it uses the same firmware as any of the pvr cards. There's a wiki page about firmware and how to extract it
-tmk --- "Gregory J. Haase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get a PVR150 working. I've been > following the list for > about a month now, and looked through all the > archives back to October > when work on the 150 just started. > > I downloaded ivtv-0.3.2a from Chris Kennedy's site, > and I'm trying to > follow the instructions on > http://www.byopvr.com/Sections+index-req-viewarticle-artid-6-page-2.html > > I'm getting hung up on the part where it says to > extract the firmware > for the card. When I run #./ivtvfwextract.pl > pvr150_22_22292.exe I get > the following error message: "./ivtvfwextract.pl: > Can't open > /tmp/ivtvex.4413/hcwpvrp2.sys: No such file or > directory" > > I proceeded with compiling everything anyway, to see > what would happen. > It says I have an unknown card, and then defaults to > the 250. The box > says it's a WinTV-PVR-150 model 1045. Output of > #dmesg | grep ivtv: > > ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV > ==================== > ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3b) loading > ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.9-1.6_FC2 686 REGPARM > 4KSTACKS gcc-3.3 > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug > info > ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV > lines when > ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. > ivtv: Unknown card: vendor/device: 4444/0016, > subsystem vendor/device: > 0070/8003 > ivtv: Defaulting to WinTV PVR 250 card > ivtv: Please mail the vendor/device and subsystem > vendor/device IDs and > what kind of > ivtv: card you have to the ivtv-devel mailinglist: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivtv > ivtv: Prefix your subject line with [UNKNOWN CARD]. > ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip > ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x0735 vendor: 0x1039 > ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[0],ok] > ivtv: Tuner Type 50, Tuner formats 0x00001000, > Radio: yes, Model > 0x008d1615, Revision 0x00000000 > ivtv: NTSC tuner detected > ivtv: Radio detected > tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c > driver #0 > ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok] > saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver > #0 (0x10005) > Unable to open '/lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin'. > ivtv: failed loading encoder firmware > ivtv: Error loading firmware -3! > ivtv: Error -3 initializing firmware. > ivtv: Error -12 on initialization > ivtv-iTVC15_16_mpg2_encoder_card: probe of > 0000:00:09.0 failed with > error -12 > ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV > ==================== > > I realize at this point that the 150 isn't > completely supported yet, and > that at this point in my installation there are > probably several things > gone horribly wrong, but if someone would be so kind > as to point me in > any direction possible, I'd appreciate it. > > Greg Haase > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
