From: pjama <pjama@optusnet.com.au>
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] probs with af901x on mythbuntu
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 20:32:12 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <481EE22C.6090102@optusnet.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <481ECDFE.40203@iki.fi>
Hi Antti,
You're a legend!
Antti Palosaari wrote:
> pjama wrote:
>> Now (while donning my flame proof suit), I must confess that I hadn't
>> thoroughly gone through the mailing list (google failed me) but since
>> posting I've discovered a few things....
>>
>> 1) in dmesg where it says "af9013: firmware version:4.73.0" Does this
>> mean it found version 4.73.0 on the device or in the
>> /lib/firmware/kernel<blah>/dvb_usb_af9015 file? I believe I installed
>> version 4.95.0 (but being a binary file it's hard to confirm). Should
>> they match, Can I upgrade the device or should I downgrade the
>> dvb_usb_af9015 file?
>
> yes (you have old one), install the new one. Probably it does not matter
> but it is still better use newest available.
Do you mean in /lib/firmware/kernel.... ? Do you have a copy of the latest firmware. I think my source may be suspect.
>
>> 2) A post from Antti back in the beginning of April
>> (http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2008-April/025267.html)
>> says the driver works but tuning fails because of the MXL5005 tuner.
>> Bummer!
>
> It (now) should work, even both tuners. You should use different
> devel-tree:
> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/af9015-mxl500x-copy-fw/
Yes you are right. A recompile with these drivers has scan and kaffeine finding channels now.
A quick test of kaffein confirms it works. The only problem I've seen is that one HDTV channel has no audio but I'm not sure this is related to the driver.
>
> Using both tuners same time got it hangs, due to broken mutex lock for
> i2c-bus. I have been a little busy now to fix this, but probably in this
> week I got it fixed.
I can now watch TV while I wait ;)
>
>> Antti, did you get the usb sniff that you were after? If not, can you
>> recommend an application that can dump a suitable file?
>
> Thanx for help but I have got needed logs already.
Cool
>
>>
>> Cheers
>> peter
>>
>
> Antti
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-05 10:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-05 2:40 [linux-dvb] probs with af901x on mythbuntu pjama
2008-05-05 4:49 ` Bastiaan Wentink
2008-05-05 8:03 ` pjama
2008-05-05 9:06 ` Antti Palosaari
2008-05-05 10:32 ` pjama [this message]
2008-05-05 10:52 ` Antti Palosaari
2008-05-05 11:48 ` pjama
2008-05-05 15:48 ` Antti Palosaari
2008-05-11 7:03 ` pjama
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