Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:41:50 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "Joe Auty" <joe@netmusician.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pvr250 and MythTV Message-ID: <c39ec84c0702271441s1034a2d0gc22d5cb1096da1c8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7A24B302-B4F6-4AD2-AA16-840DD6B9C2F4@netmusician.org> References: <4E6EF7B9-703F-4D86-A86E-A0B0B7B504F0@netmusician.org> <c39ec84c0702270605q19af99a9xbce8a32b541e79e8@mail.gmail.com> <BEB9296C-A82E-4505-A897-A7DE079D8824@netmusician.org> <65C65A9B-1EA7-4024-A74B-835589D66047@netmusician.org> <c39ec84c0702270851t691d38acw8046272b43d0e7f6@mail.gmail.com> <FA1019C7-ABE1-4AEC-AF78-4E38ABD77B89@netmusician.org> <c39ec84c0702270858r6137ecf6je8f676480f35fc5f@mail.gmail.com> <BA37A417-1267-43B4-BC72-DD788EBA064C@netmusician.org> <c39ec84c0702271141w1a1f1425qe17b8f218ae2d4bd@mail.gmail.com> <7A24B302-B4F6-4AD2-AA16-840DD6B9C2F4@netmusician.org>
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Joe, On 2/27/07, Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2007, at 2:41 PM, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > > > Joe, > > > > On 2/27/07, Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> wrote: > >> > >> On Feb 27, 2007, at 11:58 AM, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > >> > >> > Joe, > >> > > >> > On 2/27/07, Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Feb 27, 2007, at 11:51 AM, usleepless@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Joe, > >> >> > > >> >> > On 2/27/07, Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> wrote: > >> >> >> Okay, I think I have found my MythTV problem.... It seems to > >> >> not be a > >> >> >> Myth problem, but a driver one (again, I'm using the modified > >> >> driver > >> >> >> sent to the list recently): > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> # cat /dev/cxm0 > test.mpg > >> >> >> cat: /dev/cxm0: Device not configured > >> >> >> > >> >> >> # tail /var/log/messages > >> >> >> Feb 27 11:39:03 mymachine kernel: cxm0: video decoder isn't > >> locked > >> >> >> Feb 27 11:39:03 mymachine kernel: Could not detect FPS > >> >> >> Feb 27 11:39:03 mymachine kernel: could not config dec > >> >> >> Feb 27 11:39:03 mymachine kernel: could not start encoder > >> >> > > >> >> > the mythbackendlog suggest that you have not defined ( mythtv- > >> >> setup, > >> >> > 3. ). after you have done that, connect this source to your card > >> >> under > >> >> > 4. > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I don't understand... I'm having this same problem with cat / > >> dev/cxm0 > >> >> > test.mpg even without the mythbackend running at all. This > >> is why > >> >> I thought there was a more fundamental problem with the driver. > >> >> > >> >> As it stands, Myth is not seeing any options in the Input > >> Connections > >> >> screen (option 4) even though it is able to see my capture card. > >> > > >> > the cat command probably fails because you haven't tuned to a > >> > channel yet. > >> > > >> > but i give up if you don't read what i write. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> Okay, I apologize for the miscommunication here. > >> > >> I think what is supposed to happen is that, like you said, within > >> video sources I would normally select "retrieve listings" and would > >> get my lineups, and then would be able to select between cable, > >> antenna, and some other stuff... I haven't yet seen this screen, as > >> clicking on retrieve listings just gives me a temporary progress bar > >> and does not change a thing. Looking at the DataDirect forums, there > >> has been an issue with their servers recently, so maybe this is a > >> DataDirect issue. > >> > >> If somebody reading this could kindly confirm this and let me know > >> what you get when you click on the "retrieve listings" button without > >> a brand new video source, this would be extremely helpful. I have > >> created my Zap2It account at the http://labs.zap2it.com page. > >> > >> EDIT: their site is now inaccessible, so perhaps this is the cause of > >> my problems after all! > >> > >> > >> Once I can download my Zap2It data, I'm assuming that I'll then be > >> able to setup my Input Connections... > >> > >> > >> Again, sorry for this miscommunication, clearly I'm simply not seeing > >> what I"m supposed to. Hopefully this is the last you'll hear from > >> me =) > > > > never mind. i can't help you with Zap2It data, i use xmltv_nl. but you > > are on the right track now. if you have an "input" defined, i am not > > sure if it is important if it retrieves right. you can try to bind it > > in mythtv-setup(4) to your card anyway?. > > > > this is probably a mythtv issue, not a freebsd one. > > > > > > > Okay, I'm inches away from getting this! > > I think *this* is a driver issue... > > I now see several input connections, and I've connected the "tuner" > connection to my video source (satellite). I don't yet have an IR > Blaster, but I should be able to see TV from whatever channel my > satellite is tuned into, right? > > Well, after completing the entire setup, running the filldatabase > command, starting up the backend, no problems until I go to watch TV > within the front end, and I get this error message several times to > stdout: > > > 2007-02-27 16:56:48.636 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: error reading > from: /dev/cxm0 > eno: Device not configured (6) > > > I'm getting the same here: > > # cat /dev/cxm0 > test.mpg > cat: /dev/cxm0: Device not configured > > > This is after associating the card with its input through mythtv- > setup within Input Connections... > > Is this, in fact, a driver issue? If not, I'll ask this question > elsewhere =) please post mythbackend log. you have connected your satbox by coax? do you have composite/svhs cables for that box? regards, usleep
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