[PVR-350] Doesn't work with pvrinput plugin (solved)

kal · Jan 28th 2006

Hi,

I'm currently trying to setting up a vdrbox with only a PVR-350 card. For that, i've drad this wiki :
http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Gentoo_VdrPVR350only

Just a question : Do I need to run analogtv + pvrinput plugins at the same time or only one of them ?

Anyway, if I launch vdr with this line :

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PLUGINS="mplayer analogtv pvr350  channelscan"

or this line :

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PLUGINS="mplayer pvrinput pvr350  channelscan"

When i use anlogtv + pvr350 plugins, nothing appears to TV except the menu. I can navigate to the and that's all. If I change the channel, vdr crashes :

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Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc vdr[23651]: switching to channel 1
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid brightness setting 38550
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid contrast setting 26985
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid saturation setting 30840
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid hue setting 28912
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc vdr[23651]: setting watchdog timer to 60 seconds
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc vdr[23755]: transfer thread started (pid=23755, tid=81925)
Jan 28 14:53:34 minipc vdr[23756]: receiver on device 5 thread started (pid=23756, tid=98310)
Jan 28 14:53:39 minipc vdr[23781]: video directory scanner thread started (pid=23781, tid=131080)
Jan 28 14:53:39 minipc vdr[23781]: video directory scanner thread ended (pid=23781, tid=131080)
Jan 28 14:53:44 minipc vdr[23651]: max. latency time 1 seconds
Jan 28 14:54:00 minipc vdr[23651]: switching to channel 2
Jan 28 14:54:00 minipc vdr[23755]: transfer thread ended (pid=23755, tid=81925)
Jan 28 14:54:00 minipc vdr[23651]: buffer stats: 0 (0%) used
Jan 28 14:54:02 minipc vdr[23651]: ERROR: thread 114695 won't end (waited 2 seconds) - canceling it...
Jan 28 14:54:02 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid brightness setting 38550
Jan 28 14:54:02 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid contrast setting 26985
Jan 28 14:54:02 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid saturation setting 30840
Jan 28 14:54:02 minipc saa7115 2-0021: invalid hue setting 28912
Jan 28 14:54:02 minipc vdr[23756]: ERROR: thread 0 won't end (waited 2 seconds) - canceling it...

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Now, If i try with pvr350 + pvrinput plugins, the message "Unavalaible channel" appear s on the TV. I can't change the channel because its not avalaible. So, no crash, but not work.

At last, if I try with all plugins (analogtv + pvr350 + pvrinput), vdr crashes as with analogtv + pvr350 plugins.

Any idea ?

Thank you

kal · Jan 28th 2006

edited

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

Please use one of the latest ivtv versions with pvrinput instead. I suggest ivtv-0.4.x with kernel 2.6.14 oder later

You need only one of these plugins - and - (if you have no dvb card inside) the pvr350 plugin. BTW: the channelscan plugin doesn't work with analogue TV cards.

kal · Jan 28th 2006

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Original von wirbel
Please use one of the latest ivtv versions with pvrinput instead. I suggest ivtv-0.4.x with kernel 2.6.14 oder later

You need only one of these plugins - and - (if you have no dvb card inside) the pvr350 plugin. BTW: the channelscan plugin doesn't work with analogue TV cards.

Well, i'm ever using the correct version...

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minipc ~ # emerge -av ivtv gentoo-sources


These are the packages that I would merge, in order:


Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-tv/ivtv-0.4.2  0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.15-r1  -build -doc +symlink (-ultra1) 0 kB

By the way, i'm just leaving mplayer + pvr350 + pvrinput plugins. I'm not using a dvb card. So now, the problem is that pvrinput doesn't find the signal... hmmm...

EDIT:

This is my channels.conf, never knows if it can help...

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minipc ~ # cat /etc/vdr/channels.conf
TF1:503250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A0:65000:0:0:0
TF1:567250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A0:65000:0:0:0

However, I didn't modified the sources.conf file. Is it important ?

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

pls post yout channels.conf here and the output from "dmesg | grep ivtv".

kal · Jan 28th 2006

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Original von wirbel
pls post yout channels.conf here and the output from "dmesg | grep ivtv".

Channels.conf --> see my previous post, I've edited it

dmesg | grep ivtv -> here

kal · Jan 28th 2006

Just for information :

/etc/modules.d/ivtv :

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minipc ~ # cat /etc/modules.d/ivtv
alias char-major-81     videodev
alias char-major-81-0   ivtv
alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c
add above ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c


post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/ivtv_init

/usr/local/bin/ivtv_init :

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minipc ~ # cat /usr/local/bin/ivtv_init
#!/bin/bash
sleep 1
/usr/bin/ivtvctl -u 0x7F0000
/usr/bin/ivtvctl -f width=720,height=576
/usr/bin/ivtvctl -p 4 -v input=3,output=1

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

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minipc ~ # cat /etc/vdr/channels.conf
TF1:503250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A0:65000:0:0:0
TF1:567250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A0:65000:0:0:0

pvrinput uses CA Identifier A1 instead of A0 like analogTV. So you have to modify your lines like this:

TF1:503250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A1:65000:0:0:0

What TV System you're using/country you are? PAL, NTSC, SECAM?
Frequencies are right?

kal · Jan 28th 2006

I'm using SECAM system (I'm in France).

