I'll get the newest version and report back to you. :)

Thanks,

Alex
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mythtvguest
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:12 pm 
Its the same person as above. I installed the new version and it recognized my card- under probed info it lists the model of my card. I tried to change the input source of the card but its stuck on default. Shouldn't it be set on "Television" or some equivalent?

When ever I "Watch TV" it turns black and its real buggy to get back to the main screen. I see no video and hear no audio. Almost there! Please help!

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
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thornsoft
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:32 pm 
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For me, "watch tv" is buggy anyway, and I hardly ever use it.
Record something instead, and watch it as it records.

You can't fiddle with the backend setup while the backend is running. So before pressing Alt+S to get into backend setup, press Alt+2 to stop the backend. Wait a few seconds, THEN Alt+S for setup. If you get the warning that the backend is running, you did it wrong.
Alt+3 to restart the backend when you're done with setup.
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mythtvguest
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:08 pm 
Okay I tried to record a program. I let it go for a few minutes then I stopped it. When I try to play it back, the whole video is black. I think the turner is trying to record from something other than the TV input. Like I said above I can't change the video source from default. :( It's like its locked in that selection.

Thanks again,

Alex
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tjc
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You're not being terribly clear. Are you talking about the one on the Capture Card definition page? Are you sure you've selected the right card type and device?
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mythtvguest
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:21 pm 
Sorry I'll try to be as clear as I can. :P

On the Setup page for the Capture Card I think I've got the right device defined. I'm using the default device for the V4L drivers. On that same page there's a field for video source. On the last old version I had I was able to set this to television. This never version won't let me. Instead it sits on 'default'. This could get the cause of my problem, it could not be.

I just did another recording and the show showed up black on my recording. From past use of my card on windows there was always a selection for S Video, Composite, and Cable. I don't think MythTV is switching to the correct video source.

Here's the output of mythbackend while attempting to record:
Code:
2007-03-10 23:32:33.070 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2007-03-10 23:32:33.142 New DB connection, total: 1
2007-03-10 23:32:33.160 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2007-03-10 23:32:33.173 Current Schema Version: 1160
Starting up as the master server.
2007-03-10 23:32:33.216 New DB connection, total: 2
2007-03-10 23:32:33.219 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2007-03-10 23:32:33.238 EITHelper: localtime offset -5:00:00
2007-03-10 23:32:33.281 New DB connection, total: 3
2007-03-10 23:32:33.284 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2007-03-10 23:32:33.404 New DB scheduler connection
2007-03-10 23:32:33.407 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2007-03-10 23:32:33.425 Main::Starting HttpServer
2007-03-10 23:32:33.448 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
2007-03-10 23:32:33.498 mythbackend version: 0.20.20060828-3 www.mythtv.org
2007-03-10 23:32:33.498 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2007-03-10 23:32:33.499 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of 72 MiB/min
2007-03-10 23:32:33.504 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/freq: 10 min
2007-03-10 23:32:35.421 Reschedule requested for id -1.
2007-03-10 23:32:36.260 Scheduled 4 items in 0.8 = 0.73 match + 0.11 place
2007-03-10 23:32:36.275 Recording starts soon, AUTO-Startup assumed
2007-03-10 23:34:04.132 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2007-03-10 23:34:04.132 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 0)
2007-03-10 23:34:04.135 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Monitor
2007-03-10 23:34:04.136 adding: mythtv as a client (events: 1)
2007-03-10 23:34:26.560 Reschedule requested for id 11.
2007-03-10 23:34:27.060 Scheduled 5 items in 0.5 = 0.45 match + 0.05 place
2007-03-10 23:34:27.368 TVRec(1): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2007-03-10 23:34:27.376 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2007-03-10 23:34:27.607 Unknown video codec
2007-03-10 23:34:27.608 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and
2007-03-10 23:34:27.609 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.
2007-03-10 23:34:27.610 Assuming RTjpeg for now.
2007-03-10 23:34:27.611 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec
2007-03-10 23:34:27.712 Started recording: Home Alone 4: channel 1017 on cardid
1, sourceid 1
VIDIOCGCHAN: Invalid argument
2007-03-10 23:35:06.216 TVRec(1): Changing from RecordingOnly to None
2007-03-10 23:35:06.230 Finished recording Home Alone 4: channel 1017
2007-03-10 23:35:06.262 Reschedule requested for id 0.
2007-03-10 23:35:06.381 Scheduled 4 items in 0.1 = 0.00 match + 0.12 place
2007-03-10 23:35:06.519 Finished recording Home Alone 4: channel 1017

Some of that doesn't look good :/ I'm gonna try what it says. What setup would you recommend. Right now I haven't changed any settings.
Update: I tried mpeg4 encoding and got the same black screen result.
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tjc
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:46 am 
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2007-03-10 23:34:27.608 Please go into the TV Settings, Recording Profiles and
2007-03-10 23:34:27.609 setup the four 'Software Encoders' profiles.
2007-03-10 23:34:27.610 Assuming RTjpeg for now.
2007-03-10 23:34:27.611 NVR: Error, unknown audio codec

This looks like a big part of your problem. You may need to wade through the TV settings stuff and set up capture profiles. Did you do a clean setup with the R5E50 installation? That really should have set up good profiles...
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Same guy. I finally registered my own account instead of using those crappy bugmenot accounts.

I did do a fresh install that overwrote any previous settings I'd had. When I switched to the Mpeg4 software encoder I got no errors but the video was still black. I guess I can mess with more settings though and try different combinations. I'll reply if I have any luck.

Thanks,

Alex
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This wiki post may help with that.

Bruce S.

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