From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 05:59:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51827106564A for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@doeshosting.com) Received: from hemp.ircpimps.org (hemp.ircpimps.org [66.11.114.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300CC8FC0A for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff@doeshosting.com) Received: (qmail 59896 invoked from network); 15 May 2008 22:59:07 -0700 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on hemp.ircpimps.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,URIBL_GREY autolearn=no version=3.2.4 Received: from cbl-sd-95-219.aster.com.do (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (jeff@doeshosting.com@190.0.95.219) by hemp.ircpimps.org with SMTP; 15 May 2008 22:59:04 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <20080515182746.GA14203@phat.za.net> References: <20080515182746.GA14203@phat.za.net> Message-Id: <7F9577D2-B225-418D-B538-4C40224D66F3@doeshosting.com> From: Jeff Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 01:58:42 -0400 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: pvr-xxx on 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:15 -0000 On May 15, 2008, at 2:27 PM, Aragon Gouveia wrote: the port is updated @ http://usleepless.110mb.com/pvrxxx_port.tgz - should build flawless on 7.0 - now unloads firmware-kld-modules - "make makesum" should not be necessary - should be able to switch back from svga/composite to tuner - added 3:2 pulldown control in pvr250-setchannel to see if it makes a difference for anybody i observed something strange on 7.0 with this driver. mplayer is now able to sync a/v properly when doing "mplayer /dev/cxm0". i would like to hear from others about this. regards, usleepless However, I'm not able to pull video off the device: # cat /dev/cxm0 >test.mpg cat: /dev/cxm0: Device not configured and this gets logged: May 15 20:17:35 geek kernel: cxm0: video decoder isn't locked May 15 20:17:35 geek kernel: Could not detect FPS May 15 20:17:35 geek kernel: could not config dec May 15 20:17:35 geek kernel: could not start encoder Trying to select the tuner with pvr250-setchannel results in: # pvr250-setchannel -t ioctl( tfd, METEORSINPUT ) failed.: Invalid argument May 15 20:24:48 geek kernel: cxm0: video decoder failed to lock Any more help appreciated. Must be close now. :) Have you tried setting the frequency first? pvr250-setchannel Here is an easier method, forwarding from an earlier thread: mplayer /dev/cxm0 is another way to open the stream. -krzee Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin Downey" Date: April 15, 2008 12:33:21 PM GMT-04:00 To: Jeff Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: For those using PVR-XXX On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Jeff wrote: I made a lil script to help me be lazier while changing channels. I do not have a remote anymore, so I must do it at console. In case anyone is going to make something similar for themselves, here is mine so you do not need to: it expects a file in the same dir named cable.txt containing only the following: for example: 2 55.25 3 61.25 4 67.25 ... ugly script removed, kevin's below was better, thanks kevin =] channel(){ /usr/local/bin/pvr250-setchannel `egrep \^$1\ $HOME/cable.txt|cut -f 2 -d \ ` } where cable.txt is a list of channels and freqs. I think I got mine off wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cable_television_frequencies -- The Mafia way is that we pursue larger goals under the guise of personal relationships. Fisheye