In theory, the PVR-150 and the PVR-250/350 are the same hardware wise for the encoder. In principle, however, this is not the case. The tuner chip is different (I really wish Hauppauge would have put a digital tuner instead of the can tuner), and I think that the MPEG-2 encoder chip is different as well.
These two factors combine to a picture that isn't as great on my PVR-500 as it was on my PVR-250 or PVR-350. It might not be just a hardware issue either - it could be the tuner definitions in the software, I honestly don't know. I was going to do some testing with the equipment that we have here in the office, but it is good for digital signals only, not analog. At this point, I don't have any solutions, but in my case, the difference between my PVR-350 and my PVR-500 are night and day, but I also have a marginal cable signal. -- Joe --- Jeff Thurston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am having a bit of trouble getting the PVR-150 > working well with > Myth 18.1 running on Fedora-4, IVTV 0.4.0. > I've looked for a while for a solution to this > problem but haven't come > up with anything. > > I recently bought a PVR-150 to add to my > existing backend/frontend > which has a PVR-350 working great. > The PVR-150 is working although there is alot of > static on all channels > as opposed to a very clean picture with the PVR-350. > I have tried switching the cable connections between > the two cards with > no change. Tried using different PCI slots as well. > > I noticed in the capture card settings, there > isn't a selection > specifically for the 150, only the 250/350. When I > select 250/350 > for use with the 150 I am given the option of > Tuner-0 & Tuner-1, I have > tried both with no change. I am using the same cable > signal/listings > for both cards. > > Thank you for any help which may be > offered, I'm out of > ideas at this point. > > Dmesg output: > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv: > ====================== NEXT CARD > ====================== > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV > PVR 150 card > (iTVC16 based) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: PCI: Enabling device > 0000:02:0b.0 (0014 -> 0016) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt > 0000:02:0b.0[A] -> Link > [LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Unreasonably low > latency timer, > setting to 64 (was 32) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: ivtv version > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: > model = 26052, rev = > C199, serial# = 8248373 > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: tuner = TCL > 2002N 5H (idx = 99, > type = 50) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = > NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, > v4l2 = 0x00001000) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: audio processor > = CX25843 (type = 25) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tveeprom: decoder > processor = CX25843 (type = 1e) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card > #1 ok > [client=tveeprom, addr=50] > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tuner (ivtv): chip found > at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus > ivtv i2c driver #1 > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card > #1 ok > [client=(tuner unset), addr=61] > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: cx25840 2-0044: > cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv > i2c driver #1) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: cx25840 2-0044: loaded > /lib/modules/HcwMakoA.ROM firmware (13353 bytes) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card > #1 ok > [client=cx25840, addr=44] > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: wm8775 2-001b: chip found > @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c > driver #1) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: i2c attach to card > #1 ok > [client=wm8775, addr=1b] > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: loading > /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Encoder revision: > 0x02040024 > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1 warning: Encoder > Firmware can be buggy, > use version 0x02040011 or 0x02050032. > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA > encoder MPEG stream: 128 > x 32768 buffers (4096KB total) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA > encoder YUV stream: 194 x > 10800 buffers (2048KB total) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA > encoder VBI stream: 120 x > 17472 buffers (2048KB total) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Allocate DMA > encoder PCM audio stream: > 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total) > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: tuner: type set to 50 > (TCL 2002N) by ivtv i2c > driver #1 > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv1: Initialized WinTV > PVR 150, card #1 > Jan 3 23:32:43 tv kernel: ivtv: > ==================== END INIT IVTV > ==================== > > > Modprobe.conf: > alias usb-controller ehci-hcd > > # ivtv (PVR-350) > alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c > # ivtv modules setup > alias char-major-81 ivtv > alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv > install ivtv /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ivtv; > /sbin/modprobe ivtv-fb > # > #install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; > /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install > lirc_i2c > alias eth0 b44 > alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 > options snd-card-0 index=0 > alias scsi_hostadapter sata_promise > alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd > alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 > > # ivtv (PVR-150) > #alias char-major-81 videodev > #alias char-major-81-0 ivtv > #alias tveeprom tveeprom-ivtv > alias tuner tuner-ivtv > alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > __________________________________________ Yahoo! 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