On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Robert Krakora<rob.krak...@messagenetsystems.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 5:39 PM, George Adams<g_adam...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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! Don’t worry about storage limits. >> http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 >> >> -- >> video4linux-list mailing list >> Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-requ...@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list >> >> > > George: > > Hello. Try playing your audio only channel with this mplayer command line: > > mplayer -vc dummy -vo null tv:// -tv > driver=v4l2:alsa:immediatemode=0:adevice=hw.1,0:norm=ntsc:chanlist=us-cable:channel=3 > > Best Regards, > > -- > Rob Krakora > Senior Software Engineer > MessageNet Systems > 101 East Carmel Dr. Suite 105 > Carmel, IN 46032 > (317)566-1677 Ext. 206 > (317)663-0808 Fax >
George: If it is not an audio only channel, then specify the video device: If your video device may be something other than 'video0' like 'video1'. mplayer -vo xv tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0:alsa:immediatemode=0:adevice=hw.1,0:norm=ntsc:chanlist=us-cable:channel=3 Best Regards, -- Rob Krakora Senior Software Engineer MessageNet Systems 101 East Carmel Dr. Suite 105 Carmel, IN 46032 (317)566-1677 Ext. 206 (317)663-0808 Fax -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
