Call for Testers: MythTV 0.23 for FreeBSD

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

Hi,

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:28:23 +0200
Bernhard Froehlich <decke at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:02:27 +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen
> <torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no> wrote:
> > mythtv-setup: the channel scanner doesn't work with my PVR-500 card; it
> > tries to use "traditional" channel numbers (E5, E2, etc) for tuning,
> > but the driver (pvrxxx by usleep) only accepts frequencies.
> 
> Did this also happen with 0.22?

I don't know if I ever tested that feature under 0.22. However, a quick
test just now on my 0.22 mythtv test box confirms it - yes, the
scanner in 0.22 behaves exactly the same.
However - looking at /var/log/messages after the test, I see this:
Apr  8 18:42:09 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 48.25
Apr  8 18:42:09 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x8e 0x01 0x05 0x73
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 55.25
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x05 0xe3 0x8e 0x01
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 62.25
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x06 0x53 0x8e 0x01
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 69.25
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x06 0xc3 0x8e 0x01
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 76.25
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x07 0x33 0x8e 0x01
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 83.25
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x07 0xa3 0x8e 0x01
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 175.25
Apr  8 18:42:10 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x0d 0x63 0x8e 0x02
Apr  8 18:42:11 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!
Apr  8 18:42:11 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv freq set to 182.25
Apr  8 18:42:11 kg-quiet kernel: tuner: tv 0x0d 0xd3 0x8e 0x02
Apr  8 18:42:11 kg-quiet kernel: before tuner_command!

175.25 Mhz is channel "E5" which was included in the scan, 
so perhaps the driver supports "classic" channels after all?

> Sounds like it's finally time to update the p5-xmltv port. Didn't you
> prepare a port update for it some time ago?

I did; over at the freebsd-ports list. I never submitted a PR for it
because I was unhappy about the fact that in later p5-xmltv version the
tv_grab_no scanner has been deprecated.

> If you have any work that can
> be integrated I would like to do so.

Perhaps I should un-deprecate the tv_grab_no grabber with a patch then.

> In the meantime i've updated the ports to MythTV 0.23 RC2 and sent all the
> FreeBSD specific patches upstream. They have all been committed short after
> RC2 so they will be in 0.23. The problems with proper VDPAU support have
> also been addressed and with the next nvidia-driver update it should
> compile and work fine.

Cool!
BTW, thanks for all the hard work you put into getting the MythTV ports working in FreeBSD.
Much appreciated!
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen