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roger.searle at gmail

Sep 15, 2011, 12:44 PM

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configuring hvr-2200 card

Hi, my first venture into mythtv, I have 0.24 + fixes installed on Linux
Mint 11 and using the box as combined front/backend. HVR-2200 card
installed, and have the drivers installed as per
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200

I'm stuck and not sure where I should go from here, below is as much as
I've been able to manage, any advice gratefully accepted.

lspci -v

02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164 (rev 81)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-2200 (submodel
89619)
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at fcc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at fc800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: saa7164
Kernel modules: saa7164

But according to dmesg I'm not quite there:

roger [at] gemin ~ $ dmesg | grep 7164
[ 1.043204] pci 0000:02:00.0: [1131:7164] type 0 class 0x000480
[ 16.312461] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 16.315258] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
IRQ 19
[ 16.315262] saa7164[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.
[ 16.315263] saa7164[0]: Try to pick one of the existing card configs via
[ 16.315264] saa7164[0]: card=<n> insmod option. Updating to the latest
[ 16.315265] saa7164[0]: version might help as well.
[ 16.315267] saa7164[0]: Here are valid choices for the card=<n>
insmod option:
[ 16.315269] saa7164[0]: card=0 -> Unknown
[ 16.315270] saa7164[0]: card=1 -> Generic Rev2
[ 16.315271] saa7164[0]: card=2 -> Generic Rev3
[ 16.315272] saa7164[0]: card=3 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
[ 16.315274] saa7164[0]: card=4 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
[ 16.315275] saa7164[0]: card=5 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
[ 16.315277] saa7164[0]: card=6 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
[ 16.315278] saa7164[0]: card=7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
[ 16.315279] saa7164[0]: card=8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
[ 16.315850] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Unknown
[card=0,autodetected]
[ 16.315855] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
[ 16.315860] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.315870] saa7164_initdev() Unsupported board detected, registering
without firmware

Further reading suggests "modprobe saa7164 card=3" (which returns no
output so presume that went OK?). However nothing in /dev?

roger [at] gemin ~ $ ls /dev | grep dvb
roger [at] gemin ~ $ ls /dev | grep video

Not surprisingly, attempts to add a "DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)" in
mythtv backend do not allow getting the focus to the "DVB device number"
field.

Cheers,
Roger

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nick.rout at gmail

Sep 15, 2011, 12:50 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Roger Searle <roger.searle [at] gmail> wrote:
> Hi, my first venture into mythtv, I have 0.24 + fixes installed on Linux
> Mint 11 and using the box as combined front/backend. HVR-2200 card
> installed, and have the drivers installed as per
> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200
>
> I'm stuck and not sure where I should go from here, below is as much as
> I've been able to manage, any advice gratefully accepted.
>
> lspci -v
>
> 02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164 (rev 81)
> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-2200 (submodel
> 89619)
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
> Memory at fcc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
> Memory at fc800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
> Capabilities: <access denied>
> Kernel driver in use: saa7164
> Kernel modules: saa7164
>
>
> But according to dmesg I'm not quite there:
>
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ dmesg | grep 7164
> [ 1.043204] pci 0000:02:00.0: [1131:7164] type 0 class 0x000480
> [ 16.312461] saa7164 driver loaded
> [ 16.315258] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
> IRQ 19
> [ 16.315262] saa7164[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.
> [ 16.315263] saa7164[0]: Try to pick one of the existing card configs via
> [ 16.315264] saa7164[0]: card=<n> insmod option. Updating to the latest
> [ 16.315265] saa7164[0]: version might help as well.
> [ 16.315267] saa7164[0]: Here are valid choices for the card=<n>
> insmod option:
> [ 16.315269] saa7164[0]: card=0 -> Unknown
> [ 16.315270] saa7164[0]: card=1 -> Generic Rev2
> [ 16.315271] saa7164[0]: card=2 -> Generic Rev3
> [ 16.315272] saa7164[0]: card=3 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
> [ 16.315274] saa7164[0]: card=4 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
> [ 16.315275] saa7164[0]: card=5 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
> [ 16.315277] saa7164[0]: card=6 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
> [ 16.315278] saa7164[0]: card=7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
> [ 16.315279] saa7164[0]: card=8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
> [ 16.315850] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Unknown
> [card=0,autodetected]
> [ 16.315855] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
> latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
> [ 16.315860] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [ 16.315870] saa7164_initdev() Unsupported board detected, registering
> without firmware
>
>
> Further reading suggests "modprobe saa7164 card=3" (which returns no
> output so presume that went OK?). However nothing in /dev?
>
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ ls /dev | grep dvb
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ ls /dev | grep video
>
> Not surprisingly, attempts to add a "DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)" in
> mythtv backend do not allow getting the focus to the "DVB device number"
> field.

What does dmesg say after the "modprobe saa7164 card=3" is executed?

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hads at nice

Sep 15, 2011, 12:52 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 07:44 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
> I'm stuck and not sure where I should go from here, below is as much as
> I've been able to manage, any advice gratefully accepted.

You probably want cardid 4 so the following should work;

echo options saa7164 card=4 | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/saa7164.conf
sudo modprobe -r saa7164
sudo modprobe saa7164

Then check dmesg again.

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roger.searle at gmail

Sep 15, 2011, 12:55 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 07:50, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Roger Searle<roger.searle [at] gmail> wrote:
>> Hi, my first venture into mythtv, I have 0.24 + fixes installed on Linux
>> Mint 11 and using the box as combined front/backend. HVR-2200 card
>> installed, and have the drivers installed as per
>> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200
>>
>> I'm stuck and not sure where I should go from here, below is as much as
>> I've been able to manage, any advice gratefully accepted.
>>
>> lspci -v
>>
>> 02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164 (rev 81)
>> Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-2200 (submodel
>> 89619)
>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
>> Memory at fcc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
>> Memory at fc800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
>> Capabilities:<access denied>
>> Kernel driver in use: saa7164
>> Kernel modules: saa7164
>>
>>
>> But according to dmesg I'm not quite there:
>>
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ dmesg | grep 7164
>> [ 1.043204] pci 0000:02:00.0: [1131:7164] type 0 class 0x000480
>> [ 16.312461] saa7164 driver loaded
>> [ 16.315258] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
>> IRQ 19
>> [ 16.315262] saa7164[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.
>> [ 16.315263] saa7164[0]: Try to pick one of the existing card configs via
>> [ 16.315264] saa7164[0]: card=<n> insmod option. Updating to the latest
>> [ 16.315265] saa7164[0]: version might help as well.
>> [ 16.315267] saa7164[0]: Here are valid choices for the card=<n>
>> insmod option:
>> [ 16.315269] saa7164[0]: card=0 -> Unknown
>> [ 16.315270] saa7164[0]: card=1 -> Generic Rev2
>> [ 16.315271] saa7164[0]: card=2 -> Generic Rev3
>> [ 16.315272] saa7164[0]: card=3 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
>> [ 16.315274] saa7164[0]: card=4 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
>> [ 16.315275] saa7164[0]: card=5 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
>> [ 16.315277] saa7164[0]: card=6 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
>> [ 16.315278] saa7164[0]: card=7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
>> [ 16.315279] saa7164[0]: card=8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
>> [ 16.315850] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Unknown
>> [card=0,autodetected]
>> [ 16.315855] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
>> latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
>> [ 16.315860] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
>> [ 16.315870] saa7164_initdev() Unsupported board detected, registering
>> without firmware
>>
>>
>> Further reading suggests "modprobe saa7164 card=3" (which returns no
>> output so presume that went OK?). However nothing in /dev?
>>
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ ls /dev | grep dvb
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ ls /dev | grep video
>>
>> Not surprisingly, attempts to add a "DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)" in
>> mythtv backend do not allow getting the focus to the "DVB device number"
>> field.
> What does dmesg say after the "modprobe saa7164 card=3" is executed?
There are no additional lines in dmesg...

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roger.searle at gmail

Sep 15, 2011, 1:04 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 07:52, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 07:44 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
>> I'm stuck and not sure where I should go from here, below is as much as
>> I've been able to manage, any advice gratefully accepted.
> You probably want cardid 4 so the following should work;
>
> echo options saa7164 card=4 | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/saa7164.conf
> sudo modprobe -r saa7164
> sudo modprobe saa7164
>
> