[linux-dvb] Is HP rebranded Hauppauge HVR-1500 ok on 64bit versions of stable distributions?

[linux-dvb] Is HP rebranded Hauppauge HVR-1500 ok on 64bit versions of stable distributions?

[Benster & Jeremy]

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I have the hp expresscard version of the hauppauge VHR-1500 tuner. I am
having problems getting it to operate under the latest 64bit versions of
ubuntu and  suse.

Has anyone had one of these combinations working? 

I've looked back over the archive on this list and found several
threads, but being a recent convert to linux, I couldn't recognize if  I
needed to download and recompile modules more recent than those shipped
with 2.6.27 kernels. Nor did I know how to tell if the people that had
it working were running 32 or 64 bit versions. 

 I'm wondering if this may only be an issue with 64 bit, only because
I've had a few things that took some work to get going that were related
to using 64bit.

Any suggestions as to what to look for or where to go for help?

Looking at dmesg, the card is recognized, the firmware is
in /lib/firmware, but no messages indicating it is being shipped to the
card. 

When I try to scan for channels with either metv or w_scan, it goes
through the motions, but finds no channels. The light on the card does
not come on.

Thanks in advance,
Ben (pghben@yahoo.com)

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Re: [linux-dvb] Is HP rebranded Hauppauge HVR-1500 ok on 64bit versions of stable distributions?

[Matthew Gardeski]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:33, Benster & Jeremy <pghben@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have the hp expresscard version of the hauppauge VHR-1500 tuner. I am
> having problems getting it to operate under the latest 64bit versions of
> ubuntu and  suse.
>
> Has anyone had one of these combinations working?
>
> I've looked back over the archive on this list and found several threads,
> but being a recent convert to linux, I couldn't recognize if  I needed to
> download and recompile modules more recent than those shipped with 2.6.27
> kernels. Nor did I know how to tell if the people that had it working were
> running 32 or 64 bit versions.
>
> I'm wondering if this may only be an issue with 64 bit, only because I've
> had a few things that took some work to get going that were related to using
> 64bit.
>
> Any suggestions as to what to look for or where to go for help?
>
> Looking at dmesg, the card is recognized, the firmware is in /lib/firmware,
> but no messages indicating it is being shipped to the card.
>
> When I try to scan for channels with either metv or w_scan, it goes through
> the motions, but finds no channels. The light on the card does not come on.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben (pghben@yahoo.com)
> _______________________________________________
> linux-dvb users mailing list
> For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
> http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
>

I have just finished setting up an HVR-1500q and mythtv on gentoo
amd64.  I am happy to report that this setup works great with ATSC
channels.  Although it is loading the firmware properly when mythtv
tries to tune a channel, I don't see anything come up in dmesg either.
 I get warnings in dmesg on boot, but that doesn't really mean it's
failing.

I have been able to tune into ATSC channels with the drivers from
http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb for the past few months with i386.
Before that, I would get very similar messages in dmesg to what I do
now, but mythtv could not scan or tune any channels.

If you have any more questions about what I had to do to get this
working, I'd be glad to answer them.

By the way, is there any support for the analog mode or s-video input?

[    9.455353] cx23885 driver version 0.0.2 loaded
[    9.455403] cx23885 0000:06:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    9.455411] cx23885 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    9.455535] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7790, board: Hauppauge
WinTV-HVR1500Q [card=5,autodetected]
[    9.584355] tveeprom 1-0050: Encountered bad packet header [ff].
Corrupt or not a Hauppauge eeprom.
[    9.584361] cx23885[0]: warning: unknown hauppauge model #0
[    9.584363] cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=0
[    9.584365] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
[    9.584379] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
[    9.954789] xc5000 2-0061: creating new instance
[    9.955463] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[    9.955464] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[    9.955467] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
[    9.955470] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409
QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
[    9.955722] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb0
[    9.955730] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:06:00.0, rev: 2, irq: 18,
latency: 0, mmio: 0xf4000000
[    9.955752] cx23885 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64


Matt

Re: [linux-dvb] Is HP rebranded Hauppauge HVR-1500 ok on 64bit versions of stable distributions?

[Matthew Gardeski]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 03:42, Matthew Gardeski <garmat@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:33, Benster & Jeremy <pghben@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have the hp expresscard version of the hauppauge VHR-1500 tuner. I am
>> having problems getting it to operate under the latest 64bit versions of
>> ubuntu and  suse.
>>
>> Has anyone had one of these combinations working?
>>
>> I've looked back over the archive on this list and found several threads,
>> but being a recent convert to linux, I couldn't recognize if  I needed to
>> download and recompile modules more recent than those shipped with 2.6.27
>> kernels. Nor did I know how to tell if the people that had it working were
>> running 32 or 64 bit versions.
>>
>> I'm wondering if this may only be an issue with 64 bit, only because I've
>> had a few things that took some work to get going that were related to using
>> 64bit.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what to look for or where to go for help?
>>
>> Looking at dmesg, the card is recognized, the firmware is in /lib/firmware,
>> but no messages indicating it is being shipped to the card.
>>
>> When I try to scan for channels with either metv or w_scan, it goes through
>> the motions, but finds no channels. The light on the card does not come on.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Ben (pghben@yahoo.com)
>> _______________________________________________
>> linux-dvb users mailing list
>> For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@vger.kernel.org
>> linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
>> http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
>>
>
> I have just finished setting up an HVR-1500q and mythtv on gentoo
> amd64.  I am happy to report that this setup works great with ATSC
> channels.  Although it is loading the firmware properly when mythtv
> tries to tune a channel, I don't see anything come up in dmesg either.
>  I get warnings in dmesg on boot, but that doesn't really mean it's
> failing.
>
> I have been able to tune into ATSC channels with the drivers from
> http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb for the past few months with i386.
> Before that, I would get very similar messages in dmesg to what I do
> now, but mythtv could not scan or tune any channels.
>
> If you have any more questions about what I had to do to get this
> working, I'd be glad to answer them.
>
> By the way, is there any support for the analog mode or s-video input?
>
> [    9.455353] cx23885 driver version 0.0.2 loaded
> [    9.455403] cx23885 0000:06:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> [    9.455411] cx23885 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> [    9.455535] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7790, board: Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR1500Q [card=5,autodetected]
> [    9.584355] tveeprom 1-0050: Encountered bad packet header [ff].
> Corrupt or not a Hauppauge eeprom.
> [    9.584361] cx23885[0]: warning: unknown hauppauge model #0
> [    9.584363] cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=0
> [    9.584365] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s)
> [    9.584379] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
> [    9.954789] xc5000 2-0061: creating new instance
> [    9.955463] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
> [    9.955464] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
> [    9.955467] DVB: registering new adapter (cx23885[0])
> [    9.955470] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Samsung S5H1409
> QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
> [    9.955722] cx23885_dev_checkrevision() Hardware revision = 0xb0
> [    9.955730] cx23885[0]/0: found at 0000:06:00.0, rev: 2, irq: 18,
> latency: 0, mmio: 0xf4000000
> [    9.955752] cx23885 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>
>
> Matt
>

I forgot to mention that even when it's working, the light on this
card doesn't come on.  I sort of prefer it this way, because it's
really bright and I find it annoying when watching tv in a dark room,
but just keep in mind, that no light doesn't indicate a failure.

Matt