webcamd - uploading custom firmware to DVB card

[Mayank Joshi]

Hey Folks!

Recently, I ventured out on building a FreeBSD based HTPC and so far I am have been impressed. The only thing that is missing from my configuration is TV capture. I have the recommended hardware, but I have not had any luck with debugging the issue.

I have a Pinnacle PCTV 801e SE YUANRD card which is detected accordingly by my FreeBSD 9.0 system which  I am trying to configure with MythTV. 

Today, I downloaded the two firmware pieces mentioned in the WebCamCompat wiki page and put them /boot/modules. The webcamd module is compiled with the MAKE_DEBUG option to spew debugging information. 

Here is the usbconfig info - 

ugen4.3: <PCTV 801e YUANRD> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON

  bLength = 0x0012 
  bDescriptorType = 0x0001 
  bcdUSB = 0x0200 
  bDeviceClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceSubClass = 0x0000 
  bDeviceProtocol = 0x0000 
  bMaxPacketSize0 = 0x0040 
  idVendor = 0x2304 
  idProduct = 0x023a 
  bcdDevice = 0x0100 
  iManufacturer = 0x0001  <YUANRD>
  iProduct = 0x0002  <PCTV 801e>
  iSerialNumber = 0x0003  <0F00AED0E6>
  bNumConfigurations = 0x0001 


When I start webcamd I get the following -

au0828 driver loaded
uvcvideo: Unable to create debugfs directory
USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III digital TV receiver chip loaded successfully
Attached ugen4.3[0] to cuse unit 1
dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro USB Stick' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro USB Stick)
DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1411 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
dvb-usb: Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro USB Stick successfully initialized and connected.
dib0700: rc submit urb failed

Creating /dev/dvb/adapter8/demux0
Creating /dev/dvb/adapter8/dvr0
Creating /dev/dvb/adapter8/frontend0
Creating /dev/input/event8