Oh, and in case it's useful, here are my video modules before plugging in the Pinnacle device...
> lsmod | grep vid video 19856 0 output 4736 1 video hwmon_vid 4352 1 it87 nvidia 9555940 0 agpgart 34760 1 nvidia i2c_core 24832 1 nvidia ... and after plugging it in > lsmod | grep vid videodev 40864 4 tuner,tvp5150,em28xx,v4l2_common v4l1_compat 14852 1 videodev videobuf_vmalloc 8324 1 em28xx videobuf_core 19716 2 em28xx,videobuf_vmalloc video 19856 0 output 4736 1 video hwmon_vid 4352 1 it87 nvidia 9555940 0 agpgart 34760 1 nvidia i2c_core 24832 8 tuner_xc2028,lgdt330x,tuner,tvp5150,em28xx,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia dmesg is still about the same: > dmesg [ 115.185132] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 115.339403] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 115.433546] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 [ 115.514652] em28xx: New device Pinnacle Systems PCTV 800e @ 480 Mbps (2304:0227, interface 0, class 0) [ 115.514658] em28xx #0: Identified as Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (card=17) [ 115.514729] em28xx #0: chip ID is em2882/em2883 [ 115.733205] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 00: 1a eb 67 95 04 23 27 02 d0 12 5c 03 8e 16 a4 1c [ 115.733215] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 10: 6a 24 27 57 46 07 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733236] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 20: 46 00 01 00 f0 10 02 00 b8 00 00 00 5b 1c 00 00 [ 115.733243] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 30: 00 00 20 40 20 80 02 20 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733249] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733255] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733262] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 24 03 50 00 69 00 [ 115.733268] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 70: 6e 00 6e 00 61 00 63 00 6c 00 65 00 20 00 53 00 [ 115.733274] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 80: 79 00 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 73 00 00 00 16 03 [ 115.733280] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom 90: 50 00 43 00 54 00 56 00 20 00 38 00 30 00 30 00 [ 115.733287] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom a0: 65 00 00 00 1c 03 30 00 36 00 31 00 30 00 30 00 [ 115.733294] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom b0: 31 00 30 00 33 00 39 00 34 00 34 00 32 00 00 00 [ 115.733382] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733388] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733394] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733400] em28xx #0: i2c eeprom f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 115.733407] em28xx #0: EEPROM ID= 0x9567eb1a, EEPROM hash = 0x2de5abbf [ 115.733409] em28xx #0: EEPROM info: [ 115.733410] em28xx #0: AC97 audio (5 sample rates) [ 115.733411] em28xx #0: 500mA max power [ 115.733413] em28xx #0: Table at 0x27, strings=0x168e, 0x1ca4, 0x246a [ 115.746503] input: em28xx IR (em28xx #0) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb7/7-1/input/input6 [ 115.864417] em28xx #0: Config register raw data: 0xd0 [ 115.865164] em28xx #0: AC97 vendor ID = 0xffffffff [ 115.865540] em28xx #0: AC97 features = 0x6a90 [ 115.865544] em28xx #0: Empia 202 AC97 audio processor detected [ 115.955428] em28xx #0: v4l2 driver version 0.1.2 [ 116.037113] em28xx #0: V4L2 device registered as /dev/video0 and /dev/vbi0 [ 116.037129] usbcore: registered new interface driver em28xx [ 116.037133] em28xx driver loaded [ 116.374776] xc2028 0-0061: creating new instance [ 116.374780] xc2028 0-0061: type set to XCeive xc2028/xc3028 tuner [ 116.374782] em28xx #0/2: xc3028 attached [ 116.374784] DVB: registering new adapter (em28xx #0) [ 116.374786] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (LG Electronics LGDT3303 VSB/QAM Frontend)... [ 116.374943] Successfully loaded em28xx-dvb [ 116.374945] Em28xx: Initialized (Em28xx dvb Extension) extension ---------------------------------------- > From: g_adam...@hotmail.com > To: dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com > CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org; video4linux-l...@redhat.com > Subject: RE: Can't use my Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro stick - what am I doing wrong? > Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:39:45 -0400 > > > Hello again. I have some updates now that I've been able to make some further > tests. > > 1) My Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro (800e) stick does, in fact, work correctly under > Windows. The scanning detects the one channel we're running over our closed > circuit cable (channel 3) and displays it on-screen just fine. (audio over > channel 3 works as well) > > > 2) Devin, my installation process is "hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb; > cd v4l-dvb; make rminstall; make distclean; make; make install" This appears > to install everything v4l-related as modules in the appropriate directories. > For instance: > >> uname -r > 2.6.24-24-server > >> find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -type f -name em28xx\* -o -name tvp\* > /lib/modules/2.6.24-24-server/kernel/drivers/media/video/tvp5150.ko > /lib/modules/2.6.24-24-server/kernel/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx.ko > /lib/modules/2.6.24-24-server/kernel/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-dvb.ko > > > 3) tvtime still hangs when launched. > > > 4) Running zapping gives the error "VBI Initialization failed. /dev/vbi0 > (Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro) is not a raw vbi device)". Continuing on and trying to > choose the "Preferences" menu option segfaults the program (and this is the > Ubuntu-distributed "zapping" package) > > > 5) Running Paul's suggested "mplayer" command gives the following: > >> mplayer -vo xv tv:// -tv >> driver=v4l2:alsa:immediatemode=0:adevice=hw.1,0:norm=ntsc:chanlist=us-cable:channel=3 > > MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23, > Stepping: 10) > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > mplayer: could not connect to socket > mplayer: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control. > > Playing tv://. > TV file format detected. > Selected driver: v4l2 > name: Video 4 Linux 2 input > author: Martin Olschewski > comment: first try, more to come ;-) > Selected device: Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick > Tuner cap: > Tuner rxs: > Capabilites: video capture tuner audio read/write streaming > supported norms: 0 = NTSC; 1 = NTSC-M; 2 = NTSC-M-JP; 3 = NTSC-M-KR; 4 = > NTSC-443; 5 = PAL; 6 = PAL-BG; 7 = PAL-H; 8 = PAL-I; 9 = PAL-DK; 10 = PAL-M; > 11 = PAL-N; 12 = PAL-Nc; 13 = PAL-60; 14 = SECAM; > inputs: 0 = Television; 1 = Composite1; 2 = S-Video; > Current input: 0 > Current format: YUYV > v4l2: current audio mode is : MONO > v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument > v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument > v4l2: ioctl set format failed: Invalid argument > Selected channel: 3 (freq: 61.250) > Video buffer shorter than 3 times audio frame duration. > You will probably experience heavy framedrops. > v4l2: ioctl query control failed: Invalid argument > v4l2: ioctl query control failed: Invalid argument > v4l2: ioctl query control failed: Invalid argument > v4l2: ioctl query control failed: Invalid argument > xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window. > GNOME screensaver disabled > ========================================================================== > Opening video decoder: [raw] RAW Uncompressed Video > VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Packed YUY2) > VDec: using Packed YUY2 as output csp (no 0) > Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied. > VO: [xv] 640x480 => 640x480 Packed YUY2 > Selected video codec: [rawyuy2] vfm: raw (RAW YUY2) > ========================================================================== > ========================================================================== > Forced audio codec: mad > Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 705.6 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 88200->88200) > Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) > ========================================================================== > AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 1ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) > Starting playback... > v4l2: select timeout > A: 0.5 V: 0.0 A-V: 0.472 ct: 0.000 1/ 1 ??% ??% ??,?% 1 0 [[JMA: 0.9 V: 0.0 > A-V: 0.940 ct: 0.003 2/ 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 2 0 [[JMv4l2: select timeout > A: 1.5 V: 0.0 A-V: 1.479 ct: 0.007 3/ 3 ??% ??% ??,?% 3 0 [[JMA: 2.0 V: 0.0 > A-V: 1.981 ct: 0.010 4/ 4 ??% ??% ??,?% 4 0 [[JMv4l2: select timeout > A: 2.5 V: 0.0 A-V: 2.485 ct: 0.013 5/ 5 ??% ??% ??,?% 5 0 [[JMA: 3.0 V: 0.0 > A-V: 2.957 ct: 0.017 6/ 6 ??% ??% ??,?% 6 0 [[JMv4l2: select timeout > A: 3.5 V: 0.0 A-V: 3.460 ct: 0.020 7/ 7 ??% ??% ??,?% 7 0 [[JMA: 4.0 V: 0.0 > A-V: 3.956 ct: 0.022 8/ 8 ??% ??% ??,?% 8 0 [[JMv4l2: select timeout > A: 4.5 V: 0.0 A-V: 4.460 ct: 0.025 9/ 9 ??% ??% ??,?% 9 0 [[JMA: 5.0 V: 0.0 > A-V: 4.956 ct: 0.027 10/ 10 ??% ??% ??,?% 10 0 [[JMv4l2: select timeout > > > The Mplayer screen itself remains green the whole time. > > > So the surprise to me is that the Pinnacle device is not actually broken. By > this point, I had been sure it was a hardware problem. Now I realize that > it's something else. And so I would again appreciate any suggestions you > might have. Thank you once again! > > (My installation process, just for reference, distilled down:) >> cd /usr/local/src >> hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb >> cd v4l-dvb >> make rminstall; make distclean; make; make install >> cd /tmp >> wget >> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip >> unzip -j HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip Driver85/hcw85bda.sys >> perl /usr/local/src/v4l-dvb/linux/Documentation/video4linux/extract_xc3028.pl >> mv xc3028-v27.fw /lib/firmware/xc3028-v27.fw > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! 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