Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:32:23 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: MythTV port - status report Message-ID: <c39ec84c0612241432x7f1be56fvfe1b12c4a9af47f5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c39ec84c0612241431n6f3e66e7n9a1a38f4258097e3@mail.gmail.com> References: <20061224230155.fc0a6c6a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <c39ec84c0612241431n6f3e66e7n9a1a38f4258097e3@mail.gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: usleepless@gmail.com Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:31:33 +0100 Subject: Re: MythTV port - status report To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Torfinn, List, On 12/24/06, Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > Hi, > > Just a short status report on the MythTV port. > System: > an amd64 machine running > 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 > > with a Hauppauge PVR-350 card in it, using the pvr250 driver > (multimedia/pvr250). > > mythtv-setup runs, but immediately display the warning about the backend > running. In this case, the backend is NOT running, but I don't know if this > affects anything. > I get one error message in the shell (from where I start mythtv-setup) which > might be related: > ps: Process environment requires procfs(5) > > When I get to the second screen in mythtv-setup ("2. Capture Cards"), I set > up my card as a "MPEG-2 encoder card (PVR-x50, PVR-500)", and use /dev/cxm0 > as video device. It says "Probed info: failed to probe", but I carry on and > select "Television" as default input. > On screen 3 ("3. Video Sources") I st up one source, called TV, which uses > tv_grab_no. So far, no problems. > Screen 4 ("4. Input Connections") is blank (as in "no lines of information") > and I get these error messages in the shell: > Could not query inputs. > eno: Inappropriate ioctl for device (25) > > Perhaps the driver I'm using isn't up to the task? > I tried setting the card up as an analog card also, but that didn't work > either. > > Also, when I start mythbackend I get this in the logfile: > root@kg-quiet# less /var/log/mythbackend.log > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.577 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.601 New DB connection, total: 1 > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.613 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: > localhost > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.619 Current Schema Version: 1158 > Starting up as the master server. > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.633 New DB connection, total: 2 > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.634 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: > localhost > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.638 EITHelper: localtime offset 1:00:00 > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.659 TVRec(2) Error: Problem finding starting channel, > setting to default of '3'. > 2006-12-24 22:57:58.661 ChannelBase(2) Error: InitializeInputs(): > Could not get inputs for the capturecard. > Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video > sources to your card's inputs? this can have at least 2 reasons: 1. you haven't completed the setup properly. 2. the device you are using doesn't support the enumerate-inputs-v4l2-ioctl. are you planning on running a backend on fbsd? or just a frontend? please keep posting your progress and problems. i am reading along. regards, usleep PS: forgot to include the list
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