[pvrusb2] HVR-1950 -- Have I messed up the fw installation?

[David Liebman]

HI!

I run debian squeeze at the moment and I have a liquorix kernel. I just
purchased a new HVR-1950. I've gotten the tuner to work to a certian
degree, but I think I might have messed up the fw extraction.

I used the fwextract.pl script on the disk that came with the tuner to
extract the fw and place it in /lib/firmware.

This is the output of 'ls -l /lib/firmware/v4l*'

$ ls -l /lib/firmware/v4l*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 376836 Oct 20
16:03 /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16382 Oct 20 16:03 /lib/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8192 Oct 20
16:03 /lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16384 Oct 20
16:03 /lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw

(Should v4l-cx25840.fw be 16382 bytes?)

I downloaded the pvrusb2-mci-20100708.tar.bz2 file and unpacked it and
built it. I installed it on the linux version:

2.6.35-6.dmz.3-liquorix-686

This is the liquorix kernel.

I added pvrusb2 to the /etc/modules file, and when I plug in the usb
from the tuner I get this on dmesg.

usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 12
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7501
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1: Product: WinTV
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 7300-00-F06FA66F
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
pvrusb2: Device microcontroller firmware (re)loaded; it should now reset
and reconnect.
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 12
pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 13
usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7501
usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 1-1: Product: WinTV
usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 7300-00-F06FA66F
pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV HVR-1950 Model 751xx
pvrusb2: Binding ir_video to i2c address 0x71.
cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_a)
pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver cx25840
tuner 1-0042: chip found @ 0x84 (pvrusb2_a)
pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver tuner
cx25840 1-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
tveeprom 1-00a2: Hauppauge model 75111, rev D2F5, serial# 7317103
tveeprom 1-00a2: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:6f:a6:6f
tveeprom 1-00a2: tuner model is NXP 18271C2 (idx 155, type 54)
tveeprom 1-00a2: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
tveeprom 1-00a2: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
tveeprom 1-00a2: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
tveeprom 1-00a2: has radio, has IR receiver, has IR transmitter
pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware:
PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk;ATSC-8VSB/16VSB
pvrusb2: Mapping standards mask=0x300b700
(PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk;ATSC-8VSB/16VSB)
pvrusb2: Setting up 6 unique standard(s)
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=0 name=PAL-M
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=1 name=PAL-N
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=2 name=PAL-Nc
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=3 name=NTSC-M
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=4 name=NTSC-Mj
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=5 name=NTSC-Mk
pvrusb2: Initial video standard (determined by device type): NTSC-M
pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
pvrusb2: registered device video1 [mpeg]
DVB: registering new adapter (pvrusb2-dvb)
cx25840 1-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
tda829x 1-0042: setting tuner address to 60
tda18271 1-0060: creating new instance
TDA18271HD/C2 detected @ 1-0060
tda18271: performing RF tracking filter calibration

Then, checking the /dev folder I find the /dev/video1 as I expected (I
have a webcam on /dev/video0).

In order to record a video I want to just be able to type
'cat /dev/video1 > test_vid.mpeg' but what I have to do is mess with
mplayer alot. This is my mplayer config file:

[tuner]
pvr=abitrate=192:vbitrate=6000000:vpeak=8500000:fmt=dvd:aspect=1:arate=32000
tv=normid=3:device=/dev/video1:driver=v4l2:input=1:width=720:height=576

If I type 'mplayer -profile tuner pvr://' I get nothing, but I think the
'normid' and 'input' values get set. Then, after failing at that I can
type 'mplayer -profile tuner /dev/video1 ' and I can view component
video on the screen. Then I can type 'cat /dev/video1 > test_vid.mpeg'
and it records a video file. Is this normal?

I have not been able to watch broadcasts yet. I'm not sure what that
would take. I cannot get xawtv to detect my tuner.