Re: TYPO [Hauppauge WinTV-hvr-1800 PCIe won't work with tvtime or mplayer.]

[William Case <billlinux@rogers.com>]

On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 23:45 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi CityK;
> 
> On Sun, 2009-05-10 at 20:33 -0400, CityK wrote:
> > William Case wrote:
> 
> > Note: cx88 associated modules do NOT apply to this device (cx88 driver
> > modules are for the PCI based cx2388x chipsets, where x=0/1,2,3).  This
> > is a PCIe based device which is serviced, amongst others, by the cx23885
> > driver module. 
> 
> I have removed all the extra modules I have been playing with and
> removed any modprobe instructions I had been trying.
> 
> > 
> > Also, have a look in the wiki for the device article which appears to
> > contain some info that would be useful for you.
> 
> I re-installed v4l-dvb-4c7466ea8d64.tar.bz2, as suggested on the wiki.
> The extracted files are in /lib/modules/["kernel
> version"]/kernel/drivers/media with today's installation date. (last
> modified)
> 
> > With a hardware encoding device, the /dev/video0 should be the MPEG2
> > stream whereas /dev/video1 would be the raw stream compatible with apps
> > like tvtime.  mplayer /dev/video0 should work. .... note that the node
> > number (N) of the character device (/dev/videoN) will be different if
> > you have multiple devices installed in the system, so you will have to
> > adjust accordingly.
> 
> I am trying to set up analog viewing through my cable provider.
> tvtime.xml is set to video0. It still gives me an excellent picture but
> no sound. video1 just gives me a black screen - no sound.
> 
> On mplayer device=/dev/video0 remains the same --terrible picture; no
> sound. mplayer device=/dev/video0 produces the error message 
> 'vo: x11 uninit called but X11 not initialized..' and quits.
> 
			 \/
mplayer device=/dev/video1 produces the error message  'vo: x11 uninit
called but X11 not initialized..' and quits.

> The mplayer script I am using is a slightly modified copy of the command
> suggested on the wiki.
> 
> Basically the info I submitted originally remains the same except the
> cx2388x modules are gone.
> 
> Usually I like to work away at these kind problems until I conquer them
> myself.  But I have been on this one for over two weeks and I am driving
> myself to distraction.  I really do appreciate your time and advice.
> 
-- 
Regards Bill
Fedora 10, Gnome 2.24.3
Evo.2.24.5, Emacs 22.3.1

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