Hi Scott, On 9/2/19 3:02 AM, Scott Doty wrote: > Hello, > > Hadn't used my Hauppauge HDPVR for a while, decided to check status of > driver. > > Doesn't seem to be working now. Everything initializes okay (afaict), > but it doesn't seem to want to start streaming. > > In the past, a command like this has worked for playback: > > vlc v4l2c:///dev/video2 \ > --v4l2-chroma=H264 \ > --v4l2-width=1920 \ > --v4l2-height=1080 > > Running that with -vvv, I get output that includes words to the effect of: > > https://termbin.com/re3q > > Running the module with buffer debug on shows the following from dmesg: > > https://termbin.com/u39v > > I'm probably in over my head, but if I could hazard a guess, I'd say > there's something awry with the frame rate it is trying to set. Video > input is off a DirecTV box component input using the SPDIF input. > > Also tried mplayer, and I sometimes get a video feed (but it tries to > use hwac3 for my audio, wish isn't going to work with my setup). In > this case, streaming seems to get started (according to buffer debug), > but output is either nonexistent, or it will play video for a few > seconds then exit. > > And from dmesg in that case: https://termbin.com/pwsp > > If someone could point me in the right direction, I can try to fix this > -- or if someone has a solution, I'd very much appreciate the help. > The only non-trivial change in hdpvr in 5.3 is this commit: commit 6bc5a4a1927556ff9adce1aa95ea408c95453225 Author: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Jun 20 07:43:41 2019 -0400 media: hdpvr: fix locking and a missing msleep Try reverting it and see if it makes a difference. Also test with 'v4l2-ctl -d /dev/videoX --stream-mmap' and see if it keeps streaming buffers or if it also stalls. Regards, Hans
