pvr250 and MythTV

Tue Feb 27 14:05:27 UTC 2007

Joe,

On 2/27/07, Joe Auty <joe at netmusician.org> wrote:
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> On Feb 27, 2007, at 2:49 AM, usleepless at gmail.com wrote:
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> > Joe,
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> > On 2/27/07, Joe Auty <joe at netmusician.org> wrote:
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> >> Hello,
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> >> I'm now running FBSD 6.2 and trying to test the pvrxxx port that was
> >> sent to this list most recently.
> >>
> >> I've installed the port successfully after doing my kernel patch, but
> >> MythTV is still reporting that /dev/cxm0 cannot be probed after
> >> setting my video device to /dev/cxm0 (this is what you are supposed
> >> to do, right?)
> >>
> >> It says: "Could not open '/dev/cxm0' to probe its inputs"
> >>
> >> Here is some info about my card, reported by /var/log/messages, FWIW:
> >>
> >>
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: <Conexant iTVC16 MPEG Coder>
> >> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm_iic0: <Conexant iTVC15 / iTVC16
> >> I2C controller> on cxm0
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: iicbb0: <I2C bit-banging driver> on
> >> cxm_iic0
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: iicbus0: <Philips I2C bus> on
> >> iicbb0 master-only
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: TCL 2002N-6A tuner
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: SAA7115 rev 1 video decoder
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: MSP3445G-B8 audio decoder
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: IR Remote
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: [FAST]
> >> Feb 27 02:27:27 mymachine kernel: cxm0: encoder firmware version
> >> 0x2060039
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> >>
> >>
> >> I know this probably isn't useful right now, but here is my
> >> mythbackend spew:
> >>
> >>
> >> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mythbackend.sh start
> >> Starting mythbackend.
> >> [root at mymachine /usr/ports/multimedia/pvrxxx]# 2007-02-27
> >> 02:32:56.171 Using runtime prefix = /usr/local
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.264 New DB connection, total: 1
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.277 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >> localhost
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.291 Current Schema Version: 1158
> >> Starting up as the master server.
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.318 New DB connection, total: 2
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.320 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> >> localhost
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.330 EITHelper: localtime offset -5:00:00
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.344 TVRec(1) Error: Problem finding starting
> >> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.358 ChannelBase(1) Error: InitializeInputs():
> >>                          Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
> >>                          Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
> >>                          sources to your card's inputs?
> >> ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
> >> Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.375 Main::Starting HttpServer
> >> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.388 Main::HttpServer Create Error
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.389 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.410 mythbackend version: 0.20.20060828-3
> >> www.mythtv.org
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.410 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.414 AutoExpire: Found 0 recorders w/max rate of 0
> >> MiB/min
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.417 AutoExpire: Required Free Space: 0.0 GB w/
> >> freq: 10 min
> >> QServerSocket: failed to bind or listen to the socket
> >> 2007-02-27 02:32:56.423 Failed to bind port 6543. Exiting.
> >> Mutex destroy failure: Invalid argument
> >> mythbackend in free(): error: chunk is already free
> >
> > congrats on your upgrade!
> >
> > as which user have you been running mythtv-setup? does this user have
> > the proper rights to /dev/cxm0?
> >
> > as the mythbackend log states: you need to define an "input" to your
> > capturecard. i believe this is option 4. in mythtv-setup.
> >
>
>
>
> Awesome!
>
> Doing a sudo mythtv-setup now allows me to probe the card, but in my
> input connections screen there are literally no options to choose
> from, and even though the backend will now start, it is not
> responding on its port:
>
> ]# ps aux | grep myth
> root      5038  0.0  1.2 38668 18244  p0  SN    8:46AM   0:01.48 /usr/
> local/bin/mythbackend
> root      5103  0.0  0.0  1580   640  p0  R+    8:53AM   0:00.00 grep
> myth
> [root at mymachine /home/joe]# telnet localhost 6543
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
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>
> Because I'm unable to select an input connection most likely, I get
> the following when starting the backend:
>
> ]# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mythbackend.sh restart
> Stopping mythbackend.
> Waiting for PIDS: 5038.
> Starting mythbackend.
> [root at mymachine /home/joe]# 2007-02-27 08:58:04.942 Using runtime
> prefix = /usr/local
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.027 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.040 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.054 Current Schema Version: 1158
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.083 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.085 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
> localhost
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.094 EITHelper: localtime offset -5:00:00
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.108 TVRec(1) Error: Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2007-02-27 08:58:05.111 ChannelBase(1) Error: InitializeInputs():
>                          Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
>                          Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
>                          sources to your card's inputs?
>
>
>
> Any idea why I'm not getting any input connection options?

http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.1

regards,

usleep