> On Sunday 14 August 2005 19:36, vinai wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm relatively new to the list. I want to get the ivtv drivers >> working on my PowerPC linux box, and here are the results of my >> attempts so far. BTW - all this is happening on a PowerPC box >> running Debian testing, with the only change being an upgrade to >> a self-complied 2.6.12.2 kernel. Picked up a Hauppage 350 card >> (NTSC version) to experiment with. >> >> Tried some of the older late 0.1.9* and 0.3.6* series with no >> success. I grabbed, the 0.3.7c set of drivers this morning. It >> seemed to compile with fewer errors and warnings than previous >> versions, but running cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg still gives an >> empty file. > > Stay with this (or a newer) version. If only because it makes it > much easier to get your fixes in.
Not to mention working a LOT better :-) >> Attached are my /etc/modules file, and the relevant portion of >> the dmesg output. The ROM I used was extracted from the CD I >> got with the TV card. Is there a location to get the ROM that >> was referred to in the dmesg output ? > > See doc/QuickSetup. > > The only odd thing I see this: > > ivtv: i2c client addr: 0x44 not found for command 0x80046502! > > 0x44 is the i2c address for the cx24850 decoder, but you have the > saa7115. So who's calling this and why? I thought that was because I had an entry for the cx chip in my /etc/ modules file. I removed that line, but the entry still shows in the dmesg output. > Do you get any kernel messages when starting a capture? They can be > useful. Most likely all your problems have to do with byte ordering. > Good luck :-) Actually, I do get a couple, and here they are: Aug 14 15:16:43 localhost kernel: ivtv: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) Aug 14 15:16:43 localhost kernel: ivtv: Setup VBI API header 0x0000bd0d pkts 1 buffs 4 ln 24 sz 1456 Aug 14 15:16:43 localhost kernel: ivtv: Setup VBI start 0x0018ea04 frames 4 fpi 1 lines 0x000000f1 Aug 14 15:16:44 localhost kernel: saa7115: decoder disable output Aug 14 15:16:44 localhost kernel: saa7115: decoder enable output Aug 14 15:16:47 localhost kernel: ivtv: ENC: REG_DMAXFER 2 wait failed Aug 14 15:16:50 localhost kernel: ivtv: DEC: REG_ENCSG1LEN wait failed Aug 14 15:17:00 localhost kernel: ivtv: ENC: DMA still Pending while stoping capture! These are from the start of a $ cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg to a CTRL-C to stop it a few second later (~ 10 to 15 seconds later). Does this mean the card is working, but somehow data is not being sent to disc ? cheers vinai ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
