Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:49:39 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: PVR-350 and the pvr250 port - report Message-ID: <20061011234939.4ab582d5.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hello, It was asked on this list if my PVR-350 card worked with the pvr250 port / driver. Here are the results. System: root@kg-quiet# uname -a FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #10: Wed Oct 11 19:49:47 CEST 2006 root@kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIET amd64 >From /var/log/messages after 'kldload cxm_iic' and 'kldload cxm': Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: <Conexant iTVC15 MPEG Coder> mem 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff irq 20 at device 0.0 on pci2 Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm_iic0: <Conexant iTVC15 / iTVC16 I2C controller> on cxm0 Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: iicbb0: <I2C bit-banging driver> on cxm_iic0 Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: iicbus0: <Philips I2C bus> on iicbb0 master-only Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: Philips FM1216ME MK3 tuner Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: SAA7115 rev 1 video decoder Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: MSP4418G-B3 audio decoder Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: IR Remote Oct 11 23:21:17 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] Oct 11 23:21:20 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: encoder firmware version 0x2050032 Oct 11 23:21:20 kg-quiet kernel: cxm0: decoder firmware version 0x2020023 I can then use pvr250-setchannel like this: pvr250-setchannel -t -g 720x576 pvr250-setchannel -m 4 196.25 For some reason, pvr250-setchannel -m 4 196.25 (or some other frequency) fails some times. It goes like this; if I run the command with the frequency 196.25, it succeeds. I then change to another frequncy, which also succeds. But some times, it fails, and that might be on a frequency that was working just a minute ago. and after that I can use 'mplayer /dev/cxm0' (or gmplayer, if I want a gui). For some reason, mplayer fails sometimes, with "seek failed". Also, the picture quality is very bad most of the time, with the occasional momentarily *totally* *crisp* picture. Lots of interference and a "blurry" picture. Whether this has something to do with my cabling or with the PVR-350 itself, I cannot tell. But I don't see such bad quality on the recordings from my KnoppMyth backend, which is on the same cable via a T-junction split). It does have a PVR-500 card instead, so ther is a difference. Oh, I'm using analog cable as my signal source. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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