[gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Michael Sullivan]

This morning I discovered my MythTV wasn't working.  I tracked the
problem down to ivtv.  I was using ivtv-0.4.5 with
kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.  I remerged ivtv-0.4.5 and remodprobed ivtv,
but it still didn't work (something about bad module format.)  Anyway, I
built a 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 kernel and installed ivtv-0.7.0 and rebooted
with the new kernel.  ivtv will modprobe now, but I'm still having the
same problems with myth.  Here's the output:

michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
2006-09-15 10:27:12.567 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-09-15 10:27:12.581 XScreenSaver support enabled
2006-09-15 10:27:12.622 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-09-15 10:27:12.628 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 10:27:12.631 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 10:27:12.636 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 10:27:12.648 Current Schema Version: 1123
2006-09-15 10:27:12.649 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2
www.mythtv.org
2006-09-15 10:27:12.649 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-09-15 10:27:12.807 lang0: eng
2006-09-15 10:27:12.807 lang: eng
2006-09-15 10:27:12.839 lang1: eng
2006-09-15 10:27:12.840 lang: eng
2006-09-15 10:27:12.998 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 10:27:13.000 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 10:27:13.002 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2006-09-15 10:27:13.530 Joystick disabled.
2006-09-15 10:27:13.547 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-09-15 10:27:14.229 Starting media monitor.
2006-09-15 10:27:17.992 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-09-15 10:27:17.993 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 10:27:18.052 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2006-09-15 10:27:18.062 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 10:27:18.095 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingLiveTV
2006-09-15 10:27:18.110 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 10:27:18.193 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
2006-09-15 10:27:18.195 EntryToProgram(0@Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969)
failed to get pginfo
2006-09-15 10:27:18.195 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2006-09-15 10:27:18.195 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2006-09-15 10:27:18.210 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor

Here's kernel and ivtv info:

camille ~ # emerge -pv ivtv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-tv/ivtv-0.7.0  0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB
camille ~ # uname -a
Linux camille 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Fri Sep 15 09:56:25 CDT 2006 i686
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz GNU/Linux
camille ~ #

I cat /dev/video0 > temp.mpg and watched it, but there wasn't anything
there.  What I mean is, although there was a black background in
gmplayer, I didn't see any TV programming.  Can anyone help with this?

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[gentoo-user] Re: OT - MythTV problems

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:35 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> This morning I discovered my MythTV wasn't working.  I tracked the
> problem down to ivtv.  I was using ivtv-0.4.5 with
> kernel-2.6.15-gentoo-r1.  I remerged ivtv-0.4.5 and remodprobed ivtv,
> but it still didn't work (something about bad module format.)  Anyway, I
> built a 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 kernel and installed ivtv-0.7.0 and rebooted
> with the new kernel.  ivtv will modprobe now, but I'm still having the
> same problems with myth.  Here's the output:
> 
> michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.567 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.581 XScreenSaver support enabled
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.622 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.628 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.631 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.636 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.648 Current Schema Version: 1123
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.649 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2
> www.mythtv.org
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.649 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.807 lang0: eng
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.807 lang: eng
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.839 lang1: eng
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.840 lang: eng
> 2006-09-15 10:27:12.998 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-09-15 10:27:13.000 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-09-15 10:27:13.002 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: No such file or directory
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 2006-09-15 10:27:13.530 Joystick disabled.
> 2006-09-15 10:27:13.547 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2006-09-15 10:27:14.229 Starting media monitor.
> 2006-09-15 10:27:17.992 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2006-09-15 10:27:17.993 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.052 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
> (try 1 of 5)
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.062 Using protocol version 26
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.095 TV: Attempting to change from None to
> WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.110 Using protocol version 26
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.193 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.195 EntryToProgram(0@Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969)
> failed to get pginfo
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.195 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.195 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
> 2006-09-15 10:27:18.210 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor
> 
> Here's kernel and ivtv info:
> 
> camille ~ # emerge -pv ivtv
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] media-tv/ivtv-0.7.0  0 kB
> 
> Total size of downloads: 0 kB
> camille ~ # uname -a
> Linux camille 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Fri Sep 15 09:56:25 CDT 2006 i686
> Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz GNU/Linux
> camille ~ #
> 
> I cat /dev/video0 > temp.mpg and watched it, but there wasn't anything
> there.  What I mean is, although there was a black background in
> gmplayer, I didn't see any TV programming.  Can anyone help with this?

I forgot to mention, here are the contents of /etc/modules.d/ivtv:

alias char-major-81     videodev
alias char-major-81-0   ivtv
alias char-major-81-1   ivtv
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
#add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c


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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
> Total size of downloads: 0 kB
> camille ~ # uname -a
> Linux camille 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Fri Sep 15 09:56:25 CDT 2006 i686
> Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz GNU/Linux
> camille ~ #
>
> I cat /dev/video0 > temp.mpg and watched it, but there wasn't anything
> there.  What I mean is, although there was a black background in
> gmplayer, I didn't see any TV programming.  Can anyone help with this?
>

MIchael,
   Sorry you're having these problems. I've been through the same sort
of thing a number of times.

1) Until you can cat ivtv output to a file and get video in that file
don't bother with MythTV.

2) After you get file playback working my experience is that you
should delete your current cards and connetions, leaving the Zap2It
stuff alone, and then recreate the cards and connections.

   Can you rmmod all the ivtv modules - all of them - and then
modprobe ivtv again and post the output in dmesg? do an lsmod ahead of
the modprobe so ensure everything is really unloaded.

Cheers,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 09:38 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
> <SNIP>
> > Total size of downloads: 0 kB
> > camille ~ # uname -a
> > Linux camille 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Fri Sep 15 09:56:25 CDT 2006 i686
> > Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz GNU/Linux
> > camille ~ #
> >
> > I cat /dev/video0 > temp.mpg and watched it, but there wasn't anything
> > there.  What I mean is, although there was a black background in
> > gmplayer, I didn't see any TV programming.  Can anyone help with this?
> >
> 
> MIchael,
>    Sorry you're having these problems. I've been through the same sort
> of thing a number of times.
> 
> 1) Until you can cat ivtv output to a file and get video in that file
> don't bother with MythTV.
> 
> 2) After you get file playback working my experience is that you
> should delete your current cards and connetions, leaving the Zap2It
> stuff alone, and then recreate the cards and connections.
> 
>    Can you rmmod all the ivtv modules - all of them - and then
> modprobe ivtv again and post the output in dmesg? do an lsmod ahead of
> the modprobe so ensure everything is really unloaded.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark

OK.  I did what you said, and I do get a signal from /dev/video0 now,
but mythfrontend still won't show LiveTV.  Here's the output from
mythfrontend:

michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
2006-09-15 11:56:00.615 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-09-15 11:56:00.659 XScreenSaver support enabled
2006-09-15 11:56:00.744 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-09-15 11:56:00.751 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 11:56:00.754 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 11:56:00.759 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 11:56:00.772 Current Schema Version: 1123
2006-09-15 11:56:00.772 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2
www.mythtv.org
2006-09-15 11:56:00.772 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-09-15 11:56:01.257 lang0: eng
2006-09-15 11:56:01.257 lang: eng
2006-09-15 11:56:01.290 lang1: eng
2006-09-15 11:56:01.290 lang: eng
2006-09-15 11:56:01.408 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 11:56:01.410 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 11:56:01.412 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2006-09-15 11:56:01.887 Joystick disabled.
2006-09-15 11:56:02.032 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-09-15 11:56:02.851 Starting media monitor.
2006-09-15 11:56:05.985 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-09-15 11:56:05.986 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 11:56:06.044 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2006-09-15 11:56:06.066 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 11:56:06.189 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingLiveTV
2006-09-15 11:56:06.198 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 11:56:26.656 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting
for recorder to start
2006-09-15 11:56:26.656 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2006-09-15 11:56:26.664 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor

If it's helpful, here's my dmesg info:

camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
camille ~ #

Also, I'm using mythtv-0.19_p9163-r1: 

camille ~ # emerge -pv mythtv

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U ] media-tv/mythtv-0.19_p10505 [0.19_p9163-r1] USE="alsa
debug dvb dvd jack joystick lirc mmx opengl vorbis (-altivec)
-backendonly -dbox2 -frontendonly -ieee1394 -lcd -xvmc"
VIDEO_CARDS="i810 via -nvidia" 0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB
camille ~ #


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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> OK.  I did what you said, and I do get a signal from /dev/video0 now,

That's good...

> but mythfrontend still won't show LiveTV.

That's not good...

<SNIP>

>
> If it's helpful, here's my dmesg info:
>
> camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between

<SNIP>

> total)
> ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0

I do not understand this message just above. I've never seen that before.


> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
<SNIP>

> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0

And again.......


> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

How many PVR-250's are in this machine? Two or three?

Here's what mine has:

Linux video capture interface: v1.00
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP preempt mod_unload PENTIUM4 gcc-3.4
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 26032, rev C199, serial# 8095579
tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is TCL 2002N 5H (idx 99, type 50)
tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX25841 (idx 35)
tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX25841 (idx 28)
tveeprom 0-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 0-0044: cx25841-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
cx25840 0-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner 0-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:02.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 32062, rev C182, serial# 7913638
tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is LG TAPC H791F (idx 82, type 39)
tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3445 (idx 12)
tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 supports radio, mode is autodetect and autoselect
ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
tuner 1-0061: type set to 39 (LG NTSC (newer TAPC series))
ivtv1: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #1
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================


I have a sneaky suspicion that you possibly have some ivtv-0.4.5 stuff
left over. I've had that happen a number of time. Best I can advise I
would suggest emerge -C on ivtv, then clean out the existing
/lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r8. I'd probably delete the whole
directory. I'd then run make modules_install from the kernel source to
set it up again from scratch. I'd then reemerge ivtv-0.7 again and
either modprobe or reboot.

I've never seen these messages about removing cards but they seem like
part of the problem.

Note: We are running a slightly older SMP kernel here with no problems:

dragonfly modules.d # uname -a
Linux dragonfly 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 #3 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 15 09:41:09
PDT 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux
dragonfly modules.d #


Maybe it's specific to 2.6.17-gentoo-r8? You could try backing up to
-r2 that I'm running.

Good luck,
Mark




> camille ~ #
>
> Also, I'm using mythtv-0.19_p9163-r1:
>
> camille ~ # emerge -pv mythtv
>
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
>
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild     U ] media-tv/mythtv-0.19_p10505 [0.19_p9163-r1] USE="alsa
> debug dvb dvd jack joystick lirc mmx opengl vorbis (-altivec)
> -backendonly -dbox2 -frontendonly -ieee1394 -lcd -xvmc"
> VIDEO_CARDS="i810 via -nvidia" 0 kB
>
> Total size of downloads: 0 kB
> camille ~ #
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:04 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
> <SNIP>
> >
> > OK.  I did what you said, and I do get a signal from /dev/video0 now,
> 
> That's good...
> 
> > but mythfrontend still won't show LiveTV.
> 
> That's not good...
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> >
> > If it's helpful, here's my dmesg info:
> >
> > camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> > ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> 
> I do not understand this message just above. I've never seen that before.
> 
> 
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> <SNIP>
> 
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> 
> And again.......
> 
> 
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> > ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> > ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> > ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> > tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> 
> How many PVR-250's are in this machine? Two or three?
> 
> Here's what mine has:
> 
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP preempt mod_unload PENTIUM4 gcc-3.4
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150 card (cx23416 based)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:01.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 26032, rev C199, serial# 8095579
> tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is TCL 2002N 5H (idx 99, type 50)
> tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is CX25841 (idx 35)
> tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is CX25841 (idx 28)
> tveeprom 0-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> cx25840 0-0044: cx25841-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> cx25840 0-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
> wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
> tuner 0-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
> ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
> ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:02.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
> ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 32062, rev C182, serial# 7913638
> tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is LG TAPC H791F (idx 82, type 39)
> tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3445 (idx 12)
> tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR remote
> saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 supports radio, mode is autodetect and autoselect
> ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
> ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
> tuner 1-0061: type set to 39 (LG NTSC (newer TAPC series))
> ivtv1: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #1
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> 
> 
> I have a sneaky suspicion that you possibly have some ivtv-0.4.5 stuff
> left over. I've had that happen a number of time. Best I can advise I
> would suggest emerge -C on ivtv, then clean out the existing
> /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r8. I'd probably delete the whole
> directory. I'd then run make modules_install from the kernel source to
> set it up again from scratch. I'd then reemerge ivtv-0.7 again and
> either modprobe or reboot.
> 
> I've never seen these messages about removing cards but they seem like
> part of the problem.
> 
> Note: We are running a slightly older SMP kernel here with no problems:
> 
> dragonfly modules.d # uname -a
> Linux dragonfly 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 #3 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 15 09:41:09
> PDT 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz GNU/Linux
> dragonfly modules.d #
> 
> 
> Maybe it's specific to 2.6.17-gentoo-r8? You could try backing up to
> -r2 that I'm running.
> 
> Good luck,
> Mark

