On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 05:59:07PM -0400, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Clinton Meyer<clintonmeye...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Purchased a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q USB Hybrid TV stick to capture ATSC > > OTA TV. > > > > Am running MEPIS 8.06 on all three machines, Debian 5 Lenny based, KDE > > 3.5.10, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp > > > > All three machines now have wireless blocked, either do not connect or > > all packets dropped/blocked if a connection is made. > > > > Used the resources from LinuxTV (dot) org > > > > to get it working, they are referenced and posted as follows: > > linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-950Q#Firmware > > > > ******** *********** ********** > > Quote: > > In order to use the LinuxTV driver, you need to download and install > > the firmware for the xc5000. > > > > Quote: > > wget ... steventoth (dot) net/linux/xc50...25271_WHQL (dot) zip > > wget ... steventoth (dot) net/linux/xc5000/extract (dot) sh > > sh extract (dot) sh > > cp dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1 (dot) fw /lib/firmware > > :Unquote > > > > Note: Though the usual directory location in which the firmware file > > is placed is /lib/firmware, this may differ in the case of some > > distros; consult your distro's documentation for the appropriate > > location. > > > > The firmware will be added lazily (on-demand) when you first use the driver. > > Drivers > > > > The xc5000 driver needed for this WinTV-HVR-950Q is already part of > > the latest Linux kernel (part of v4l-dvb drivers). > > > > Analog support was merged into the mainline v4l-dvb tree on March 18, 2009. > > :Unquote > > ******** *********** ********** ******** *********** ********** > > So on Saturday I got this up and running... and Sunday morning > > recorded one show successfully that had set up on a timer. > > > > Then set up three consecutive shows for the afternoon. > > They were all part of a series on the same channel. Here are the results: > > > > * Show A, 2.5 hours long, 13.2gb file size, appears to be OK. > > * Show B, 2.0 hours long, 3.7gb file size, appears to be OK. > > * Show C, supposed to be 2.0 hours long, result was 2.7gb file > > size, about the first hour is missing. > > > > At about this point, I lost wireless internet connectivity on TV > > recording laptop. Machine sees the access point, but won't connect. > > > > Went to my main desktop where i had first worked with this Hauppauge > > WinTV-HVR-950Q USB Hybrid TV stick and that machine also lost > > internet, even though it was right next to AP and got a very good > > signal. > > > > Thought it was maybe the AP, so switched it out for a working spare. > > Same results. > > Packed up laptop and a spare laptop, along with a MEPIS 8.06 LiveCD > > and an 8.06 Live USB stick and hit the road to go to a reliable high > > speed wifi spot. > > Same results... changins ISPs resulted in the same issues. > > Also same ting happened with the spare laptop, an IBM T43 Thinkpad I > > had also done the "wget ... steventoth (dot) > > net/linux/xc5000/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL (dot) zip" > > firmware thing to. > > > > Was able to get one machine, while running a LIVE USB session, to > > connect, but zero packets received.. ALL were blocked. The connection > > information said ALL packets were dropped. > > None of the two other machines connected to wireless on a LiveCD or > > LiveUSB thing too > > Three machines. All different brands (HP, Dell, and IBM) with > > different wifi cards. All three see the access point ESSID, but none > > connect. > > > > This does not *feel* good. What got flashed? Can this be resolved? > > > > Came home. No difference. Grabbed a laptop that i had NOT done the > > firmware thing to and that is what I am using to write this. Hooked > > right up to the AP. > > > > Please help... that is too much hardware disabled for me to think calmly. > > I'd really like to make the USB tv tuner work... what a great way to > > PVR / DVR, but I need wireless. > > > > Can provide any details requested to drive this towards a fix! > > > > Thank you, > > Clinton > > -- > > 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 > > > > Hello Clinton, > > That is indeed curious. It's hard to imagine how there could be > interference between the V4L subsystem and the wireless subsystem, > short of hitting some sort of timing condition on crappy wireless > drivers. > > Here are a few questions: > > 1. You specified you followed the instructions for the firmware, but > are you running the current v4l-dvb code, or are you just using > whatever came with your Debian kernel? If you're actually using the > 1.1 Xceive firmware, I'm assuming you're still using the old code. > > 2. How reproducible is this? Does it occur even if the device is > connected but you do not attempt any capturing with the device? Does > it always drop out while capturing? > > 3. What type of wireless cards are you using? Are they implemented > over PCI, or USB? If the wireless cards are USB based, perhaps there > is some sort of USB bandwidth issue. > > 4. Are you actively watching the programs you are capturing? Or are > you just saving the content to disk? What application are you using > to capture the ATSC video? > > Devin > > -- > Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs > http://www.kernellabs.com > -- > 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
Not sure if its the same issue, but on some USB chipsets/motherboards there definitely are problems with two or more bandwidth-demanding cards like tuners, wireless sticks, etc. Either its a dvb-usb subsystem issue or lower level usb problem, who knows. See this for details, very similar case: usb wifi dongle + usb digital tuner. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/256492 My problem also described in that bug report, got all the hardware and 100% reproducible situation, would be nice if somebody helps to debug it. -- 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
