Challenge: Hauppauge WinTV PVR 350 on my AMD Athlon 3400+ 64bit PC/Linux

Hello all, I have just installed Hauppauge WinTV PVR 350 on my AMD (Athlon 64 3400+) PC. See: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_pvr350.html This machine is AMD 3400+ 64bit but I currently run 32bit operating systems on it (due to development and other issues). It has a tripple-boot-meny between Ubuntu Linux 5.10, Fedora Core-4 and Windows XP. All OSes are 32 bits. ----------------------------------------------------------- S Y M P T O M S A R E: *** In Ubuntu 5.10 (32 bit) Same diagnosis in Fedora-Core-4 (32 bit): I run scantv and select 1: PAL and 5: Europe-west. I live in Oslo/Norway/North Europe. $ scantv invalid value for input: television valid choices for "input": "Composite 0", "Composite 1", "Composite 2", "Composite 3", "Tuner 0", "Composite 4", "S-Video 0", "S-Video 1", "S-Video 2", "S-Video 3" Crash!"#� --- I must run it like this: $ scantv -C /dev/vbi0 and it performs a scan. ------- Running xawtv $ xawtv No picture, just a black screen. Pressing Z (channel hopping) does nothing at all. See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/xawtv_screenshot1.png ------------------------------------- *** In Windows XP Home (same machine): WinTV2000 program can scan all channels (PAL, West-Europe). I select a channel but the (tv)window stays black. I resize the window or click on the 'full screen' button and suddenly it shows a quite clear freezed tv-picture. No movement thou, sole one freezed picture frame. Picture disappears if I change channel. ============================= K O N F I G U R A T I O N 0) I have tested the TV-cable several times with a normal TV-box and Pinnacle PCTV card for Windows XP (USB2 model) works fine on this same machine. So the TV-outlet should be 100% OK. But in this house we (need to) use 99.99% of time Linux so... -------------------------------------------------------- 1) PC hardware: CPU: AMD 3400+ 64 bit RAM: 1GB Graphics card: NVidia GeForce Have also tried with: ATI Radeon 9800 graphics card. Other details: $ sudo lshw -html > lshw.html See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/lshw.html -------------------------------------------------------- 2) This Linux system $ uname -a Linux 062249179162 2.6.12-10-686 #1 Thu Dec 22 11:55:07 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux --- $ cat /etc/*release* DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=5.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=breezy DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu (The Breezy Badger Release)" -------------------------------------------------------- 3) I have installed the ivtv-driver by following this guide http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/make_ivtv-0.4.1.txt -------------------------------------------------------- 4) Firmware was installed like this http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware#Firmware_Checksums $ wget -c ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_150-500/inf/pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip $ unzip pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip $ sudo cp HcwMakoA.ROM /lib/modules/ $ wget ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_250-350/inf/pvr_1.18.21.22301_inf.zip $ cd ~/tmp/ivtv/ivtv-0.4.1 $ sudo utils/ivtvfwextract.pl ~/tmp/ivtv/firmware/pvr_1.18.21.22301_inf.zip --- New names in ivtv-0.4.1: $ sudo cp /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin /lib/modules/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw $ sudo cp /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /lib/modules/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw $ sudo cp /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM /lib/modules/v4l-cx25840.fw The result is: $ ls -l /lib/modules drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 504 2005-12-25 11:31 2.6.12-10-686 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14264 2005-12-25 11:42 HcwMakoA.ROM -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-25 11:44 ivtv-fw-dec.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-25 11:44 ivtv-fw-enc.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-25 11:47 v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-25 11:47 v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14264 2005-12-25 11:48 v4l-cx25840.fw --- Maybe the right place is '/lib/hotplug/firmware' because /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent says: -- # directories with the firmware files FIRMWARE_DIRS="/lib/hotplug/firmware /usr/local/lib/hotplug/firmware /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware" -- Anyway, /lib/modules seemz to be default location (according to dmesg.txt). -------------------------------------------------------- 5) Load ivtv module $ sudo modprobe -r ivtv $ sudo modprobe -v ivtv insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/drivers/base/firmware_class.ko insmod /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-686/kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv.ko $ sudo depmod -a -------------------------------------------------------- 6) V A R I O U S DE T A I L S: 6.1) /var/log/messages (dmesg) See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/dmesg.txt ---- 6.2) lspci See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/lspci.txt ---- 6.3) lsmod See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/lsmod.txt ---- 6.4) /etc/modutils/ivtv file (note: this is Ubuntu = Debian distro ) See: http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/modutils.txt ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- I've been back into my local datastore and they tested this Hauppauge 350 card on their Windows XP and it worked well. They gave me new Hauppauge/Windows drivers... but for no help. Maybe I should run 64bit Linux (not 32bit) on this 64 bit machine? The card is bad? Make a second trial, on an another machine? Any comments, TIA. --- Merry xmas and happy new year ;-) Cheers moma http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html#Ubuntu