OK.  I installed the 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 kernel and remerged ivtv, then
rebooted.  It still doesn't work.  Here's the info:

camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
total)
ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
camille ~ #

michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
2006-09-15 18:50:33.924 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-09-15 18:50:34.010 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-09-15 18:50:34.017 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 18:50:34.020 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 18:50:34.025 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 18:50:34.037 Current Schema Version: 1123
2006-09-15 18:50:34.038 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2
www.mythtv.org
2006-09-15 18:50:34.038 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-09-15 18:50:34.513 lang0: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.513 lang: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.547 lang1: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.547 lang: eng
2006-09-15 18:50:34.665 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 18:50:34.668 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
2006-09-15 18:50:34.669 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
mythtv: could not connect to socket
mythtv: No such file or directory
lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
2006-09-15 18:50:35.099 Joystick disabled.
2006-09-15 18:50:35.236 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-09-15 18:50:36.059 Starting media monitor.
2006-09-15 18:50:39.381 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-09-15 18:50:39.383 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
localhost
2006-09-15 18:50:39.442 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.3:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2006-09-15 18:50:39.452 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 18:50:39.483 TV: Attempting to change from None to
WatchingLiveTV
2006-09-15 18:50:39.491 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 18:50:59.864 TV Error: StartRecorder() -- timed out waiting
for recorder to start
2006-09-15 18:50:59.864 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2006-09-15 18:50:59.883 TV: Deleting TV Chain in destructor


Any ideas?

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:04 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

<SNIP>

>
> OK.  I installed the 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 kernel and remerged ivtv, then
> rebooted.  It still doesn't work.  Here's the info:

It does look better though. The removal messages are gone.

I assume you can still cat the video to a file and watch it in
mplayer, correct? So ivtv is working and the issue is Myth.

>
> camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> total)
> ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> camille ~ #
>
> michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
> 2006-09-15 18:50:33.924 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-09-15 18:50:34.010 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-09-15 18:50:34.017 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost

<SNIP>

> 2006-09-15 18:50:34.665 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-09-15 18:50:34.668 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> 2006-09-15 18:50:34.669 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> mythtv: could not connect to socket
> mythtv: No such file or directory
> lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages

What are the messages above telling us? I know Myth streams the live
TV video to a specific directory and then plays back from that
directory. Is that what it's talkign about here? Does that directory
exist on your machine or has it gotten trashed somehow? Do you
possibly have stale files left over in that directory that are getting
in the way of a new file getting created? I beleive it should be empty
when TV is not playing. I have had times where I ran out of disk space
because stuff got stranded there.


> 2006-09-15 18:50:35.099 Joystick disabled.
> 2006-09-15 18:50:35.236 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2006-09-15 18:50:36.059 Starting media monitor.
<SNIP>
>
>
> Any ideas?

Here's what I see running mythfrontend in a terminal and watching TV
for a few seconds:

mark@lightning ~ $ mythfrontend
2006-09-15 17:24:55.823 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2006-09-15 17:24:55.837 XScreenSaver support enabled
2006-09-15 17:24:55.856 New DB connection, total: 1
2006-09-15 17:24:55.868 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.55
2006-09-15 17:24:55.872 Total desktop dim: 1280x1024, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 17:24:55.875 Running in a window
2006-09-15 17:24:55.876 Using screen 0, 1280x997 at 0,0
2006-09-15 17:24:55.897 Current Schema Version: 1123
2006-09-15 17:24:55.897 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2 www.mythtv.org
2006-09-15 17:24:55.898 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2006-09-15 17:24:56.267 lang0: aar
2006-09-15 17:24:56.268 lang: aar
2006-09-15 17:24:56.273 lang1: aar
2006-09-15 17:24:56.273 lang: aar
2006-09-15 17:24:56.455 Total desktop dim: 1280x1024, with 1 screen[s].
2006-09-15 17:24:56.458 Running in a window
2006-09-15 17:24:56.458 Using screen 0, 1280x997 at 0,0
2006-09-15 17:24:56.460 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
2006-09-15 17:24:57.124 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2006-09-15 17:25:01.243 New DB connection, total: 2
2006-09-15 17:25:01.249 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.55
2006-09-15 17:25:01.348 Connecting to backend server:
192.168.1.55:6543 (try 1 of 5)
2006-09-15 17:25:01.360 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 17:25:01.380 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-09-15 17:25:01.395 Using protocol version 26
2006-09-15 17:25:02.701 Disable DPMS
0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 8589.932
1: start_time: 0.026 duration: 0.004
stream: start_time: 0.289 duration: 95443.795 bitrate=0 kb/s
2006-09-15 17:25:05.038 AFD: Opened codec 0x83ee10, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2006-09-15 17:25:05.058 AFD: Opened codec 0x7c9ae0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2006-09-15 17:25:05.097 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-09-15 17:25:05.097 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
2006-09-15 17:25:05.352 VideoOutputXv Error: Could not find suitable
XVideo surface.
2006-09-15 17:25:05.353 VideoOutputXv: Falling back to X shared memory
video output.
                              *** May be slow ***
2006-09-15 17:25:05.503 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
2006-09-15 17:25:05.504 New DB connection, total: 3
2006-09-15 17:25:05.505 New DB connection, total: 4
2006-09-15 17:25:05.591 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.55
2006-09-15 17:25:05.616 Using realtime priority.
2006-09-15 17:25:05.617 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.55
2006-09-15 17:25:05.626 Video timing method: RTC
2006-09-15 17:25:09.534 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-09-15 17:25:10.114 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
2006-09-15 17:25:10.122 Enable DPMS
mark@lightning ~ $

