Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 01:58:42 -0400 From: Jeff <jeff@doeshosting.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pvr-xxx on 7.0 Message-ID: <7F9577D2-B225-418D-B538-4C40224D66F3@doeshosting.com> In-Reply-To: <20080515182746.GA14203@phat.za.net> References: <F8A4DB3A-80CB-46BB-B4E4-7AC6E6750A3A@doeshosting.com> <CFAA6030-A326-4B2A-A33A-2867ECCED0D2@doeshosting.com> <20080515182746.GA14203@phat.za.net>
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On May 15, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Aragon Gouveia wrote: the port is updated @ http://usleepless.110mb.com/pvrxxx_port.tgz - should build flawless on 7.0 - now unloads firmware-kld-modules - "make makesum" should not be necessary - should be able to switch back from svga/composite to tuner - added 3:2 pulldown control in pvr250-setchannel to see if it makes a difference for anybody i observed something strange on 7.0 with this driver. mplayer is now able to sync a/v properly when doing "mplayer /dev/cxm0". i would like to hear from others about this. regards, usleepless However, I'm not able to pull video off the device: # cat /dev/cxm0 >test.mpg cat: /dev/cxm0: Device not configured and this gets logged: May 15 20:17:35 <kern.crit> geek kernel: cxm0: video decoder isn't locked May 15 20:17:35 <kern.debug> geek kernel: Could not detect FPS May 15 20:17:35 <kern.debug> geek kernel: could not config dec May 15 20:17:35 <kern.debug> geek kernel: could not start encoder Trying to select the tuner with pvr250-setchannel results in: # pvr250-setchannel -t ioctl( tfd, METEORSINPUT ) failed.: Invalid argument May 15 20:24:48 <kern.crit> geek kernel: cxm0: video decoder failed to lock Any more help appreciated. Must be close now. :) Have you tried setting the frequency first? pvr250-setchannel <frequency> Here is an easier method, forwarding from an earlier thread: mplayer /dev/cxm0 is another way to open the stream. -krzee Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin Downey" Date: April 15, 2008 12:33:21 PM GMT-04:00 To: Jeff Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: For those using PVR-XXX On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Jeff wrote: I made a lil script to help me be lazier while changing channels. I do not have a remote anymore, so I must do it at console. In case anyone is going to make something similar for themselves, here is mine so you do not need to: it expects a file in the same dir named cable.txt containing only the following: <channel number> <frequency> for example: 2 55.25 3 61.25 4 67.25 ... ugly script removed, kevin's below was better, thanks kevin =] channel(){ /usr/local/bin/pvr250-setchannel `egrep \^$1\ $HOME/cable.txt|cut -f 2 -d \ ` } where cable.txt is a list of channels and freqs. I think I got mine off wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cable_television_frequencies -- The Mafia way is that we pursue larger goals under the guise of personal relationships. Fisheye
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