Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

[cchester]

Hey guys I am going nuts trying to get this tuner card to work in linux.
It is supposed to work no problem and I have been told it works.

This is what PCI Kinfo Center says:
02:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works inc WinTV PVR 150
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
Memory at e0000000 (32bit, prefetchable)[size=64M]
Capabilities:<access denied>

I have tried it with TvTime, Xawtv, and Zapping none of them let me Set up anything and just crash.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

[mchuskie]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

Kaffeine is reasonable for testing DVB (wouldn't use it for watching, though - that falls to MythTV).

A quick Google shows that the card uses the "ivtv" module. If

lsmod | grep ivtv

comes up empty, try

sudo modprobe ivtv

Reload Kaffeine, and you should have a "Digital TV" option if all's well.

[cchester]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

HI,

Thanks for the reply.

This is what I got from lsmod | grep ivtv:

ivtv 134544 0
i2c_algo_bit 8712 1 ivtv
cx2341x 12804 1 ivtv
tveeprom 15888 1 ivtv
videodev 28160 1 ivtv
v4l2_common 25216 5 cx25840,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev
v4l1_compat 15236 2 ivtv,videodev
i2c_core 22784 9 i2c_ec,wm8775,cx25840,tuner,ivtv,i2c_algo_bit,tv eeprom,nvidia,i2c_nforce2

And all i got from sudo modprobe ivtv was a new command prompt with a blinking cursor.

Ok then in kaffiene i dont get a choice for tv.

Thanks for the help and anymore would be great.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

My guess is that the install script has a line that isn't complete, e.g. unmatched quotation marks.
Go to /etc/modprobe.d and poke around in there. If you see anything for ivtv, post it, if you can.

[cchester]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

Ok will do.

thanks for the reply.

[cchester]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

Ok I checked in /etc/modprobe.d and didn't find anything.

Any other thoughts?

[mchuskie]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

OK, let's be hackish...

sudo modprobe -r ivtv
sudo modprobe ivtv

Then look at the output of dmesg and post anything ivtv-related here.

Also: is there a /dev/dvb directory? If so post the output of

ls -l /dev/dvb/adaptor0/

- could be a permissions thing.

[cchester]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

Ok Will Do Thanks Again For The Help.

[cchester]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

OK, let's be hackish...

sudo modprobe -r ivtv
sudo modprobe ivtv

Then look at the output of dmesg and post anything ivtv-related here.

Also: is there a /dev/dvb directory? If so post the output of

ls -l /dev/dvb/adaptor0/

- could be a permissions thing.

Ok I did the first two things and got a cursor blinking at the command prompt both times after running the commands.

Ok dmesg gave me this:

[ 49.638718] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
[ 49.666239] ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
[ 49.666242] ivtv: version 0.10.1 (tagged release) loading
[ 49.666244] ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.20-15-generic SMP mod_unload 586
[ 49.666245] ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
[ 49.666247] ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
[ 49.666249] ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglis
t.
[ 49.666339] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
[ 49.682177] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:07.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (lev
el, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 49.682188] ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
[ 49.699236] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Explorer Mouse as /class/input/input3
[ 49.777709] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[ 50.379198] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
[ 50.596429] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
[ 50.596432] ivtv0: Recommended firmware version is 0x02060039.
[ 50.661096] tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 26552, rev C268, serial# 8754908
[ 50.661099] tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx 68, type 4
7)
[ 50.661101] tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
[ 50.661103] tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
[ 50.661106] tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
[ 50.661108] tveeprom 2-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR transmi
tter
[ 50.661110] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150
[ 50.683541] tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 50.683562] tda9887 2-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
[ 50.688017] tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 50.728124] cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 55.698358] cx25840 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[ 55.821123] wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 55.888420] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
[ 55.888639] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
[ 55.888885] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
[ 55.889027] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
[ 55.889275] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
[ 55.889287] tuner 2-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
[ 56.292993] ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
[ 56.293008] ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

[ 289.928000] ivtv0: Removed Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
[ 302.404000] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 302.428000] ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
[ 302.428000] ivtv: version 0.10.1 (tagged release) loading
[ 302.428000] ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.20-15-generic SMP mod_unload 586
[ 302.428000] ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
[ 302.428000] ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
[ 302.428000] ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglis
t.
[ 302.428000] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
[ 302.432000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:07.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (lev
el, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 303.068000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
[ 303.284000] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
[ 303.284000] ivtv0: Recommended firmware version is 0x02060039.
[ 303.292000] tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 303.296000] tda9887 2-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
[ 303.300000] tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 303.328000] cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 308.368000] cx25840 2-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[ 308.480000] wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[ 308.560000] tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 26552, rev C268, serial# 8754908
[ 308.560000] tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx 68, type 4 7)
[ 308.560000] tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
[ 308.560000] tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
[ 308.560000] tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
[ 308.560000] tveeprom 2-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR transmi tter
[ 308.560000] ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150
[ 308.664000] ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
[ 308.668000] ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
[ 308.668000] ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
[ 308.668000] ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
[ 308.672000] ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
[ 308.672000] tuner 2-0061: type set to 47 (LG NTSC (TAPE series))
[ 309.156000] ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150, card #0
[ 309.156000] ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

On ls -l /dev/dvb/adaptor0/ I get no such file or directory. Also there is no /dev/dvb/ directory. I looked.

Hope this helps. Thanks for any more help on this.

[cchester]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

Oh by the way I tried KdeTv after running what you said and I was able to get the channels scanned in but it is all fuzz and no picture and no sound.

[mchuskie]

Re: Does Anyone Know How To Make This Card Work With Linux TV Programs

Oh, my mistake - I was assuming you were using a DVB card but it seems it's an analogue one.

Usual suspects... check aerial, check cables, check you can pick up channels with an ordinary TV with the same aerial in the same place. There's no driver problem - your system seems quite happy in setting it up on /dev/video0.