On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:34:02PM -0700, Ian Forde wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 19:56 -0700, Ian Forde wrote: > > (now to the dev list...) > > > > So I went to upgrade my CentOS 5 myth boxes from 5.2 to 5.3. Upgrade > > went successfully. Next step, upgrade my myth trunk installation. Ah, > > but I have to upgrade my hd-pvr driver. Go to the wiki page... looks > > like the driver is now in v4l-dvb trunk. No problem - download, > > build... bzzt. Looks like it requires 2.6.20. Since CentOS uses > > 2.6.18 with a TON of backported fixes, I figured I'd give it a shot, > > since it worked earlier. Remember that "bzzt" earlier? Yeah - that's > > this error: > > > > [myhost v4l-dvb]# make > > make -C /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l' > > creating symbolic links... > > Kernel build directory is /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.1.6.el5/build > > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.1.6.el5/build > > SUBDIRS=/usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l modules > > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-128.1.6.el5-x86_64' > > CC [M] /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.o > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c: In function > > 'hdpvr_alloc_buffers': > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c:158: warning: passing > > argument 6 of 'usb_fill_bulk_urb' from incompatible pointer type > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c:282:49: error: macro > > "INIT_WORK" requires 3 arguments, but only 2 given > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c: In function > > 'hdpvr_start_streaming': > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c:282: error: 'INIT_WORK' > > undeclared (first use in this function) > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c:282: error: (Each > > undeclared identifier is reported only once > > /usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.c:282: error: for each > > function it appears in.) > > make[3]: *** [/usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l/hdpvr-video.o] Error 1 > > make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l] Error 2 > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-128.1.6.el5-x86_64' > > make[1]: *** [default] Error 2 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/myth/v4l-dvb/v4l' > > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > Okay - looks like I figured a way out of this one. By changing line 282 > of hdpvr-video.c to read: > > INIT_WORK(&dev->worker, hdpvr_transmit_buffers, &dev->worker); That's simple enough change to restore backward compatibility to 2.6.18. > I was able to get it to build. Unfortunately, SPDIF input doesn't seem > to be doing the "right thing". As I understand it, the driver won't > record unless it sees a signal. But it *is* able to record, even with > the 'cat /dev/video4 > /tmp/1.mpg' test. When I do a subsequent 'ffmpeg > -i /tmp/1.mpg', it tells me that regarding audio, it's got AAC audio > rather than AC3 5.1. The audio encoding has to be set explititly to ac3 > Next step: trying 'v4l2-ctl --device=/dev/video4 -l' to see if I missed > anything. I tried 'v4l2-ctl --device=/dev/video4 > --set-ctrl=audio_encoding=4' and retried a capture. That yields a file > with AC3 but 2-channel audio, Are any other audio signals beside spdif connected? Try disconnecting them. > and it still won't play on a frontend that > can play AC3 and non-AC3 content without a problem. Anything more specific on this problem would help. Are there error messages? Is it playable in other players? > I suppose my question is: Is this the correct place to ask questions > regarding the hd-pvr driver itself? No, linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is (cc-ed). Janne -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
