Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:20:05 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pvr250 and MythTV Message-ID: <3154BB32-4AC0-43B3-A8FF-90B4A2DE8FCB@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <20070228015709.GA2159@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <c39ec84c0702240135l24c15326k775511dd8d375284@mail.gmail.com> <20070224144746.e3ef6367.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <c39ec84c0702240645u3a1bfdy4137fd74e7ff8bb3@mail.gmail.com> <20070224175433.fb82aed4.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <c39ec84c0702240940m4ea90257v1c2f3e2a9303bce5@mail.gmail.com> <33F7A8F7-6DDB-463D-9455-C4D3C41D60A2@netmusician.org> <c39ec84c0702262349r7f249067u62063ae8b6cc4c76@mail.gmail.com> <64DD6AB3-AD58-4775-83F0-3991C8A754F4@netmusician.org> <c39ec84c0702270605q19af99a9xbce8a32b541e79e8@mail.gmail.com> <BEB9296C-A82E-4505-A897-A7DE079D8824@netmusician.org> <20070228015709.GA2159@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 27, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> Also, my satellite requires DVB, and I don't think --enable-dvb was >> an option included at build? > > DVB-S requires specific hardware, none of which is supported under > FreeBSD. How do you connect your PVR 250 to a satellite dish? > Right now, I have a little splitter that splits my signal between my PVR 250 and my TV coming out of my sat receiver... It's extremely basic, but it does the trick for now. Once I get Myth working, I plan to buy the Hauppauge MediaMVP. I believe that while satellite systems like Bell ExpressVu and several others offer digital TV as an option, they simultaneously offer analog programming. Well, I guess it is obvious that they do, since I can watch TV on my old CRT =) For now, getting analog to work is just fine with me! >> Is this all out of the scope of what you guys can help me with? If >> so, I'll leave you guys out of this, just thought that my reports >> might be useful - particularly the ones involving the driver.... > > Yes, in principle I'm interested. It would really help, though, if > you were to limit the size of your messages to what's necessary. I will do so. I know that when I'm Googling list archives, they often seem disjoint and it is hard to follow threads. However, I'm flexible and so will abide by your request! > Details are always good. At this stage I don't think I'd go chasing > it unless it still happens after I have the whole procedure > documented. > Just to cut to the chase, I progressed a great deal today (I would be happy to detail my experiences to you privately for your how-to). Where I'm at now is that Myth is all setup, but unable to view TV because of what appear to be driver-related issues. Specifically, error messages such as the following: > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.774 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.862 New DB connection, total: 1 > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.876 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at > host: localhost > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.891 Current Schema Version: 1158 > Starting up as the master server. > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.924 New DB connection, total: 2 > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.926 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at > host: localhost > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.936 EITHelper: localtime offset -5:00:00 > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.956 TVRec(1) Error: Start channel invalid, > setting to '100' on input Tuner 0 instead. > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.963 New DB connection, total: 3 > 2007-02-27 17:55:26.965 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at > host: localhost > 2007-02-27 17:55:30.812 ChannelBase: Could not find input: > Television on card when setting channel 100 > > 2007-02-27 17:55:30.844 ChannelBase: Could not find input: > Television on card when setting channel 49 > > 2007-02-27 17:55:30.852 TVRec(1) Error: Setting start channel '100' > failed, > and backup '49' failed as well. > 2007-02-27 17:55:30.980 New DB scheduler connection > 2007-02-27 17:55:30.992 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at > host: localhost > 2007-02-27 17:55:31.023 Main::Starting HttpServer > 2007-02-27 17:55:31.037 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension > 2007-02-27 17:55:31.059 mythbackend version: 0.20.20060828-3 > www.mythtv.org > 2007-02-27 17:55:31.060 Enabled verbose msgs: important general > 2007-02-27 17:55:31.061 AutoExpire: Found 1 recorders w/max rate of > 72 MiB/min > 2007-02-27 17:55:31.065 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 2.1 GB w/ > freq: 10 min > 2007-02-27 17:55:33.022 Reschedule requested for id -1. > 2007-02-27 17:55:33.962 Scheduled 0 items in 0.9 = 0.90 match + > 0.04 place > 2007-02-27 17:55:33.972 Seem to be woken up by USER (starting up mythbackend) and: > 2007-02-27 16:56:48.636 MPEGRec(/dev/cxm0) Error: error reading > from: /dev/cxm0 > eno: Device not configured (6) to stdout when I attempt to watch TV. > # cat /dev/cxm0 > test.mpg > cat: /dev/cxm0: Device not configured Doing this command as well, and: > Feb 27 18:21:33 mymachine kernel: cxm0: video decoder failed to lock > Feb 27 18:21:33 mymachine kernel: cxm0: audio decoder failed to lock > Feb 27 18:21:47 mymachine kernel: cxm0: video decoder isn't locked > Feb 27 18:21:47 mymachine kernel: Could not detect FPS > Feb 27 18:21:47 mymachine kernel: could not config dec > Feb 27 18:21:47 mymachine kernel: could not start encoder > Feb 27 18:22:31 mymachine kernel: cxm0: video decoder failed to lock > Feb 27 18:22:32 mymachine kernel: cxm0: audio decoder failed to lock in /var/log/messages I've enabled mythtv logging, but so far I'm not seeing anything there... These errors are being spewed out to stdout. Let me know if you have any questions. I would be happy to help with your guide as best as I can! - ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iD8DBQFF5ObWCgdfeCwsL5ERAkumAJ4jYt3abPPWiDJy+cpNB6t5ZHw1XQCfbQT3 /D+SysLJ8ELlwoTws4PRdQA= =a9Po -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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