new HOWTO: MythTV with Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy), with Hauppauge PVR-150

[dhyams]

UPDATE: MythTV 0.19 now included! See section 9.8.

First, credit where credit is due: I first set up MythTV under Fedora Core 3, using the excellent HOWTO by Jarod Wilson. For reasons better left unexplained, I decided to try out MythTV on Ubuntu. For this, I leaned heavily on two HOWTOS: one written by Andrew Barbaccia and one by Joe Kallo. While each are very useful, I did run into a couple of issues that I wanted to pass along, and therefore, this HOWTO was born. In this HOWTO, I also give you links to various files along the way, so that you can see exactly how it is set up on my system.

For PVR-250, PVR-350, and PVR-500 users: there is nothing in this HOWTO that is necessarily PVR-150 specific! As such, you should be able to use this HOWTO without much problem, *unless* there is something special that needs to be done for your particular card. As the folks working on the ivtv driver have done a very good job with the driver and making it card-agnostic, I doubt that this will be the case. But, as I don't have any of these cards and can't test them, I just don't know. PVR-500 users should be able to follow this guide with good results, since a PVR-500 is just two PVR-150's on a card. The only thing to be concerned about there would be to set up both tuners in the initial MythTV setup.


This HOWTO tries to address the entire MythTV experience, from the installation to the tuning of MythTV. Many tips are given for places where there might be difficulty, and special attention is given to upgraders from old distros of MythTV.

Anyway, here is the URL:

http://hyams.webhop.net/mythtv/myth_ubuntu.html

Enjoy!

[reefland]

I'm trying to use your HOWTO with Kubuntu 5.1 and a PVR-500 unit. All of your instructions have worked in my setup upto step 5.3 "Verification of IVTV drivers". The only minor exception is in Step 2.

"gedit /etc/apt/sources.list"

I used:

"kwrite /etc/apt/sources.list" since I'm using KDE.

I'm only able to get static on both /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 using your testing instructions provided. The wall jack and cable is fine (my TV uses them).

I tried your instructions on setting channels as well, no difference. Any suggestions on how to proceed troubleshooting this?

Thanks for the HOWTO, it has gotten me a lot further then I would have gotten on my own.

Two suggestions, add a revision number to the document. I've noticed it changing over the past few days. A revision number will make it easier to know when to print it out again. Secondly, it might be helpful to add a comment about the zap2it.com subscription to ignore the subscription expires messages since the service is free, just means you have to fill out a survey again.

[dhyams]

I'm only able to get static on both /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 using your testing instructions provided. The wall jack and cable is fine (my TV uses them).

I tried your instructions on setting channels as well, no difference. Any suggestions on how to proceed troubleshooting this?

Hmm. When you say "static", I assume that you are talking about what I would call "snow". Maybe the correct input is not being selected? Do a
"ivtvctl -n" in order to list the possible video inputs. Use "ivtvctl -l #" in order to set the video input to one of the numbers. Do this while you have an mplayer running, using /dev/video0 as the input to mplayer.

You might also want to post the output between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines after typing "dmesg". I've seen it and didnt' see anything wrong, but perhaps someone else will. Also post the output of ivtvctl -a.

Thanks for the HOWTO, it has gotten me a lot further then I would have gotten on my own.

Two suggestions, add a revision number to the document. I've noticed it changing over the past few days. A revision number will make it easier to know when to print it out again.

Yes, I know; I've been working on it, adding new sections. I'll add a rev number; good suggestion!

Secondly, it might be helpful to add a comment about the zap2it.com subscription to ignore the subscription expires messages since the service is free, just means you have to fill out a survey again.

Done.

[dhyams]

Use "ivtvctl -l #"

Oops! That should be "ivtvctl -p #"!

[reefland]

Hmm. When you say "static", I assume that you are talking about what I would call "snow".

Well snow to me is white (looking outside). I'm not seeing white, I see dark random lines, with color speckles all over. No sign of any pictures.