Hope this helps,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 17:36 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 11:04 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> >
> > OK.  I installed the 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 kernel and remerged ivtv, then
> > rebooted.  It still doesn't work.  Here's the info:
> 
> It does look better though. The removal messages are gone.
> 
> I assume you can still cat the video to a file and watch it in
> mplayer, correct? So ivtv is working and the issue is Myth.
> 
> >
> > camille ~ # dmesg | grep 'ivtv'
> > ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> > ivtv:  version 0.7.0 (tagged release) loading
> > ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.17-gentoo-r2 SMP mod_unload 486 gcc-4.1
> > ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> > ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> > ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 card (cx23416 based)
> > ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> > tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > tda9887 0-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > msp3400 0-0040: MSP4448G-A2 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> > ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
> > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB
> > total)
> > ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
> > ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> > ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> > camille ~ #
> >
> > michael@camille ~ $ mythfrontend
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:33.924 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:34.010 New DB connection, total: 1
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:34.017 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> > localhost
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:34.665 Total desktop dim: 1024x768, with 1 screen[s].
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:34.668 Using screen 0, 1024x768 at 0,0
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:34.669 Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T.)
> > mythtv: could not connect to socket
> > mythtv: No such file or directory
> > lirc_init failed for mythtv, see preceding messages
> 
> What are the messages above telling us? I know Myth streams the live
> TV video to a specific directory and then plays back from that
> directory. Is that what it's talkign about here? Does that directory
> exist on your machine or has it gotten trashed somehow? Do you
> possibly have stale files left over in that directory that are getting
> in the way of a new file getting created? I beleive it should be empty
> when TV is not playing. I have had times where I ran out of disk space
> because stuff got stranded there.
> 
> 
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:35.099 Joystick disabled.
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:35.236 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> > 2006-09-15 18:50:36.059 Starting media monitor.
> <SNIP>
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Here's what I see running mythfrontend in a terminal and watching TV
> for a few seconds:
> 
> mark@lightning ~ $ mythfrontend
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.823 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.837 XScreenSaver support enabled
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.856 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.868 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.55
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.872 Total desktop dim: 1280x1024, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.875 Running in a window
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.876 Using screen 0, 1280x997 at 0,0
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.897 Current Schema Version: 1123
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.897 mythfrontend version: 0.19.20060121-2 www.mythtv.org
> 2006-09-15 17:24:55.898 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.267 lang0: aar
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.268 lang: aar
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.273 lang1: aar
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.273 lang: aar
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.455 Total desktop dim: 1280x1024, with 1 screen[s].
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.458 Running in a window
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.458 Using screen 0, 1280x997 at 0,0
> 2006-09-15 17:24:56.460 Switching to square mode (Titivillus)
> 2006-09-15 17:24:57.124 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
> 2006-09-15 17:25:01.243 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2006-09-15 17:25:01.249 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.55
> 2006-09-15 17:25:01.348 Connecting to backend server:
> 192.168.1.55:6543 (try 1 of 5)
> 2006-09-15 17:25:01.360 Using protocol version 26
> 2006-09-15 17:25:01.380 TV: Attempting to change from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-09-15 17:25:01.395 Using protocol version 26
> 2006-09-15 17:25:02.701 Disable DPMS
> 0: start_time: 0.036 duration: 8589.932
> 1: start_time: 0.026 duration: 0.004
> stream: start_time: 0.289 duration: 95443.795 bitrate=0 kb/s
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.038 AFD: Opened codec 0x83ee10, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.058 AFD: Opened codec 0x7c9ae0, id(MP2) type(Audio)
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.097 Opening audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.097 Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.352 VideoOutputXv Error: Could not find suitable
> XVideo surface.
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.353 VideoOutputXv: Falling back to X shared memory
> video output.
>                               *** May be slow ***
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.503 TV: Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.504 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.505 New DB connection, total: 4
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.591 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.55
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.616 Using realtime priority.
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.617 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> 192.168.1.55
> 2006-09-15 17:25:05.626 Video timing method: RTC
> 2006-09-15 17:25:09.534 TV: Attempting to change from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2006-09-15 17:25:10.114 TV: Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
> 2006-09-15 17:25:10.122 Enable DPMS
> mark@lightning ~ $
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Mark