moma wrote: > $ scantv > > invalid value for input: television > valid choices for "input": "Composite 0", "Composite 1", "Composite 2", > "Composite 3", "Tuner 0", "Composite 4", "S-Video 0", "S-Video 1", > "S-Video 2", "S-Video 3" > > Crash!"#� > --- > > I must run it like this: > $ scantv -C /dev/vbi0 > and it performs a scan. > ------- > > Running xawtv > $ xawtv > I use SuSE-10.0 32bit kernel 2.6.15-rc6-git2-2005122323000/ivtv-0.5.1 and scantv/xawtv doesn't work for me, too Remember , this card outputs a MPEG2 video stream (no raw video) at /dev/video0 So I use "mplayer /dev/video" to watch the cards output... And ivtv-tune for choosing the channel. [...] > > $ cd ~/tmp/ivtv/ivtv-0.4.1 > $ sudo utils/ivtvfwextract.pl > ~/tmp/ivtv/firmware/pvr_1.18.21.22301_inf.zip --- > > New names in ivtv-0.4.1: > $ sudo cp /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin /lib/modules/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > $ sudo cp /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /lib/modules/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw > $ sudo cp /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM /lib/modules/v4l-cx25840.fw Did you check the logfile for the cards messages ? Does it really load its firmware ? AFAIK one change from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was switching to the kernel firmware loader. At least on my system with 0.5.1 driver ( which also uses kernel firmware loader) the firmware is expected to live in /lib/firmware And there is also a "v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin" ( was ivtv_init_mpeg.bin on older driver versions) in /lib/firmware. Expect something like the following in your logfile for a working card : Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: version 0.5.1 (tagged release) loading Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.15-rc6-git2-20051223230007-default 586 REGPARM gcc-4.0 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: (0) scl=1, sda=1 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: (1) scl=1, sda=0 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: (2) scl=1, sda=1 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: (3) scl=0, sda=1 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: (4) scl=1, sda=1 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: i2c-algo-bit.o: ivtv i2c driver #0 passed test. Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 48139, rev K257, serial# 7880937 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1216 ME MK3 (idx 57, type 38) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/K) (eeprom 0x74) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP4418 (idx 25) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tveeprom 1-0050: has radio, has IR remote Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21] Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: saa7127 1-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44] Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: msp3400 1-0040: chip=MSP4418G-B3 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: msp3400 1-0040: msp34xxg daemon started Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4418G-B3, addr=40] Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tda9887 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43] Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: saa7146: register extension 'dvb'. Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 161 x 12960 buffers (2048KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 x 26208 buffers (2048KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 20 x 51840 buffers (1024KB total) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin firmware (155648 bytes) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: tuner 1-0061: type set to 38 (Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)) Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0 Dec 25 20:04:12 emil3 kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

