pvr-xxx on 7.0

[Jeff]

Sorry for the first message, here is the message with quoting fixed

On May 15, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Aragon Gouveia wrote:
>>>> the port is updated @  http://usleepless.110mb.com/pvrxxx_port.tgz
>>>>
>>>> - should build flawless on 7.0
>>>> - now unloads firmware-kld-modules
>>>> - "make makesum" should not be necessary
>>>> - should be able to switch back from svga/composite to tuner
>>>> - added 3:2 pulldown control in pvr250-setchannel to see if it
>>>> makes a
>>>> difference for anybody
>>>>
>>>> i observed something strange on 7.0 with this driver. mplayer is  
>>>> now
>>>> able to sync a/v properly when doing "mplayer /dev/cxm0". i would
>>>> like
>>>> to hear from others about this.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> usleepless

> However, I'm not able to pull video off the device:
>
> # cat /dev/cxm0 >test.mpg
> cat: /dev/cxm0: Device not configured
>
> and this gets logged:
>
> May 15 20:17:35 <kern.crit> geek kernel: cxm0: video decoder isn't  
> locked
> May 15 20:17:35 <kern.debug> geek kernel: Could not detect FPS
> May 15 20:17:35 <kern.debug> geek kernel: could not config dec
> May 15 20:17:35 <kern.debug> geek kernel: could not start encoder
>
>
> Trying to select the tuner with pvr250-setchannel results in:
>
> # pvr250-setchannel -t
> ioctl( tfd, METEORSINPUT ) failed.: Invalid argument
> May 15 20:24:48 <kern.crit> geek kernel: cxm0: video decoder failed  
> to lock
>
>
> Any more help appreciated.  Must be close now. :)
>


Have you tried setting the frequency first?  pvr250-setchannel  
<frequency>
Here is an easier method, forwarding from an earlier thread:
mplayer /dev/cxm0 is another way to open the stream.

-krzee

Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Kevin Downey"
> Date: April 15, 2008 12:33:21 PM GMT-04:00
> To: Jeff
> Cc: freebsd-multimedia at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: For those using PVR-XXX
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Jeff  wrote:
>> I made a lil script to help me be lazier while changing channels.   
>> I do not have a remote anymore, so I must do it at console.  In  
>> case anyone is going to make something similar for themselves,  
>> here is mine so you do not need to:
>>
>> it expects a file in the same dir named cable.txt containing only  
>> the following:
>> <channel number>  <frequency>
>> for example:
>> 2 55.25
>> 3 61.25
>> 4 67.25
>>
>>
>>
>>
... ugly script removed, kevin's below was better, thanks kevin =]

> channel(){
>     /usr/local/bin/pvr250-setchannel `egrep \^$1\  $HOME/cable.txt|cut
> -f 2 -d \ `
> }
>
> where cable.txt is a list of channels and freqs. I think I got mine
> off wikipedia.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> North_American_cable_television_frequencies
>
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