devries Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 MandrivaLinux comes with the ivtv driver for the popular Hauppauge WinTV PVR cards, precompiled. However the setup of the module is not straightforward and that's why I wrote this HOWTO: -1- To begin with you need to install the firmware of the card (Mandriva uses urpmi to install software. Read the FAQs). There are rpm packages at PLF and at Thac's. You can install the firmware with: urpmi ivtv-firmware. -2- Open a console and log in as root and type: vi /etc/modprobe.conf and remove from the line: options ivtv everything except 'options ivtv' (I removed for example radio=0 and card). Save and exit the file. -3- Open the Mandriva Control Center, hardware, hardware (note: do not click on the TV card icon) and select the tv card. Click on 'configure module' and empty every field. Now fill in the tuner number (mine is for example 29. If you do not know yours, download the ivtv driver (link) and look in the tuner.h file in the drivers folder and choose the most appopriate). Now click ok. -4- Click on 'start config program', change the user to root, choose the region etcetc. and click ok. That was it. You can now watch TV :). Open a console and type: mplayer /dev/video0 to see for your self PS: somethings were translated from Dutch so actual wording can be a bit different. PPS: If you use Freevo: Mandriva broke it so you can't use it to watch TV. In the meantime till it gets fixed you can watch TV with mplayer and change channels with ptune-ui.pl and record with record-v4l2.pl (get it from the ivtv tar). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UponFirstListen Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 After I configure the module and click OK, the "Run Config Tool" option doesn't appear. I can get it to appear only if I got into MCC and click on TV Card in the first Hardware section. After doing that, it says "There was an error while scanning for TV channels" Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted October 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2005 It shouldn't matter. What do you get from mplayer /dev/video0 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UponFirstListen Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 (edited) It shouldn't matter. What do you get from mplayer /dev/video0 ? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nothing but static. I've tried scanning for channels in MythTV to no luck. I can't even get it to find channels 3 and 4. I had everything up and running about a week ago, but then I lost it. I've started over twice now (complete format). At my wit's end with this thing and contemplating Windows. Edited October 24, 2005 by UponFirstListen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddmcse Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Hey, I just figured it out tonight. I added the following lines in /etc/modprobe.conf options bt878 card= tuner=50 gbuffers=4 options bttv radio=0 card=10 tuner=50 gbuffers=4 I restarted Mandriva 2006 and then launched KDETv and scanned for US-Cable with NTSC and it found all of my channels. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> sometimes the GUI for this doesn't open doing it manually works try these as root unload: rmmod bttv rmmod tuner load: modprobe bttv card=X tuner=X fyi (my-X=26)(my-x=39) check for errors/ confirm settings: dmesg make sure new settings are reported card /tuner list should/could be located : /usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk/Documentation/video4linux (if you have the kernel source installed ) CARDLIST.bttv CARDLIST.tuner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UponFirstListen Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Did the above and now I can't find any channels in MythTV when I scan for them. Also, what was once a static-y buy quasi-visible image during mplayer /dev/video is nothing but static now. I've done all the research on the channel frequencies and even tried manually adding the channels, again to very little effect. I've also tried us-cable and us-cable-hrc with varying options but still can't seem to get the right picture on the screen. I'm now using ivtv-0.4.0 and am following this guide. Not sure what else to provide you with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Thats for TV cards that use the bttv chip. The PVR WinTV cards use a different chip. The Wiki says to build your own ivtv module That shouldnt be neccesary. Further xawtv and kdetv dont work with the PVR WinTV cards. You need Mythtv (or Freevo). (more later. Now I ve to boot into KDE 3.5 :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UponFirstListen Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I've been using MythTV as I've found out the hard way that xawtv, freevo and even kdetv won't work. I've followed with Wiki on several different installs, including building my own ivtv module with several different versions (0.2, 0.3 and 0.4) all to no effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Now in KDE 3.5 and found out kicker transparancy doesn't work :( (have to edit a config file) but that aside, in the ivtv tar there should be a small program that let's you tune the frequencies. After that thest with mplayer /dev/video0. (in mythtv-setup you can fill in the freqiencies by hand (in khz). If all that doesn't work note down the exact name of the chip on your card and use Google to see if other people have the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UponFirstListen Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 My apologies for wasting any one's time. The fault was my own. next time, I shall make sure all things are plugged in the correct port before posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted October 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonis_wrx Posted November 27, 2005 Report Share Posted November 27, 2005 MandrivaLinux comes with the ivtv driver for the popular Hauppauge WinTV PVR cards, precompiled. However the setup of the module is not straightforward and that's why I wrote this HOWTO: -1- To begin with you need to install the firmware of the card (Mandriva uses urpmi to install software. Read the FAQs). There are rpm packages at PLF and at Thac's. You can install the firmware with: urpmi ivtv-firmware. -2- Open a console and log in as root and type: vi /etc/modprobe.conf and remove from the line: options ivtv everything except 'options ivtv' (I removed for example radio=0 and card). Save and exit the file. step1: ok step2: there's no such an option. Here's my /etc/modprobe.conf # This file is autogenerated from /etc/modules.conf using generate-modprobe.conf command alias eth0 sk98lin alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe sata_promise; /bin/true remove snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-intel8x0 install snd-intel8x0 /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-intel8x0 && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; } install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true alias eth1 eth1394 alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 install snd-via82xx-modem /bin/true install snd-intel8x0m /bin/true install snd-atiixp-modem /bin/true alias /dev/ttySHSF[0-9]* /dev/ttySHSF alias /dev/modem /dev/ttySHSF alias char-major-241 /dev/ttySHSF alias char-major-241-* /dev/ttySHSF options hsfserial serialmajor=241 alias char-major-245 hsfosspec alias char-major-245-* hsfosspec alias /dev/hsfdiag hsfosspec alias /dev/hsfdiag* /dev/hsfdiag alias char-major-246 /dev/hsfdiag alias char-major-246-* /dev/hsfdiag options hsfosspec dcpmajor=245 diagmajor=246 install /dev/ttySHSF /sbin/modprobe hsfpcibasic2; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97ich; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97via; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97ali; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97ati; /sbin/modprobe hsfmc97sis; [ -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/hsfusbcd2.ko ] && /sbin/modprobe hsfusbcd2; /bin/true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 If that line is missing you can skip that part. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonis_wrx Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 ok! And for happuage 250pvr pci what is the tuner number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 There is no easy answer to that. It´s a bit trial and error. Look in the tuner.h file for the modt likely and try these. Or try without a tuner number (perhaps autodetection has improved since I wrote this instructions :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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