Maybe the correct input is not being selected? Do a
"ivtvctl -n" in order to list the possible video inputs.

This is the output:

ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
Input : 0
Name : Tuner
Type : 0x00000001
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC )
Status : 0

Input : 1
Name : Composite 0
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 2
Name : Composite 1
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 3
Name : S-Video 0
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 4
Name : S-Video 1
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Use "ivtvctl -l #" in order to set the video input to one of the numbers. Do this while you have an mplayer running, using /dev/video0 as the input to mplayer.

I tried 0-4, 0 produced the most "snow". The others stayed fairly black. If I disconnect the cable to the tuner I see no difference in the "snow" pattern.

You might also want to post the output between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines after typing "dmesg". I've seen it and didnt' see anything wrong, but perhaps someone else will.

[4294686.666000] ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
[4294686.666000] ivtv: version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
[4294686.666000] ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.12-9-386 386 gcc-3.4
[4294686.666000] ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info between
[4294686.666000] ivtv: the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
[4294686.666000] ivtv: any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
[4294686.666000] ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
[4294686.666000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:08.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: ivtv version
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D487, serial# = 8757842
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
[4294686.744000] tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
[4294686.744000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
[4294686.744000] ivtv0: This is the first unit of a PVR500
[4294686.748000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc0 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
[4294686.750000] TEA5767 detected.
[4294686.750000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=60]
[4294686.751000] tuner: type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio) by autodetect
[4294686.751000] type set to 62 (Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio)
[4294686.751000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
[4294686.751000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
[4294686.804000] cx25840 0-0044: ivtv driver
[4294686.804000] cx25840 0-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[4294688.688000] cx25840 0-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (14264 bytes)
[4294688.777000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
[4294688.850000] wm8775 0-001b: ivtv driver
[4294688.850000] wm8775 0-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[4294688.862000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
[4294688.871000] ivtv0: Detected a TEA5767 radio tuner. Enabling radio support.
[4294689.538000] ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
[4294689.748000] ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
[4294689.748000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
[4294689.749000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
[4294689.750000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
[4294689.751000] ivtv0: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
[4294689.752000] ivtv0: Create encoder radio stream
[4294689.752000] tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #0
[4294689.995000] ivtv0: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1), card #0
[4294689.995000] ivtv: ====================== NEXT CARD ======================
[4294689.995000] ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card (cx23416 based)
[4294689.995000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:09.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: Second (radio) tuner idx 101
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: ivtv version
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D487, serial# = 8757842
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: tuner = Samsung TCPN 2121P30A (idx = 87, type = 4)
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: audio processor = CX25843 (type = 25)
[4294690.067000] tveeprom: decoder processor = CX25843 (type = 1e)
[4294690.067000] ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
[4294690.069000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
[4294690.069000] ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
[4294690.095000] cx25840 1-0044: ivtv driver
[4294690.095000] cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-23 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
[4294691.796000] cx25840 1-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (14264 bytes)
[4294691.885000] ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=cx25840, addr=44]
[4294691.894000] wm8775 1-001b: ivtv driver
[4294691.894000] wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1)
[4294691.906000] ivtv1: i2c attach to card #1 ok [client=wm8775, addr=1b]
[4294691.949000] ivtv1: This is the second unit of a PVR500
[4294691.949000] ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
[4294692.641000] ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
[4294692.851000] ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
[4294692.853000] ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder MPEG stream: 128 x 32768 buffers (4096KB total)
[4294692.905000] ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder YUV stream: 194 x 10800 buffers (2048KB total)
[4294692.906000] ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder VBI stream: 120 x 17472 buffers (2048KB total)
[4294692.906000] ivtv1: Allocate DMA encoder PCM audio stream: 455 x 4608 buffers (2048KB total)
[4294692.907000] tuner: type set to 4 (NoTuner) by ivtv i2c driver #1
[4294693.156000] ivtv1: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #1
[4294693.156000] ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================

Also post the output of ivtvctl -a.

