Re: Wintv-HVR-1120 woes

[fabio tirapelle <ftirapelle@yahoo.it>]

> Da: Sasha Sirotkin <demiurg@femtolinux.com>
> A: fabio tirapelle <ftirapelle@yahoo.it>
> Cc: Albin Kauffmann <albin.kauffmann@gmail.com>; linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> Inviato: Lun 25 ottobre 2010, 09:18:28
> Oggetto: Re: Wintv-HVR-1120 woes
> 
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:16 AM, fabio tirapelle <ftirapelle@yahoo.it> wrote:
> > My  WinTV-HVR-1120 works if I delete dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw and
> > rename  dvb-fe-tda10046.fw in dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw
> > (see cf "Hauppauge   WinTV-HVR-1120 on Unbuntu 10.04" thread).
> > After reboot my  WinTV-HVR-1120 works. Ubuntu recognizes that the firmware 
>isn't
> > correct  and doesn't load the firmware.
> 
> How come it works without the firmware !?  Is it possible that you
> booted into Windows before that and there is a  correct firmware
> already running in the card ?

No my mediacenter works only on Ubuntu 

> 
> > But I know that  isn't a good practice.
> >
> >
> > ----- Messaggio originale  -----
> >> Da: Sasha Sirotkin <demiurg@femtolinux.com>
> >>  A: Albin Kauffmann <albin.kauffmann@gmail.com>
> >>  Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
> >>  Inviato: Dom 24 ottobre 2010, 23:45:55
> >> Oggetto: Re: Wintv-HVR-1120  woes
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Sasha Sirotkin  <demiurg@femtolinux.com>
> >>wrote:
> >>  > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Albin Kauffmann
> >> > <albin.kauffmann@gmail.com>   wrote:
> >> >> On Thursday 21 October 2010 23:25:29 Sasha Sirotkin   wrote:
> >> >>> I'm having all sorts of troubles with  Wintv-HVR-1120 on  Ubuntu 10.10
> >> >>> (kernel 2.6.35-22).  Judging from what I've seen on  the net, including
> >> >>> this  mailing list, I'm not the only one not  being able to use this
> >>  >>> card and no solution seem to  exist.
> >>  >>>
> >> >>> Problems:
> >> >>> 1. The  driver  yells various cryptic error messages
> >> >>>  ("tda18271_write_regs:  [1-0060|M] ERROR: idx = 0x5, len = 1,
> >>  >>> i2c_transfer returned:  -5", "tda18271_set_analog_params:  [1-0060|M]
> >> >>> error -5 on line  1045", etc)
> >>  >>
> >> >> yes, indeed :(
> >> >> (cf "Hauppauge   WinTV-HVR-1120 on Unbuntu 10.04" thread)
> >> >>
> >>  >>> 2. DVB-T  scan (using w_scan) produces no results
> >>  >>
> >> >> Is this  happening after each reboot? As far as  I'm concerned, I've 
>never
> >>had
> >> >>  problems with  DVB-T scans.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Almost  always. I think I  had a lucky reboot or two, but most of the
> >> >  time DVB-T scan produces  nothing.
> >> >
> >> >>> 3.  Analog seems to work, but with very poor  quality
> >>  >>
> >> >> I just tried to use Analog TV in order to  confirm  the problem but I 
>cannot
> >>get
> >> >> any picture. Maybe  I just don't  know how to use it. I'm using commands
> > like
> >>  >> (I'm located in  France):
> >> >>
> >> >>  mplayer tv:// -tv  driver=v4l2:norm=SECAM:chanlist=france -tvscan  
>autostart
> >> >>
> >> >>  ... and just get some  "snow" on scanned channels.
> >> >> As I might have a  problem with  my antenna (an interior one), I am going 
>to
> >> >> test it  under  Windows and report back my experience.
> >> >
> >> > I'm  using  tvtime-scanner
> >> >>
> >> >>  Cheers,
> >> >>
> >> >>  --
> >> >> Albin  Kauffmann
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>  > I'm trying to  downgrade the kernel now to see if it helps
> >>  >
> >>
> >> I went back as far as  2.6.30 and I still have this  problem. 2.6.29
> >> does not recognize this card at  all.
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