Hauppauge HVR-1600 (cx18) newbie - stuff loads, can't get output

[Dale Pontius <DEPontius@edgehp.net>]

I'm trying to get an Hauppauge HVR-1600 card running, based on 
information from the Gentoo Wiki, the IVTV Wiki, google, and lists. 
(This list, the mythtv list, and searching LIRC archives.)

I'm running a 2.6.25 kernel and v4l-dvb sources pulled tonight.  As a 
side note, the saa5249 driver with this drop does not compile for me.  I 
don't remember from previous attempts if it's needed or not.  Google 
hasn't helped me determine this.  I also tried Andy Walls' tree a few 
weeks back, but for some reason it didn't integrate properly with my 
source tree, and though it compiled, it didn't install any modules.

Incidentally, this system also has a bttv card installed, which I'm 
currently using for video capture.  I hope to replace it with a pair of 
HVR-1600s.
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As of now, I can get modules loading:
Module                  Size  Used by
mxl5005s               36676  1
s5h1409                 9092  1
cs5345                  3676  0
cx18                  100160  1
dvb_core               79296  1 cx18
ivtv                  142756  0
cx2341x                12548  2 cx18,ivtv
it87                   21648  0
hwmon_vid               3136  1 it87
...
tuner_simple           15504  1
tuner_types            13952  1 tuner_simple
...
bttv                  168532  0
videodev               35008  4 cx18,ivtv,tuner,bttv
v4l1_compat            14788  1 videodev
firmware_class          9344  3 cx18,ivtv,bttv
...
ir_common              41220  1 bttv
compat_ioctl32          1152  3 cx18,ivtv,bttv
i2c_algo_bit            6404  3 cx18,ivtv,bttv
v4l2_common            12736  6 cs5345,cx18,ivtv,cx2341x,tuner,bttv
videobuf_dma_sg        13892  1 bttv
videobuf_core          18308  2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
k8temp                  5312  0
btcx_risc               4744  1 bttv
tveeprom               12292  3 cx18,ivtv,bttv
snd_bt87x              14500  0
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When I try "mplayer /dev/video1" it suggests I try a few options.  I did 
some trial and error with that, and with modprobe ivtv before cx18. So 
the latest when I try "mplayer -vf spp,scale /dev/video1":
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MPlayer dev-SVN-r26753-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping: 0)
SSE2 supported but disabled
3DNowExt supported but disabled
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow SSE

Playing /dev/video1.
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  384x288  (aspect 2)  29.970 fps  8000.0 kbps (1000.0 kbyte/s)
Opening video filter: [scale]
Opening video filter: [spp]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 384 x 288 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 224.0 kbit/14.58% (ratio: 28000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 384 x 288 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
[swscaler @ 0x87804b8]using unscaled yuv420p -> yuv420p special converter
VO: [xv] 384x288 => 384x288 Planar YV12
A:   0.5 V:   0.0 A-V:  0.504 ct:  0.000   1/  1 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 ^[[J 
A:   0.5 V:   0.8 A-V: -0.296 ct: -0.003   2/  2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 ^[[J 
A:   0.6 V:   0.9 A-V: -0.244 ct: -0.007   3/  3 ??% ??% ??,?% 1 0
^[[J A:   1.2 V:   1.3 A-V: -0.086 ct: -0.047  15/ 15 ??% ??% ??,?% 6 0
...
^[[J A:   1.2 V:   1.3 A-V: -0.093 ct: -0.050  16/ 16 13% 61% 97.5% 7 0 
^[[J A:   1.2 V:   1.3 A-V: -0.103 ct: -0.053  17/ 17 12% 61% 91.5% 8 0 
^[[J A:   1.3 V:   1.4 A-V: -0.051 ct: -0.057  18/ 18 11% 62% 108.8% 9 0
...
^[[J A:   3.8 V:   2.8 A-V:  1.058 ct: -0.197  60/ 60  5% 66% 236.5% 49 
0 ^[[J A:   3.9 V:   2.8 A-V:  1.110 ct: -0.200  61/ 61  5% 66% 240.2% 
50 0 ^[[J

            ************************************************
            **** Your system is too SLOW to play this!  ****
            ************************************************

Possible reasons, problems, workarounds:
- Most common: broken/buggy _audio_ driver
   - Try -ao sdl or use the OSS emulation of ALSA.
   - Experiment with different values for -autosync, 30 is a good start.
- Slow video output
   - Try a different -vo driver (-vo help for a list) or try -framedrop!
- Slow CPU
   - Don't try to play a big DVD/DivX on a slow CPU! Try some of the 
lavdopts,
     e.g. -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all.
- Broken file
   - Try various combinations of -nobps -ni -forceidx -mc 0.
- Slow media (NFS/SMB mounts, DVD, VCD etc)
   - Try -cache 8192.
- Are you using -cache to play a non-interleaved AVI file?
   - Try -nocache.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/video.html for tuning/speedup tips.
If none of this helps you, read DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html.

A:   4.0 V:   2.8 A-V:  1.161 ct: -0.204  62/ 62  5% 66% 243.9% 51 0 ^[[J 
A:   4.1 V:   2.9 A-V:  1.213 ct: -0.207  63/ 63  5% 65% 248.3% 52 0 ^[[J 
A:   4.1 V:   2.9 A-V:  1.204 ct: -0.210  64/ 64  5% 65% 244.4% 53 0
...
^[[J A:   4.6 V:   3.2 A-V:  1.424 ct: -0.240  73/ 73  5% 65% 248.8% 61 0
^[[J A:   4.7 V:   3.2 A-V:  1.476 ct: -0.244  74/ 74  5% 65% 250.7% 62 0 ^[[J
Exiting... (Quit)
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I would truly appreciate any suggestions or instructions for getting 
this beast working.  When it's fully in service I plan to put it on 
svideo behind a Comcast set-top box, using the IR blaster.  But I know 
that's another ongoing story, just like cx18.  I see today on LKML that 
they merged bidi LIRC for practically everything but the HVR-1600.

Thanks,
Dale Pontius

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