Can you send me an ls -l of your TV partition so that I can see what the
permissions should be?  When I ran mythtv-setup it gave me a message
about not being able to create .test because of some permissions issue.
I found a site online that suggested that the error could be caused by a
corrupt filesystem on the TV partition.  I'm going to try that solution,
but some of the files on that partition still work, so I'm in the
process of moving them off that partition so I can reformat it...

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
><SNIP>
>
> Can you send me an ls -l of your TV partition so that I can see what the
> permissions should be?  When I ran mythtv-setup it gave me a message
> about not being able to create .test because of some permissions issue.
> I found a site online that suggested that the error could be caused by a
> corrupt filesystem on the TV partition.  I'm going to try that solution,
> but some of the files on that partition still work, so I'm in the
> process of moving them off that partition so I can reformat it...
>

Humm...my setup is sort of complicated by the fact that the video
storage for MYth is on another machine and is mounted as an NFS mount.
That said the firectory as seen on the backend server is the /video
directory:

dragonfly / # ls -al
total 104
drwxr-xr-x  22 root   root      4096 Sep 15 18:55 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 root   root      4096 Sep 15 18:55 ..
<SNIP>
drwxrwxrwx   9 root   root      8192 Sep 15 18:56 video

When I'm running live TV I see the file at the top of the list getting created

dragonfly video # ls -lat
total 114077480
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video   37687296 Sep 15 18:56 1052_20060915185609.mpg
drwxrwxrwx  9 root     root        8192 Sep 15 18:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root     root        4096 Sep 15 18:55 ..

However after changing channels a few times it seems that files are
being left behind. I'm not sure what cleans them up:

dragonfly video # ls -alt | more
total 114347188
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video  149440512 Sep 15 19:03 1068_20060915190000.mpg
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video    7616576 Sep 15 19:03 1063_20060915190328.mpg
drwxrwxrwx  9 root     root        8192 Sep 15 19:03 .
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video    5804096 Sep 15 19:03 1003_20060915190319.mpg
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video      35230 Sep 15 19:03 1003_20060915190319.mpg.png
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video      28577 Sep 15 19:02 1003_20060915190311.mpg.png
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video    4923392 Sep 15 19:02 1003_20060915190311.mpg
-rw-r--r--  1 mythtv   video  145713152 Sep 15 18:59 1052_20060915185609.mpg

I'll have to look into this further but I thought I'd send this along
as it seems you might have a directory permissions issue.

- Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems [SOLVED]

[Michael Sullivan]

Chock this one up to a Stupid Mistake On My Part.  When I deleted my
capture card in mythtv-setup and recreated it, I forgot to tell
mythtv-setup that it was a PVR-x50.  I changed it and it seems to work
fine now, even with the 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 kernel.  Thanks for your help!
-Michael Sullivan-

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - MythTV problems [SOLVED]

[Mark Knecht]

Glad you got it working.

Have a good weekend.

Cheers,
Mark

On 9/15/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:
> Chock this one up to a Stupid Mistake On My Part.  When I deleted my
> capture card in mythtv-setup and recreated it, I forgot to tell
> mythtv-setup that it was a PVR-x50.  I changed it and it seems to work
> fine now, even with the 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 kernel.  Thanks for your help!
> -Michael Sullivan-
>
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