For the past couple of weeks ive been trying to get my Hauppauge PVR 350 to work under linux, but i seem to be failing somewhere since all my channels are static. I finally decided to dual boot windows just to make sure the card worked. To get the channels to tune under windows i had to download the newest firmware from the hauppauge site and also had to set the cable input to cable-hrc in wintv2000. Here is my system information

Debian Linux Unstable
2.6.8.11-rc3 kernel
pvr-350
ivtv-0.2.0-rc3f
My tuner is type # 47.

so here is what ive done...
downloaded linux 2.6.10 and patched with 2.6.11-rc3 patch
downloaded ivtv-0.2.0-rc3f
downloaed ckennedy's recommended encoder/decoder pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe
make && make install driver and utils

i then created the /dev/video
# mknod /dev/video0 c 81 0
# mknod /dev/video16 c 81 16
# mknod /dev/video32 c 81 32
# mknod /dev/video224 c 81 224

i then edited /etc/modutils/ivtv and added
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 ivtv

#update-modules
#depmod -ae
#modprobe ivtv

here is the output from /var/log/messages |grep ivtv

Feb 8 19:43:11 localhost kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
Feb 8 19:43:11 localhost kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================
Feb 8 19:43:32 localhost kernel: ivtv: ENC: User stopped capture.
Feb 9 17:40:27 localhost kernel: ivtv: ENC: User stopped capture.
Feb 9 18:37:44 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tda9887,ok]
Feb 9 18:38:53 localhost kernel: ivtv: ENC: User stopped capture.
Feb 9 19:15:20 localhost kernel: ivtv: Removing Card #0.
Feb 9 19:15:21 localhost kernel: ivtv: Removed WinTV PVR 350, card #0
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: version 0.2.0 (rc3f) loading
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.11-rc3 preempt PENTIUMIII gcc-3.3
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC15 based chip
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: XXX PCI device: 0x7124 vendor: 0x8086
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[1],ok]
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
Feb 9 19:15:38 localhost kernel: saa7115: starting probe for adapter ivtv i2c driver #0 (0x10005)
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7115[1],ok]
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=saa7127[1],ok]
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: msp34xx: ivtv version
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=MSP3448W-A2,ok]
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tda9887,ok]
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 47, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00ad2598, Revision 0x00000001
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
Feb 9 19:15:39 localhost kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040011
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 350 card with 9 streams
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 256 16384 byte buffers 4194304 kbytes total
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create stream 2 using 40 52224 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 2097152 kbytes total
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create stream 4
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 5 using 16 65536 byte buffers 1048576 kbytes total
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277097517/1070150656] ivtv_init_buffer+0x3d/0x1c0 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277097962/1070150656] ivtv_init_queue_nolock+0x3a/0x80 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277098119/1070150656] ivtv_init_queues_nolock+0x57/0x90 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277122498/1070150656] ivtv_stream_init+0x382/0x4e0 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277123406/1070150656] ivtv_streams_setup+0x22e/0x3a0 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277107401/1070150656] ivtv_probe+0x249/0x970 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:40 localhost kernel: [pg0+277110476/1070150656] module_start+0xcc/0x1f0 [ivtv]
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 5 minor 16
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create stream 6 using 1024 2048 byte buffers 262144 kbytes total
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 6 minor 228
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create stream 7
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 7 minor 232
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 8
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 8 minor 48
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Setting Tuner 47
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: tuner: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series)) by ivtv i2c driver #0
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Setting audio matrix to input 3, output 1
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 6601, itv = 0xd0bd3720
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: ivtv_dec_thread: pid = 6602, itv = 0xd0bd3720
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 350, card #0
Feb 9 19:15:41 localhost kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================


I think i have everything set up correctly, but when i cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg

the file is just static.
when i change the channels in mythtv they are all static as well.

am i overlooking something? do i need to add anything to /etc/modules.conf

Anyone have any suggestions

thanks,

jeff

Try using tuner=39 for the ivtv module option. Use ptune.pl or ptune-gui.pl to change channels because sometimes MythTV does not work. For kernel version 2.6.x, the auto-loading module file is /etc/modprobe.conf. You need to make sure msp3400 and saa7115 modules are loaded, but I think they are already loaded from the logs.

thanks for the reply.

ok, so i set my tuner to type 39, and i still see static, but im also seeing several hundred lines in /var/log/messages now that look like the one below

Feb 10 20:12:03 localhost kernel: ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: #1838 Stealing a Buffer, 1024 currently allocated

also if i try to rmmod ivtv after closing mplayer and ptune-ui and kill all ivtv processes i get a message saying
ERROR: Module ivtv is in use

so now i have to restart my computer to unload the ivtv module :/

ok so i figured out how to rmmod ivtv... apparently even after closing mplayer, the process still hung around so i had to kill the mplayer process, but im still confused with the static and also confused with the ivtv: ENC IRQ OVERFLOW: messages in /var/log/messages.

any other suggestions?

thanks,

Jeff