Ubuntu 9.10 - Anybody try it yet?

[loonsailor]

Has anybody tried Sage with ubuntu 9.10, which is now in beta? Among other things, it includes kernel 2.6.31 which, I think, means that the hdpvr driver is included by default and we don't need to install it "manually" any more. However, I think the default hdpvr driver doesn't support the IR blaster, so if you need that then you still need to do the manual install. Is that right? Any other gotchas?

[jphipps]

My current setup is Windows, but was looking at converting over to linux so I figured I would give it a try...

The HD-PVR was recognized right off, but when I tried to watch video on it, it played for about 10 seconds and then froze... I am going to try loading the latest drivers and see how that works...

Thanks,
Jeff

[bcjenkins]

Is that with SageTV?

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[jphipps]

Yeah, I tried cat'ing /dev/video0 , but the file was always 0 length. I added it to sage, and it produced a picture for about 5 seconds and then freezes. If you let it sit it will start/stop a few times and then stop playing. I didn't see any messages in dmesg or the sage debug log. Do you have any ideas on debugging it?

Thanks,
Jeff

Forgot to mention, I haven't done an apt-get upgrade, there is about 200MB of updates and my satellite internet has a cap of 400MB a day. There is a window between 3-6am, so I have the upgrade scheduled in cron to do the update tomorrow morning. Not sure if it may fix anything or not...

[bcjenkins]

you can run modinfo hdpvr for debug levels. What are you watching on?

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[jphipps]

I will give it a try tonight...

I did do some testing last night, and I could cat /dev/video0 to a file, and it seemed to be working. I tried it under Sage again, and I was getting the "SEEKER DETECTED A HALT IN THE CAPTURE DEVICE" messages and it would restart and work for another 5-10 seconds and stop again. I stopped sage and tried the cat again on it, and it didn't produced any data in the output file...

Thanks,
Jeff

[bcjenkins]

Sorry, do you watch this on the server or on an extender?

Do you know what firmware your hdpvr is on?

For instance:

hdpvr 1-3:1.0: untested firmware version 0x12, the driver might not work
hdpvr 1-3:1.0: device now attached to /dev/video4
usbcore: registered new interface driver hdpvr

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[jphipps]

Hello,

Yep, that is the exact messages I saw in dmesg...

I was watching on a HD200 extender, my server doesn't have a good enough video card to play the content...

I had tried to compile the v4l driver you had mentioned in the this thread, but it errored out looking for the dma.h include file. Do you happen to know what package would contain that include file?

I just finished patching the linux install, and hope to test a little later tonight when my recordings are completed...

Thanks,
Jeff

Correction: I meant the post you had in the forum for the HD-PVR...

I got it to compile using: make CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV:=n

I have recordings going until 11:00pm, If I can stay awake I will try the compile driver, but if not I will try it tomorrow night...

[jphipps]

I tried the os after the latest patch, samething...

I finally got the downloaded source for the driver and compiled it, but it did the samething, it would capture for about 5-10 seconds and then stop.

I truned debug on, and it just show several messages in dmesg reading into a buffer, and then the capture stops, and the messages just stop with no errors...

What version of Ubuntu is working with the HD-PVR? May have to downgrade to get things working..

Thanks,
Jeff

[loonsailor]

It works fine with 9.04. Are you watching the hdpvr live, or recording a show? I find that it records fine, and the recorded shows can be watched anywhere, but I can only watch live on my hd200. My dual-core Mac Pro freezes if I try to watch live (placeshifter).

[jphipps]

In sage I was trying to view it live from my HD200. But if I just try doing a "cat /dev/video0 > /test.ts" to capture to a file, the file grows for about 5-10 seconds, and then stops groing and the recording light on the hd-pvr goes out. If I "ctrl-c" it and restart it, it works again for a few seconds and then halts again...

Are you using 9.04 with the latest hdprv driver from linuxtv.org?

Thanks,
Jeff

[loonsailor]

Yes. I built it with the instructions in http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Hauppauge_HD-PVR, and it has worked fine except for the issue I mentioned above on my Mac.

[jphipps]

Do you see the messages: "untested firmware version 0x12, the driver might not work" when you connect your hd-pvr to the system? I was also wondering if it is my hd-pvr unit. It is one of the original units.

Thanks,
Jeff

[loonsailor]

Hmmm. I had never looked, but now that you ask I do find the following message in /var/log/dmesg

[   10.334273] hdpvr 1-2:1.0: untested firmware version 0xf, the driver might not work

Looks like I'm running an older firmware version than you! I bought my unit in early July. I remember plugging it into a PC to update it with a Hauppage patch when I first got it. Have you done that?

[loonsailor]

A quick glance at the source code reveals that the driver will give that message with any firmware newer than 0xd. Both of us have firmware that is more recent. I suspect that this isn't the problem. Maybe, if you have an old unit, there might be a hardware issue?

[jphipps]

I will try reloading tonight with 9.04 and test. I purchased mine in June of 08, and I have been running under windows since then. The only issue I have is the occasional halt in the beginning of a recording that alot of people have posted about...

Do you remember the driver version under windows that you loaded? Mine is running the latest 1.5.6...

Thanks,
Jeff

[jphipps]

No luck... Even with 9.04 and the latest driver v4l driver, it stops recording after about 10 seconds...

Thanks,
Jeff

[bcjenkins]

My best guess is that you should update your firmware to the newest under Windows. Driver 1.5.6 provides it.

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[jphipps]

I am running 1.5.6 on my windows box, and had run the hwcDriverInstall.exe to do the installation of the driver. Is there something else I need to run in windows?

Thanks,
Jeff

[bcjenkins]

I don't know. A call to Hauppauge may be in order. I am on the latest firmware via the driver download.

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