Are there any updated instructions for Linux with HD-PVRs?

[wayner]

It looks like the command that actually changes channels in the FireWire version of the gentuner script is /usr/bin/panelctl but I don't have that file on my system. Wouldn't the panelctl program be installed with the FireWire packages?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by wayner

It looks like the command that actually changes channels in the FireWire version of the gentuner script is /usr/bin/panelctl but I don't have that file on my system. Wouldn't the panelctl program be installed with the FireWire packages?

looks like you need to install libavc1394-tools

# sudo apt-get install libavc1394-tools

You should start an issue on the SageTV Docker issue list and add an issue to have this package added to the to the container... but for now, you can manually install it and then carry on.

https://github.com/stuckless/sagetv-dockers/issues

[wayner]

Presumably this command is done from an unRAID ssh session? I get apt-get command not installed.

When I try to do this from an ssh session from within the docker container I get Unable to locate package libavc1394-tools

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by wayner

Presumably this command is done from an unRAID ssh session? I get apt-get command not installed.

When I try to do this from an ssh session from within the docker container I get Unable to locate package libavc1394-tools

google ubuntu 16.10 panelctl and see if you find another package name... sometimes ubuntu changes the packages

[wayner]

It still appears to be the same name. Shouldn't I be able to use apt-get from an unRAID bash session?

Maybe you have to add a repository?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by wayner

It still appears to be the same name. Shouldn't I be able to use apt-get from an unRAID bash session?

Maybe you have to add a repository?

if I get time this weekend, I'll try to update the container to add this package... it might need a separate repository, I'll try to do it this weekend, if it's quick.

[wayner]

I used wget to get the libavc1394-tools_0.5.4-4_amd64.deb file and dpkg to install it so I now have the panelctl file.

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/liba/libavc1394/libavc1394-tools_0.5.4-4_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg-i libavc*

But when I try to use it with 'panelctl -v -g 1 1' I get:

Could not get 1394 handle: Invalid argument
Is ieee1394, driver, and raw1394 loaded?

When I do a dpkg -l |grep I get:

ii  libavc1394-0:amd64           0.5.4-4                                  amd64        control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices
ii  libavc1394-tools             0.5.4-4                                  amd64        control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices (utilities)
ii  libdc1394-22:amd64           2.2.4-1                                  amd64        high level programming interface for IEEE 1394 digital cameras
ii  libraw1394-11:amd64          2.1.1-2                                  amd64        library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire)

Did I maybe get the wrong tools package? Unlike the other packages it doesn't have the :amd64 suffix.

[bcjenkins]

Do you have the modules loaded?

[wayner]

I am not sure - how do I do that? Should there be a daemon of some sort running?

[bcjenkins]

You can use lsmod to list the modules in use.

Then you can modprobe the drivers if needed.

B

[wayner]

When I try lsmod at a bash prompt from within the sage docker it gives me an error. And the file /proc/modules is 0 bytes long.

From within the unRAID bash prompt lsmod does show a bunch of modules but nothing with 1394 or firewire in the name. How do I modprobe the drivers?

[KarylFStein]

Originally Posted by wayner

When I try lsmod at a bash prompt from within the sage docker it gives me an error. And the file /proc/modules is 0 bytes long.

From within the unRAID bash prompt lsmod does show a bunch of modules but nothing with 1394 or firewire in the name. How do I modprobe the drivers?

Do a cat /proc/modules. This files in /proc are just virtual bridges to system data.

[wayner]

I do get several dozen modules listed within the container when I do that but nothing for firewire.

[sdsean]

Resurrection of this thread to post some updates:

I finally got around to setting up the server on Linux. . .

I just used the shell script found in following thread as a basis:
https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63026

I however commented out all the stuff with OpenDCT, as I'm exclusively using HD-PVRs as sources.

