Possibly I included to much info in my first post on this problem. I am trying to put together a slave backend/frontend system using a PVR-350 and a PVR-500. I was able to test the PVR-350 per Jarod's guide just fine.
I tried to test the PVR-500 using similar methods but the results are not as expected. It appears that ivtvctl -p 6 produces static on the first tuner (video1) but I get a blank screen on second tuner (video2). ptune-ui.pl does not appear to work with the PVR-500. Is there some info/docs that I have missed on setting up a PVR-500? Should the same tests I used to validate the PVR-350 work with the PVR-500? Trying to get this new box as ready as possible before setting up the connection to the master backend. I need to upgrade the master backend to 18.1 before connecting the slave backend to it. On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 16:39, Scot L. Harris wrote: > I finally purchased some additional equipment to build a slave > backend/frontend system to go with my existing backend/frontend mythtv > system. > > For the new box I will be using a PVR-350 for output to the TV as well > as a PVR-500 for additional encoders. > > Using an ECS 760GX-M Socket 754 SiS 760 GX Micro ATX AMD motherboard. > > So far this has worked very nicely, FC4 loaded with no problems, the > SATA controller was recognized just fine and the Plextor PX-740A/SW-BL > had no problem booting and loading the OS. Only complaint is that when > using KDE and the on board video I get line artifacts sometimes when > moving windows around. Shortly this will be a non issue as I plan to > using the PVR-350 output for X to the TV. > > > Following Jarod's excellent guide to load and configure this system. > > The PVR-350 was recognized and I was able to get ivtv loaded and > input/output on the PVR-350 is working just fine. My past experience > getting the PVR-350 working on the first box helped. :) > > The test using: > > dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k > > worked just fine. Best I can tell video0 is the encoder on the > PVR-350. Derived from the following: > > ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0 > ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #1 > ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #2 > > > 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 > MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR-350 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 > Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > 02:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device e807 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 > Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > 02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device e817 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3 > Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > > > I can see /dev/video0 /dev/video1 and /dev/video2 on the system. As > such I expected that I should have been able to run the following test: > > dd if=/dev/video1 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k > > or > > dd if=/dev/video2 of=/dev/video16 bs=64k > > However on the first one (video1) the initial test I just had static. I > thought that might be due to not having the channel set correctly. So I > tried: > > /usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -p 0 > > I tried values 0 through 8. 6 appears to be the one that shows the > static. All other settings resulted in a blank screen. > > I also tried using the /usr/lib/ivtv/ptune-ui.pl program to change the > channels. This worked for the /dev/video0 (PVR-350) input but not for > the /dev/video1 or /dev/vidoe2 inputs. > > Same results running the test using mplayer -vo xv /dev/video0 | video1 > | video2. > > I believe I pulled the latest ivtv drivers from atrpms testing repo: > > vtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-4.at > ivtv-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.at > ivtv-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4-0.3.7k-96.rhfc4.at > perl-Video-ivtv-0.13-7.rhfc4.at > ivtv-firmware-audio-0.0.1-1.at > ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-4.at > > So my question is: is the test I am trying to run invalid? Or have I > missed a configuration step with the PVR-500 encoders? > > > I also don't see any major differences running ivtvctl -a against each > of the encoders: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 -a > ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok > Codec parameters > aspect : 2 > audio : 0x00e9 > bframes : 3 > bitrate_mode: 0 > bitrate : 8000000 > bitrate_peak: 9600000 > dnr_mode : 0 > dnr_spatial : 0 > dnr_temporal: 8 > dnr_type : 0 > framerate : 0 > framespergop: 15 > gop_closure : 1 > pulldown : 0 > stream_type : 14 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok > Type : Video Capture > Width : 720 > Height : 480 > ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok > Driver name : ivtv > Card type : WinTV PVR 350 > Bus info : 0000:00:09.0 > Driver version: 775 > Capabilities : 0x01070033 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ivtvctl -d /dev/video1 -a > ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok > Codec parameters > aspect : 2 > audio : 0x00e9 > bframes : 3 > bitrate_mode: 0 > bitrate : 8000000 > bitrate_peak: 9600000 > dnr_mode : 0 > dnr_spatial : 0 > dnr_temporal: 8 > dnr_type : 0 > framerate : 0 > framespergop: 15 > gop_closure : 1 > pulldown : 0 > stream_type : 14 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok > Type : Video Capture > Width : 720 > Height : 480 > ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok > Driver name : ivtv > Card type : WinTV PVR 150 > Bus info : 0000:02:08.0 > Driver version: 775 > Capabilities : 0x01070011 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ivtvctl -d /dev/video2 -a > ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok > Codec parameters > aspect : 2 > audio : 0x00e9 > bframes : 3 > bitrate_mode: 0 > bitrate : 8000000 > bitrate_peak: 9600000 > dnr_mode : 0 > dnr_spatial : 0 > dnr_temporal: 8 > dnr_type : 0 > framerate : 0 > framespergop: 15 > gop_closure : 1 > pulldown : 0 > stream_type : 14 > ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok > Type : Video Capture > Width : 720 > Height : 480 > ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok > Driver name : ivtv > Card type : WinTV PVR 150 > Bus info : 0000:02:09.0 > Driver version: 775 > Capabilities : 0x01030011 > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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