ioctl IVTV_IOC_G_CODEC ok
Codec parameters
aspect : 2
audio : 0x00e9
bframes : 3
bitrate_mode: 0
bitrate : 8000000
bitrate_peak: 9600000
dnr_mode : 0
dnr_spatial : 0
dnr_temporal: 8
dnr_type : 0
framerate : 0
framespergop: 15
gop_closure : 1
pulldown : 0
stream_type : 14
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FMT ok
Type : Video Capture
Width : 720
Height : 480
ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ok
Driver name : ivtv
Card type : WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1)
Bus info : 0000:06:08.0
Driver version: 1025
Capabilities : 0x01070011
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMINPUT
Input : 0
Name : Tuner
Type : 0x00000001
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x0000000000003000 ( NTSC )
Status : 0

Input : 1
Name : Composite 0
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 2
Name : Composite 1
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 3
Name : S-Video 0
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0

Input : 4
Name : S-Video 1
Type : 0x00000002
Audioset: 0x00000003
Tuner : 0x00000000
Standard: 0x00000000007F7FFF ( PAL NTSC SECAM )
Status : 0
ioctl VIDIOC_G_INPUT ok
Video input = 0
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMOUTPUT
ioctl VIDIOC_G_OUTPUT failed: Invalid argument
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMAUDIO
Input : 0
Name : Tuner Audio In

Input : 1
Name : Audio Line 1

Input : 2
Name : Audio Line 2

Input : 3
Name : Audio Line 3

Input : 4
Name : Audio Line 4
ioctl VIDIOC_G_AUDIO ok
Audio input = 0: Tuner Audio In
ioctl VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY ok
Frequency = 8180
ioctl: VIDIOC_ENUMSTD
index : 0
ID : 0x0000000000003000
Name : NTSC
Frame period: 1001/30000
Frame lines : 525

index : 1
ID : 0x00000000000000FF
Name : PAL
Frame period: 1/25
Frame lines : 625

index : 2
ID : 0x00000000007F0000
Name : SECAM
Frame period: 1/25
Frame lines : 625
ioctl VIDIOC_G_STD ok
Video standard = 0x00003000
ioctl: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
Brightness = 383
Contrast = 63
Saturation = 63
Hue = 0
Volume = 60928
Mute = 1

Thanks,

-Rich

[dhyams]

I see in your IVTV dmesg that the tuner type is set to 4: NoTuner.

Take a look at the following recent (Dec 20) thread:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/ivtv/devel/26129

It looks like the poster has some success with tuner type 57. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your PVR-500 has the same Samsung tuner, which is not fully supported by the ivtv drivers.

[Stormbringer]

EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED

Problem that showed up:
Error at modprobing ivtv --- "unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw"

Linux video capture interface: v1.00
ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
ivtv:  version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.12-10-386 386 gcc-3.4
ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
tveeprom: ivtv version
tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48134, rev = J321, serial# = 2763850
tveeprom: tuner = Philips FM1216 (idx = 21, type = 5)
tveeprom: tuner fmt = PAL(B/G) (eeprom = 0x04, v4l2 = 0x00000007)
tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4418 (type = 19)
tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
saa7115 1-0021: ivtv driver
saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
saa7127 1-0044: ivtv driver
saa7127 1-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44]
msp3400 1-0040: ivtv driver
msp3400 1-0040: chip=MSP4418G-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler
ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4418G-A2, addr=40]
 msp3400 1-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (262144 bytes)
ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory?
ivtv0 warning: failed loading decoder firmware
ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -1!
ivtv0: Error -1 initializing firmware.
ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization
ivtv: probe of 0000:00:05.0 failed with error -12
ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

SOLUTION

At the point of the HOWTO where you copy the files into the firmware directory an additional step seems to be required ...

