Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

[Rory McCann]

Hi,

I recently bought a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H (usb id: 2040:b138), but I 
see from this wiki page 
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-900H that there is 
no driver for it. However that's as of 2008.

Has there been any progress on this since? Is that wiki page correct 
that there is still no support for that card? Is there anyway to get 
this USB device to work under linux?

Thanks,

-- 
Rory

Re: Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

[Patrick Dickey]

On 11/12/2011 07:26 AM, Rory McCann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently bought a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H (usb id: 2040:b138), but I
> see from this wiki page
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-900H that there is
> no driver for it. However that's as of 2008.
> 
> Has there been any progress on this since? Is that wiki page correct
> that there is still no support for that card? Is there anyway to get
> this USB device to work under linux?
> 
> Thanks,
> 

Hi Rory,

If you search for the 900H, you'll find a thread titled "Hauppauge
HVR900H don't work with kernel 3.*". The original submitter stated that
it worked in 2.6.x, but when the computer was upgraded to a 3.x kernel,
it stopped working.  This was two days ago (9 November 2011), so I'm not
sure how much progress was made (if any).

So, if your running a 2.6.x kernel, it *may* work, but it seems to be
broken on the 3.x kernels (Ubuntu 11.10 or similar distros).
Unfortunately I don't have that tuner, so I can't help out with it.

I would say try it. You can check dmesg to see if the tuner is even
being recognized (and drivers loaded). If so, then see if it works. If
not, then you might need the latest build of the v4l. You can get
information on installing the latest version from
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
.  Then make it (without your tuner plugged in) and try plugging it in
again. Check dmesg again, and if it's recognized, try it.

Sorry I couldn't find more information on this. Also if anyone else
posts a reply, I would defer to their suggestions--as they have more
experience with this than me.

Have a good weekend.:)
Patrick.

Re: Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

[Norret Thierry]

Le 12/11/2011 15:18, Patrick Dickey a écrit :
> On 11/12/2011 07:26 AM, Rory McCann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently bought a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H (usb id: 2040:b138), but I
>> see from this wiki page
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-900H that there is
>> no driver for it. However that's as of 2008.
>>
>> Has there been any progress on this since? Is that wiki page correct
>> that there is still no support for that card? Is there anyway to get
>> this USB device to work under linux?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
> 
> Hi Rory,
> 
> If you search for the 900H, you'll find a thread titled "Hauppauge
> HVR900H don't work with kernel 3.*". The original submitter stated that
> it worked in 2.6.x, but when the computer was upgraded to a 3.x kernel,
> it stopped working.  This was two days ago (9 November 2011), so I'm not
> sure how much progress was made (if any).
> 
> So, if your running a 2.6.x kernel, it *may* work, but it seems to be
> broken on the 3.x kernels (Ubuntu 11.10 or similar distros).
> Unfortunately I don't have that tuner, so I can't help out with it.
> 
> I would say try it. You can check dmesg to see if the tuner is even
> being recognized (and drivers loaded). If so, then see if it works. If
> not, then you might need the latest build of the v4l. You can get
> information on installing the latest version from
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
> .  Then make it (without your tuner plugged in) and try plugging it in
> again. Check dmesg again, and if it's recognized, try it.
> 
> Sorry I couldn't find more information on this. Also if anyone else
> posts a reply, I would defer to their suggestions--as they have more
> experience with this than me.
> 
> Have a good weekend.:)
> Patrick.
> --
> 
I confirm, I've this card

Support for this card is break since kernel 2.6.39
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg39917.html

Building v4l from git don't solve the problem.
This card work fine with < 2.6.38 kernels.

Re: Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

[Norret Thierry]

> You're talking about two different versions of the 900H.  You have to go
> by the USB IDs, and *not* the model number.  One of you has 2040:6600
> and the other has 2040:b138.  The 6600 version (which is a TM6000
> design) did work at one point.  The b138 (which is a cx231xx design) has
> never been supported.
> 
> Devin
> 
> 

Effectively I did not pay attention
We don't have the same card, mine is 2040:6600

>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I recently bought a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H (usb id: 2040:b138), but I
>>>> see from this wiki page
>>>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-900H that there is
>>>> no driver for it. However that's as of 2008.
>>>>
>>>> Has there been any progress on this since? Is that wiki page correct
>>>> that there is still no support for that card? Is there anyway to get
>>>> this USB device to work under linux?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Rory,
>>>
>>> If you search for the 900H, you'll find a thread titled "Hauppauge
>>> HVR900H don't work with kernel 3.*". The original submitter stated that
>>> it worked in 2.6.x, but when the computer was upgraded to a 3.x kernel,
>>> it stopped working.  This was two days ago (9 November 2011), so I'm not
>>> sure how much progress was made (if any).
>>>
>>> So, if your running a 2.6.x kernel, it *may* work, but it seems to be
>>> broken on the 3.x kernels (Ubuntu 11.10 or similar distros).
>>> Unfortunately I don't have that tuner, so I can't help out with it.
>>>
>>> I would say try it. You can check dmesg to see if the tuner is even
>>> being recognized (and drivers loaded). If so, then see if it works. If
>>> not, then you might need the latest build of the v4l. You can get
>>> information on installing the latest version from
>>>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers
>>> .  Then make it (without your tuner plugged in) and try plugging it in
>>> again. Check dmesg again, and if it's recognized, try it.
>>>
>>> Sorry I couldn't find more information on this. Also if anyone else
>>> posts a reply, I would defer to their suggestions--as they have more
>>> experience with this than me.
>>>
>>> Have a good weekend.:)
>>> Patrick.
>>> --
>>>
>> I confirm, I've this card
>>
>> Support for this card is break since kernel 2.6.39
>> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg39917.html
>>
>> Building v4l from git don't solve the problem.
>> This card work fine with < 2.6.38 kernels.
>> --
>> 

Re: Any update on the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-900H?

[Rory McCann]

On 12/11/11 14:39, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> If it's B138 then it's the newer revision of the 900H and it's actually
> never been supported.  The issue is the device has a demod for which no
> driver currently exists (si216x)

Yes I have the 2040:b138

When I plug it in, dmesg just shows:

[325765.514364] usb 2-1.2: new high speed USB device number 12 using 
ehci_hcd

However after talking to Mikachu on #linuxtv on IRC today, it occured to 
me that I only want this for analog, not digital. I only want to 
digitize some old VHSs, so I don't need digital.

Upon Mikachu's suggestion, I'm going to try this patch¹ and see if 
analog works.

¹ http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg30116.html