Markus Kossmann wrote: > > > Did you check the logfile for the cards messages ? Does it really load its > firmware ? AFAIK one change from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was switching to the kernel > firmware loader. At least on my system with 0.5.1 driver ( which also uses > kernel firmware loader) the firmware is expected to live in /lib/firmware > And there is also a "v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin" ( was ivtv_init_mpeg.bin on > older driver versions) in /lib/firmware. Thank you. 1) Found v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin file on http://ivtvdriver.org/viewcvs/ivtv/trunk/ 2) I've now moved v4l-cx* to /lib/firmware/ $ ls -l /lib/firmware/ total 1208 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14264 2005-12-26 04:47 HcwMakoA.ROM -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 ivtv-fw-dec.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 ivtv-fw-enc.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 155648 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14264 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx25840.fw New dmesg listing $ sudo modprobe -r ivtv $ sudo modprobe -vv ivtv $ dmesg (Looks better ;) [4299075.439000] ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ==================== [4299075.439000] ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading [4299075.439000] ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-10-686 686 gcc-3.4 [4299075.439000] ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between [4299075.439000] ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with [4299075.439000] ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist. [4299075.442000] ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based) [4299075.442000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [4299075.539000] tveeprom: The eeprom says no radio is present, but the tuner type 57 [4299075.539000] tveeprom: indicates otherwise. I will assume that radio is present. [4299075.539000] tveeprom: ivtv version [4299075.539000] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48139, rev = K257, serial# = 8206014 [4299075.539000] tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 ME MK3 (idx = 57, type = 38) [4299075.539000] tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/K) (eeprom = 0x74, v4l2 = 0x00400e17) [4299075.539000] tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4418 (type = 19) [4299075.539000] tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13) [4299075.539000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50] [4299075.552000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0 [4299075.552000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] [4299075.584000] saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver [4299075.584000] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) [4299075.756000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21] [4299075.832000] saa7127 0-0044: ivtv driver [4299075.835000] saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) [4299075.838000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44] [4299075.862000] msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver [4299075.862000] msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4418G-B3 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler [4299075.869000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4418G-B3, addr=40] [4299075.869000] msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started [4299075.876000] tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) [4299075.876000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43] [4299076.529000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes) [4299076.585000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes) [4299076.795000] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 [4299076.805000] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 [4299076.806000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) [4299076.806000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 161 x 12960 buffers (2048KB total) [4299076.807000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 x 26208 buffers (2048KB total) [4299076.808000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total) [4299076.809000] ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream [4299076.810000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 buffers (1024KB total) [4299076.811000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 buffers (1024KB total) [4299076.811000] ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream [4299076.813000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 20 x 51840 buffers (1024KB total) [4299076.893000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin firmware (155648 bytes) [4299077.003000] tuner: type set to 38 (Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)) by ivtv i2c driver #0 [4299077.335000] ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0 [4299077.335000] ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ================================================================================ 3) But no reaction in xawtv, nada what so ever. Just give me some final tips how 2 use this software, how 2 search channels. Anything. So I can give up this card in peace.

moma wrote: > Markus Kossmann wrote: >> >> >> Did you check the logfile for the cards messages ? Does it really load >> its firmware ? AFAIK one change from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was switching to the >> kernel firmware loader. At least on my system with 0.5.1 driver ( which >> also uses kernel firmware loader) the firmware is expected to live in >> /lib/firmware And there is also a "v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin" ( was >> ivtv_init_mpeg.bin on older driver versions) in /lib/firmware. > > Thank you. > 1) Found v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin file on > http://ivtvdriver.org/viewcvs/ivtv/trunk/ > > 2) I've now moved v4l-cx* to /lib/firmware/ > > $ ls -l /lib/firmware/ > total 1208 > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14264 2005-12-26 04:47 HcwMakoA.ROM > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 ivtv-fw-dec.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 ivtv-fw-enc.bin > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262144 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 155648 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 14264 2005-12-26 04:47 v4l-cx25840.fw > > New dmesg listing > > $ sudo modprobe -r ivtv > $ sudo modprobe -vv ivtv > $ dmesg (Looks better ;) > > > > [4299075.439000] ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV > ==================== > [4299075.439000] ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading > [4299075.439000] ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-10-686 686 gcc-3.4 > [4299075.439000] ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug > info between > [4299075.439000] ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, > along with > [4299075.439000] ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users > mailinglist. > [4299075.442000] ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based) > [4299075.442000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> > GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: The eeprom says no radio is present, but the > tuner type 57 > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: indicates otherwise. I will assume that radio > is present. > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: ivtv version > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48139, rev = K257, serial# > = 8206014 > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 ME MK3 (idx = 57, type > = 38) > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') > PAL(D/K) (eeprom = 0x74, v4l2 = 0x00400e17) > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4418 (type = 19) > [4299075.539000] tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13) > [4299075.539000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, > [addr=50] 4299075.552000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus > [ivtv i2c > driver #0 > [4299075.552000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), > addr=61] > [4299075.584000] saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver > [4299075.584000] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > [4299075.756000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21] > [4299075.832000] saa7127 0-0044: ivtv driver > [4299075.835000] saa7127 0-0044: saa7129 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > [4299075.838000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44] > [4299075.862000] msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver > [4299075.862000] msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4418G-B3 +nicam +simple > +simpler +radio mode=simpler > [4299075.869000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4418G-B3, > addr=40] > [4299075.869000] msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started > [4299075.876000] tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c > driver #0) > [4299075.876000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43] > [4299076.529000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes) > [4299076.585000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware (262144 bytes) > [4299076.795000] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032 > [4299076.805000] ivtv0: Decoder revision: 0x02020023 > [4299076.806000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 > buffers (4096KB total) > [4299076.806000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 161 x 12960 > buffers (2048KB total) > [4299076.807000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 80 x 26208 > buffers (2048KB total) > [4299076.808000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x > 4608 buffers (2048KB total) > [4299076.809000] ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream > [4299076.810000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder MPEG stream: 16 x 65536 > buffers (1024KB total) > [4299076.811000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder VBI stream: 512 x 2048 > buffers (1024KB total) > [4299076.811000] ivtv0: Create decoder VOUT stream > [4299076.813000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA decoder YUV stream: 20 x 51840 > buffers (1024KB total) > [4299076.893000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin firmware > (155648 bytes) > [4299077.003000] tuner: type set to 38 (Philips PAL/SECAM multi > (FM1216ME MK3)) by ivtv i2c driver #0 > [4299077.335000] ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0 > [4299077.335000] ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV > > ================================================================================ > > 3) But no reaction in xawtv, nada what so ever. As I said before: xawtv expects raw video data, but the pvr outputs MPEG2 encoded data on /dev/video0. To watch the output use "mplayer /dev/video0" > > Just give me some final tips how 2 use this software, Read about mythtv and/or VDR