If i make these commands :

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minipc ~ # ivtv-tune -t france -f 503.250
/dev/video0: 503.250 MHz
minipc ~ # cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg
minipc ~ # cat test.mpg > /dev/video16

I see the channel that I've recorded. Quality is great

I've correctyle modified my channels.conf :

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minipc ~ # cat /etc/vdr/channels.conf
TF1:503250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A1:65000:0:0:0
M6:567250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A1:65000:0:0:0

But nothing change...

By the way, i'm now able to go to the menu of pvrinput! Modifing brightness etc...

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

Okay. Hardware works fine, dmesg looks fine, capturing works.

The last point that i can see is: you're using two channels with the same SID, NID,TID. I think this is the last thing preventing you from being happy. Please change one of the 65000 into 65001 or something else. It doesn't matter as long these numbers are unique.

kal · Jan 28th 2006

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Original von wirbel
Okay. Hardware works fine, dmesg looks fine, capturing works.

The last point that i can see is: you're using two channels with the same SID, NID,TID. I think this is the last thing preventing you from being happy. Please change one of the 65000 into 65001 or something else. It doesn't matter as long these numbers are unique.

It doesn't work

By the way, in the README of pvrinput:

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...
for example:
RTL:217250:C0:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:1:1089:0
| | | | | |
| | | | | --> CA identifier
| | | | --> Teletext PID
| | | --> Audio PID
| | --> Video PID (set to 0 for radio stations)
| --> Parameters (see below)
--> Frequency
...
The video norm can be chosen in a similar way using the "I" parameter:
I0 - NTSC
I1 - SECAM
I999 - PAL
...

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I've tried with this channels.conf:

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minipc ~ # cat /etc/vdr/channels.conf
TF1:503250:B8C0D45:C:0:301:300:305:A1:65000:0:0:0
M6:567250:C0I1:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:1:1089:2

But it doesn't want : unavalaible channel

kal · Jan 28th 2006

I haved a look here :

http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki…0_Basel_CH_.28pvrinput.29

Seems that ivtv only need C0 parameter, but, because 'im using SECAM system, i need to tell him.
So, my channels.conf become:

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TF1:503250:C0I1:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:0:0:0
M6:583250:C0I1:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:0:0:0

But stil not want ...

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

Long time ago since using pvrinput last time and never with secam

try it with D45I1

kal · Jan 28th 2006

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Original von wirbel
Long time ago since using pvrinput last time and never with secam

try it with D45I1

doesn't work too...

If i make a

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cat /dev/video0 > /dev/video16

I can see the signal on my tv with vdr that says "channel unavalaible"

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

Hm. can you please test with only *one* line? Because you have here again two identical SIDs

TF1:503250:C0I1:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:0:0:0
M6:583250:C0I1:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:0:0:0

kal · Jan 28th 2006

Yep, nothing change

What is strong, it's that i can make a cat /dev/video0 > /dev/video16 and i see tv. So, i have the good frequency, secam system is set, but pvrinput can't see that...

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minipc ~ # cat /etc/vdr/channels.conf
M6:567250:C0D45I1:C:0:301:300:305:A1:12003:0:0:0

wirbel · Jan 28th 2006

The problem is only the paramter set of the channels.conf. Nothing else.

But while reading the REadme:

the video input is not D, it is C, should set to C45

kal · Jan 28th 2006

Yep, but no, it doesnt want

Sure, the problem is from channels.conf, but i've tried everything...

EddieT · Jan 28th 2006

Hello,

the developers of the ivtv driver have recently changes the numbers of the inputs. Try

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ivtvctl -n

, it should return all inputs with the actual number.

I expect the tuner input to be No. 0, so the second parameter should be C0I1.

kal · Jan 28th 2006

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Original von EddieT
Hello,

the developers of the ivtv driver have recently changes the numbers of the inputs. Try
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ivtvctl -n
, it should return all inputs with the actual number.

I expect the tuner input to be No. 0, so the second parameter should be C0I1.
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Hi

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Input   : 4
        Name    : Tuner 0
        Type    : 0x00000001
        Audioset: 0x00000003
        Tuner   : 0x00000000
        Standard: 0x00000000000000FF ( PAL )
        Status  : 0

So, the tuner is input 4... second parameter should be C45I1, right ? Doesnt work...

[PVR-350] Doesn't work with pvrinput plugin (solved)

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