The Hauppauge cards require firmware files, as the firmware is not stored in the ROMs on the card. We must download and install these properly now. To do this,

cd utils
wget ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-...0.24.23035.zip
wget ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-....22254_inf.zip
unzip pvr_2.0.24.23035.zip
./ivtvfwextract.pl pvr_1.18.21.22254_inf.zip
cp HcwMakoA.ROM /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw
cp HcwFalcn.rom /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
mv /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
mv /lib/modules/ivtv-fw-enc.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
cp ../v4l-cx2341x-init-mpeg.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
ln -s /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw

Then proceed onwards.

[tritium]

I've been working my way through the linked tutorial and hit a snagging point right out of the gate. My sources.list file looks identical to the one provided in the tut, and I'm running as root (sudo -i).

I've isolated the problem to the following line:

apt-get install build-essential dialog apache2 mysql-server phpmyadmin gcc-3.4

Which, I can modify to the following to make it work:

apt-get install build-essential apache2 mysql-server phpmyadmin gcc-3.4

You see, it has something to do with the "dialog" part, and I'm in the dark as to why. Here's the error that displays when I run just "apt-get install dialog" (and the original full line):

root@isengard:~# apt-get install dialog
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package dialog is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package dialog has no installation candidate

Any ideas? TIA
-tritium

Edit: Nevermind, I'm a big dummy. I neglected to remove one pound sign comment in sources.list. What a doofus...

[xeta]

Great writeup! Followed it to the tee and have gotten further with your writeup than I have with any other. I'm still having some problems with IVTV however. Im using a pvr350.

Here is my dmesg:

[4302980.836000] ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
[4302980.836000] ivtv:  version 0.4.1 (tagged release) loading
[4302980.836000] ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.12-9-386 386 gcc-3.4
[4302980.836000] ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
[4302980.836000] ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
[4302980.836000] ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
[4302980.848000] ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 350 card (cx23415 based)
[4302980.849000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
[4302980.849000] PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
[4302980.849000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[4302980.941000] tveeprom: ivtv version
[4302980.941000] tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 48132, rev = K168, serial# = 2947170
[4302980.941000] tveeprom: tuner = LG TAPE H001F MK3 (idx = 68, type = 47)
[4302980.941000] tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000)
[4302980.941000] tveeprom: audio processor = MSP4448 (type = 1b)
[4302980.941000] tveeprom: decoder processor = SAA7115 (type = 13)
[4302980.941000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tveeprom, addr=50]
[4302981.048000] tuner (ivtv): chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
[4302981.048000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=(tuner unset), addr=61]
[4302981.145000] saa7115 0-0021: ivtv driver
[4302981.145000] saa7115 0-0021: saa7115 found @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[4302981.327000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7115, addr=21]
[4302981.601000] saa7127 0-0044: ivtv driver
[4302981.604000] saa7127 0-0044: saa7127 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[4302981.604000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=saa7127, addr=44]
[4302981.773000] msp3400 0-0040: ivtv driver
[4302981.773000] msp3400 0-0040: chip=MSP4448G-A2 +nicam +simple +simpler +radio mode=simpler
[4302981.780000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=MSP4448G-A2, addr=40]
[4302981.780000] msp3400 0-0040: msp34xxg daemon started
[4302981.945000] tda9887 0-0043: (ivtv) chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
[4302981.945000] ivtv0: i2c attach to card #0 ok [client=tda9887, addr=43]
[4302982.957000] ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
[4302982.957000] ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory?
[4302982.957000] ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware
[4302982.957000] ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3!
[4302982.957000] ivtv0: Error -3 initializing firmware.
[4302983.073000] ivtv0: Error -12 on initialization
[4302983.073000] ivtv: probe of 0000:01:08.0 failed with error -12
[4302983.073000] ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================

[dhyams]

EDIT: PROBLEM SOLVED


ln -s /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/ivtv-fw-dec.bin /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw[/I]

Then proceed onwards.

Thanks, Stormbringer, for pointing this out! I have added it to the HOWTO, so that PVR-350 folks won't run into this snag.

Please let us all know how the Myth project goes!