> As I said before: xawtv expects raw video data, but the pvr outputs MPEG2 > encoded data on /dev/video0. Heureka! ;-) or cat /dev/video0 > file.mpeg > To watch the output use "mplayer /dev/video0" > >>Just give me some final tips how 2 use this software, > > Read about mythtv and/or VDR > Many thanks, I obviously need to learn more about xawtv, tvtime, kdetv and the TV/video technique as whole. http://mythtv.org seems to have a lot of info. -> I will first try the card on an another (very ordinary) Pentium PC. -> If it's OK then will make a new, pure tests on this PC. -> Am also downloading "StudioGO" CD. That CD may also be a good debug/testing aid. http://www.ibiblio.org/onebase/onebaselinux.com/About/features/studiogo.php I've learned quite a bit so far. "A single bright, light dot on a black screen." That's all I ask. kindly moma http://www.futuredesktop.org/hpc_linux.html

Happy ending. -> http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/Hauppauge_PVR_350_BIG_Success_on_Ubuntu.jpg ----- Search frequences: $ for i in $(seq 400); do ivtv-tune -f$(( $i + 30 )); sleep 2; done .... /dev/video0: 144.000 MHz /dev/video0: 145.000 MHz /dev/video0: 146.000 MHz (Signal Detected) /dev/video0: 147.000 MHz (Signal Detected) /dev/video0: 148.000 MHz /dev/video0: 149.000 MHz .... Finally watch cartoons (= mission completed w/ success) $ivtv-tune -f147

>>>Markus Kossmann wrote: >>>Did you check the logfile for the cards messages ? Does it really load >>>its firmware ? AFAIK one change from 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was switching to the >>>kernel firmware loader. At least on my system with 0.5.1 driver ( which >>>also uses kernel firmware loader) the firmware is expected to live in >>>/lib/firmware And there is also a "v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin" ( was >>>ivtv_init_mpeg.bin on older driver versions) in /lib/firmware. Happy ending. -> http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/ivtv/Hauppauge_PVR_350_BIG_Success_on_Ubuntu.jpg ----- First I searched for some sensible frequences: $ for i in $(seq 400); do ivtv-tune -f$(( $i + 30 )); sleep 2; done .... /dev/video0: 144.000 MHz /dev/video0: 145.000 MHz /dev/video0: 146.000 MHz (Signal Detected) /dev/video0: 147.000 MHz (Signal Detected) /dev/video0: 148.000 MHz /dev/video0: 149.000 MHz .... -------------------------------- Found also a (local) channel-list on the internet http://www.canaldigital.no/templates/generalarticle2+3____6466.aspx And finally watching TV $ivtv-tune -f154.25 Mission completed w/ success. thanks // moma http://www.futuredesktop.org/hpc_linux.html