On Sat, 2012-08-11 at 19:22 -0400, Andy Walls wrote: > On Fri, 2012-08-10 at 18:04 -0400, Bob Lightfoot wrote: > > Dear Media List Members: > > I have been using my Hauppage HVR1600 on Centos 6 for some time > > and getting good analog reception. Now the other day for a reason I > > have not been able to determine the Analog quit working and I have not > > had success restoring it. I'm looking for the usual helpful > > suggestions I've gotten from this group in the past. Here has been my > > troubleshooting to date. > > 1. Verified that analog signal is present in cable by hooking a TV to > > cable. > > 2. Reinstalled all latest v4l and v4l2 drivers from atrpms.net > > packages. These are what has worked in past. > > > Please try to use a DVD player or camera on the S-Video or CVBS analog > video input and L/R line in audio input, instead of the tuner. (Use > 'v4l2-ctl' on /dev/videoN to set the input.) That will narrow down > whether or not this is an analog tuner problem. > > Obviously check cables and connectors for breaks, including inspecting, > as best you can, the connector on the HVR-1600 itself. > > With analog problems, I always encourgae people to double-check their > cable plant: > http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto:Improve_signal_quality > > Also as a temporary test, you may want to run a line from the analog > source straight to the HVR-1600 with no splits, to see if things start > to work. > > > v4l2-ctl --log-status shows video signal not present > > > Status Log: > > > > > > cx18-0: ================= START STATUS CARD #0 ================= > > > cx18-0: Version: 1.5.1 Card: Hauppauge HVR-1600 > > > tveeprom 4-0050: Hauppauge model 74041, rev C6B2, serial# 5267091 > > tveeprom 4-0050: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:50:5e:93 > > tveeprom 4-0050: tuner model is TCL M2523_5N_E (idx 112, type 50) > > tveeprom 4-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08) > > tveeprom 4-0050: audio processor is CX23418 (idx 38) > > tveeprom 4-0050: decoder processor is CX23418 (idx 31) > > > tveeprom 4-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter > > > cx18-0 843: Video signal: not present > > > cx18-0 843: Detected format: NTSC-M > > cx18-0 843: Specified standard: NTSC-M > > cx18-0 843: Specified video input: Composite 7 > > cx18-0 843: Specified audioclock freq: 48000 Hz > > cx18-0 843: Detected audio mode: mono > > cx18-0 843: Detected audio standard: no detected audio standard > > cx18-0 843: Audio muted: yes > > cx18-0 843: Audio microcontroller: running > > cx18-0 843: Configured audio standard: automatic detection > > cx18-0 843: Configured audio system: BTSC > > cx18-0 843: Specified audio input: Tuner (In8) > > > cx18-0 843: Preferred audio mode: stereo cx18-0 > > > gpio-reset-ctrl: GPIO: direction 0x00003001, value 0x00003001 > > > tuner 5-0061: Tuner mode: analog TV > > tuner 5-0061: Frequency: 67.25 MHz > > 67.25 MHz is US analog broadcast channel 4 (the default channel to which > the cx18 driver sets the tuner upon module load). Make sure you have an > analog signal on channel 4. > > Otherwise tune the channel freq using 'ivtv-ctl' or 'v4l2-ctl' Ooops. I meant to say 'ivtv-tune' instead of 'ivtv-ctl'. -Andy > on /dev/videoN. If using 'v4l2-ctl', analog frequency tables for North > America are here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_broadcast_television_frequencies > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cable_television_frequencies > > > tuner 5-0061: Standard: 0x00001000 > > cs5345 4-004c: Input: 1 > > cs5345 4-004c: Volume: 0 dB > > 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 Type: MPEG-2 Program Stream > > cx18-0: Stream VBI Format: No VBI > > cx18-0: Audio Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz cx18-0: Audio Encoding: MPEG-1/2 Layer > > > II cx18-0: Audio Layer II Bitrate: 224 kbps cx18-0: Audio Stereo > > > Mode: Stereo cx18-0: Audio Stereo Mode Extension: Bound 4 inactive > > > cx18-0: Audio Emphasis: No Emphasis cx18-0: Audio CRC: No CRC > > > cx18-0: Audio Mute: false cx18-0: Video Encoding: MPEG-2 cx18-0: > > > Video Aspect: 4x3 cx18-0: Video B Frames: 2 cx18-0: Video GOP Size: > > > 15 cx18-0: Video GOP Closure: true cx18-0: Video Bitrate Mode: > > > Variable Bitrate cx18-0: Video Bitrate: 6000000 cx18-0: Video Peak > > > Bitrate: 8000000 cx18-0: Video Temporal Decimation: 0 cx18-0: Video > > > Mute: false cx18-0: Video Mute YUV: 32896 cx18-0: Spatial Filter > > > Mode: Manual cx18-0: Spatial Filter: 0 cx18-0: Spatial Luma Filter > > > Type: 1D Horizontal cx18-0: Spatial Chroma Filter Type: 1D > > > Horizontal cx18-0: Temporal Filter Mode: Manual cx18-0: Temporal > > > Filter: 8 cx18-0: Median Filter Type: Off cx18-0: Median Luma > > > Filter Minimum: 0 inactive cx18-0: Median Luma Filter Maximum: 255 > > > inactive cx18-0: Median Chroma Filter Minimum: 0 inactive cx18-0: > > > Median Chroma Filter Maximum: 255 inactive cx18-0: Insert > > > Navigation Packets: false cx18-0: Status flags: 0x00200001 cx18-0: > > > Stream encoder MPEG: status 0x0000, 0% of 2048 KiB (64 buffers) in > > > use cx18-0: Stream encoder YUV: status 0x0000, 0% of 2025 KiB (20 > > > buffers) in use cx18-0: Stream encoder VBI: status 0x0000, 0% of > > > 1015 KiB (20 buffers) in use cx18-0: Stream encoder PCM audio: > > > status 0x0000, 0% of 1024 KiB (256 buffers) in use cx18-0: Read > > > MPEG/VBI: 0/0 bytes cx18-0: ================== END STATUS CARD #0 > > > ================== > > > > I have been modprobing the cx18 in /etc/rc.local > # This section is > > added to make the HVR1600 Analog Audio Work > > > # service mythbackend stop modprobe -vv cx18 modprobe -v cx18_alsa > > > # service mythbackend start > > Be advised, for a delayed load of the cx18 module, you must blacklist it > in /etc/modprobe.d/*, otherwise it will get loaded for you anyway. > > There is no need to modprobe cx18-alsa, the cx18 driver should > request/cause that to load automatically if it exists. > > Regards, > Andy > > > Even disabling the mythbackend so that it doesn't affect things until > > this is sorted out. > > > [root@mythbox bob]# lspci -s 01:00.0 -vv 01:00.0 Multimedia video > > > controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23418 Single-Chip MPEG-2 > > > Encoder with Integrated Analog Video/Broadcast Audio Decoder > > > Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-1600 Control: > > > I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- > > > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ > > > ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- > > > INTx- Latency: 64 (500ns min, 50000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 > > > bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: Memory at > > > f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [44] > > > Vital Product Data pcilib: sysfs_read_vpd: read failed: Connection > > > timed out Not readable Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version > > > 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA > > > PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- > > > DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Kernel driver in use: cx18 Kernel modules: > > > cx18 > > > > > > > Not sure where to look/try next. > > > > Bob Lightfoot > > lspci confirms that it is using cx18 as always > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- 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