To make the setup absolutely painless I simply did the following:

1.) Kept my Windows 7 machine, with a SageTV server, which WAS what all my clients connected too.
a.) But set this server up to be a network encoder (can't find the threads at the moment).
2.) Setup VirtualBox, XUbuntu Linux
3.) Run the Linux Install Script above (after editing to remove DCT)
4.) Set the Sage.properties settings to turn on network encoder discovery
5.) Setup mounts back to my NAS and Windows Machine
6.) And BAM 64Bit Linux server that now my clients can connect to and 64bit Java so heap problems should stabilize!!!

There's obviously more details in there but I thought I would share to let folks know how crazy simple it was.

The 1 MAJOR problem I've run into right now is with PlayOn. Apparently on Windows 7 PlayON has issues when there are virtual network adapters enabled, which means at the moment I can't run PlayOn and my Linux VM (and thereby Sage in Linux) at the same time, which is a pretty big deal, and I'm waiting to hear back from PlayOn folks about that. . .

I might be able to go the other way and have a Linux machine with a Windows VM, but I don't want to go that route b/c it basically mean setting up a 2nd machine of some sort (b/c since our whole house is using Sage, I can't really be down that long :P).

[wayner]

This isn't clear to me on your post - does the Linux server run in a VM on the same hardware as your Windows server? Or is it on separate hardware.

[sdsean]

Windows 7 is running a Virtual Box Xubuntu Linux VM

[sdsean]

And yes this is all on the same server, basically I didn't change my Windows setup at all other than not needing media imported in the Windows 7 Sage server

[emveepee]

I have installed an HDPVR 1212 in Debian and it is working with mythchanger ok however if v4l2 is running and I run the changer the whole v4l2 subsystem seem to hang.

Can someone with a working set let me know the firmware they are using with

md5sum /lib/firmware/v4l*

Thanks a lot.

Martin

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by emveepee

I have installed an HDPVR 1212 in Debian and it is working with mythchanger ok however if v4l2 is running and I run the changer the whole v4l2 subsystem seem to hang.

Can someone with a working set let me know the firmware they are using with

md5sum /lib/firmware/v4l*

Thanks a lot.

Martin

This is from my unraid server. I have 2 HDPVRs running there.

a9f8f5d901a7fb42f552e1ee6384f3bb  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx231xx-avcore-01.fw
588f081b562f5c653a3db1ad8f65939a  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23418-apu.fw
b6c7ed64bc44b1a6e0840adaeac39d79  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw
95bc688d3e7599fd5800161e9971cc55  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
305dba74bbe5905447add8883f3ecb68  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
9b39b3d3bba1ce2da40f82ef0c50ef48  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
0661f8b2693fe3123e6234557353eacc  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
a9f8f5d901a7fb42f552e1ee6384f3bb  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
a9f8f5d901a7fb42f552e1ee6384f3bb  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23885-enc.fw
b3704908fd058485f3ef136941b2e513  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw
ffed594f0edea15de8c19cfd13bc4adf  /lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw
3b7288416144467369ed2b5b10cf931d  /lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
c6b01cb318b909cc52d2cf643ca269a1  /lib/firmware/v4l-pvrusb2-73xxx-01.fw

I should point out that I'm not using the channel changing features of the hdpvr, but a completely different usb based channel changing piece of hardware.

[emveepee]

Originally Posted by stuckless

This is from my unraid server. I have 2 HDPVRs running there.

b3704908fd058485f3ef136941b2e513  /lib/firmware/v4l-cx25840.fw

Would you be able to send me that file? I have tried several versions but not that one. Nevermind I found this one on a old working Vista system I have.

Edit:Unfortunately that didn't work even when I match the firmware.

I should point out that I'm not using the channel changing features of the hdpvr, but a completely different usb based channel changing piece of hardware.

I don't think it is fireware tuning, if I use the "real" cable remote to change the channel while recording v4l2 will hang in the same way requiring a system reboot including a power cycle of the HDPVR

Are you using ac3?

Martin