On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 19:34 -0700, Brian Steele wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to capture from the HVR-1600 MPEG encoder and I can't > seem to get any audio. I'm using the following procedure: > > ivtv-tune -c 4 > cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/test.mpg > mplayer /tmp/test.mpg > > This displays a nice picture but no audio. Output from mplayer > indicates that there is an audio stream present, but I hear nothing. > > I ran v4l2-ctl --log-status and I got this: > > cx18-0: ================= START STATUS CARD #0 ================= > tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 74021, rev C1B2, serial# 1441469 > tveeprom 1-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-15-FE-BD > tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E (idx 112, type 50) > tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08) > tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38) > tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31) > tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter > cx18-0: Video signal: present > cx18-0: Detected format: NTSC-M > cx18-0: Specified standard: NTSC-M > cx18-0: Specified video input: Composite 7 > cx18-0: Specified audioclock freq: 48000 Hz > cx18-0: Detected audio mode: mono > cx18-0: Detected audio standard: no detected audio standard > cx18-0: Audio muted: yes > cx18-0: Audio microcontroller: running When the audio microcontroller firmware hasn't detected the audio standard from the tuner SIF output, it mutes the cx18-av-core audio processing paths. It should unmute them once it detects an audio carrier in the SIF. > cx18-0: Configured audio standard: automatic detection > cx18-0: Configured audio system: BTSC > cx18-0: Specified audio input: Tuner (In8) > cx18-0: Preferred audio mode: stereo > cs5345 1-004c: Input: 1 > cs5345 1-004c: Volume: 0 dB > tuner 2-0061: Tuner mode: analog TV > tuner 2-0061: Frequency: 67.25 MHz > tuner 2-0061: Standard: 0x00001000 > cx18-0: Video Input: Tuner 1 > cx18-0: Audio Input: Tuner 1 > cx18-0: GPIO: direction 0x00003001, value 0x00003001 > cx18-0: Tuner: TV > cx18-0: Stream: MPEG-2 Program Stream > cx18-0: VBI Format: No VBI > cx18-0: Video: 720x480, 30 fps > cx18-0: Video: MPEG-2, 4x3, Variable Bitrate, 6000000, Peak 8000000 > cx18-0: Video: GOP Size 15, 2 B-Frames, GOP Closure > cx18-0: Audio: 48 kHz, Layer II, 224 kbps, Stereo, No Emphasis, No CRC > cx18-0: Spatial Filter: Manual, Luma 1D Horizontal, Chroma 1D Horizontal, 0 > cx18-0: Temporal Filter: Manual, 8 > cx18-0: Median Filter: Off, Luma [0, 255], Chroma [0, 255] > cx18-0: Status flags: 0x00200001 > cx18-0: Stream encoder MPEG: status 0x0000, 0% of 2016 KiB (63 > buffers) in use > cx18-0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB (16 buffers) in use > cx18-0: Stream encoder PCM audio: status 0x0000, 0% of 1008 KiB (63 > buffers) in use > cx18-0: Read MPEG/VBI: 5240832/0 bytes > cx18-0: ================== END STATUS CARD #0 ================== > > I notice it says audio muted, so I checked the status of the mute controls: > v4l2-ctl -C mute gives me > mute: 1 > > v4l2-ctl -c mute=0 returns no errors, but if I run v4l2-ctl -C mute > again it still shows the value is 1. > > v4l2-ctl -C audio_mute shows me audio_mute: 0, which seems correct > > I turned on debugging in the cx18 driver and re-ran v4l2-ctl -c > mute=0. The interesting parts of the output were: > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x980909, type=2, name=Mute, min/max=0/1, > step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x98090a, type=2, name=Mute, min/max=0/1, > step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000001 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x99096d, type=2, name=Audio Mute, > min/max=0/1, step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x990964, type=3, name=Audio Sampling > Frequency, min/max=0/2, step=1, default=1, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x990965, type=3, name=Audio Encoding > Layer, min/max=1/1, step=1, default=1, flags=0x00000008 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x990967, type=3, name=Audio Layer II > Bitrate, min/max=9/13, step=1, default=10, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x990969, type=3, name=Audio Stereo Mode, > min/max=0/3, step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000008 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x99096a, type=3, name=Audio Stereo Mode > Extension, min/max=0/3, step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000010 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x99096b, type=3, name=Audio Emphasis, > min/max=0/2, step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x99096c, type=3, name=Audio CRC, > min/max=0/1, step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x99096d, type=2, name=Audio Mute, > min/max=0/1, step=1, default=0, flags=0x00000000 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL id=0x0 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL error -22 > cx18-0: VIDIOC_S_CTRL id=0x980909, value=0 > > I see there are two different mute controls there, one that is on and > one that is off. I have no idea why this is. IIRC, one mute is for the audio processing paths in the cx18-av-core, the other mute is for muting the audio in the MPEG encoder. > I'm using v4l-dvb pulled from hg about 2 hours ago. Does anybody have > any ideas what else I can do to debug this or how to fix it? First make sure that line in audio from a portable DVD player or VCR still works. Just to make sure that in fact tuner audio is the only problem. Then with tuner video & audio, you need to try to get the system to a state where the audio microcontroller in the cx18-av-core actually detects a sound standard in the SIF audio coming from the tuner. Try changing channels and see if there is any channel that gives you sound - or at least shows that the microcontroller has detected a sound standard. If that doesn't work, I look into how you can manually have the MPEG encoder fall back to using Tuner AF (mono) instead of Tuner SIF audio. Then we can make sure at least determine if the chips in the tuner are demodulating the sound carrier properly. (Also note that the first analog capture after modprobe cx18 will not work right: it will have no audio or choppy audio. Every subsequent capture should work fine.) Regards, Andy > Thanks, > Brian _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
