Hi,

I have an (old) Hauppage  WinTV PVR2 USB
serial  29039 Rev D160

This has been working (under Linux) 2 years, ago.
Now, I can't even check if the device is dead (I have never
managed to get some Windows7 software running which handles it).

I do have the device  /dev/video0
but even
cat /dev/video0
doesn't copy anything. Video players just hang waiting for the
input buffer to fill. It looks like dead.


I have connected a VCR to the PVR2 via S-Video and Audio cables.
Therefore I set input to 2 :

v4l2-ctl --set-input=2 --set-ctrl=volume=62000,mute=0
and
v4l2-ctl -c stream_type=3 --set-fmt-video=width=720,height=480

As far as I remember (I've lost a hard disk with lots videos and my personal
notes) this sufficed to get vlc or mplayer working.


What can I do to check if the device is broken or better to get it working?

Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut.



I have kernel 3.7_rc8 with
CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_TUNER=m
CONFIG_MEDIA_USB_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_PVRUSB2=m
CONFIG_VIDEO_PVRUSB2_SYSFS=y

v4l2-compliance -d /dev/video0
shows
Driver Info:
        Driver name   : pvrusb2
        Card type     : WinTV PVR USB2 Model 29xxx
        Bus info      : usb-0000:00:13.2-3
        Driver version: 3.7.0
        Capabilities  : 0x01070001
                Video Capture
                Tuner
                Audio
                Radio
                Read/Write

Compliance test for device /dev/video0 (not using libv4l2):

Required ioctls:
fail: v4l2-compliance.cpp(293): !(caps & V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS)
        test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: FAIL

Allow for multiple opens:
        test second video open: OK
fail: v4l2-compliance.cpp(293): !(caps & V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS)
        test VIDIOC_QUERYCAP: FAIL
fail: v4l2-compliance.cpp(363): !doioctl(node2, VIDIOC_S_PRIORITY, &prio)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY: FAIL

Debug ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_DBG_G/S_REGISTER: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS: OK

Input ioctls:
                fail: v4l2-compliance.cpp(224): string empty
                fail: v4l2-test-input-output.cpp(81): invalid name
                fail: v4l2-test-input-output.cpp(179): invalid tuner 0
        test VIDIOC_G/S_TUNER: FAIL
fail: v4l2-test-input-output.cpp(275): could get frequency for invalid tuner 0
        test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: FAIL
        test VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO: OK
        test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMINPUT: OK
fail: v4l2-test-input-output.cpp(477): No audio inputs, but G_AUDIO did not return ENOTTY or EINVAL fail: v4l2-test-input-output.cpp(521): invalid audioset for input 0
        test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDIO: FAIL
        Inputs: 4 Audio Inputs: 1 Tuners: 0

Output ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_G/S_MODULATOR: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_FREQUENCY: OK
        test VIDIOC_ENUMAUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S/ENUMOUTPUT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G/S_AUDOUT: OK (Not Supported)
        Outputs: 0 Audio Outputs: 0 Modulators: 0

Control ioctls:
                fail: v4l2-compliance.cpp(224): string empty
                fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(165): invalid menu name
fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(201): invalid control 00990900
        test VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL/MENU: FAIL
fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(295): returned control value out of range fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(383): invalid control 00980909
        test VIDIOC_G/S_CTRL: FAIL
fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(571): g_ext_ctrls returned an error (22)
        test VIDIOC_G/S/TRY_EXT_CTRLS: FAIL
fail: v4l2-test-controls.cpp(713): subscribe event for control 'Brightness' failed
        test VIDIOC_(UN)SUBSCRIBE_EVENT/DQEVENT: FAIL
        test VIDIOC_G/S_JPEGCOMP: OK (Not Supported)
        Standard Controls: 9 Private Controls: 0

Input/Output configuration ioctls:
fail: v4l2-test-io-config.cpp(46): STD cap not set, but could still get a standard fail: v4l2-test-io-config.cpp(132): STD failed for input 0.
        test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_STD: FAIL
        test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_PRESETS: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_ENUM/G/S/QUERY_DV_TIMINGS: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP: OK (Not Supported)

Format ioctls:
fail: v4l2-test-formats.cpp(236): fmtdesc.pixelformat not set
        test VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT/FRAMESIZES/FRAMEINTERVALS: FAIL
        test VIDIOC_G/S_PARM: OK
        test VIDIOC_G_FBUF: OK (Not Supported)
fail: v4l2-test-formats.cpp(379): unknown pixelformat 00000000 for buftype 1
        test VIDIOC_G_FMT: FAIL
        test VIDIOC_TRY_FMT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_S_FMT: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G_SLICED_VBI_CAP: OK (Not Supported)

Codec ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_(TRY_)ENCODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_G_ENC_INDEX: OK (Not Supported)
        test VIDIOC_(TRY_)DECODER_CMD: OK (Not Supported)

Buffer ioctls:
        test VIDIOC_REQBUFS/CREATE_BUFS/QUERYBUF: OK (Not Supported)

Total: 38, Succeeded: 25, Failed: 13, Warnings: 0
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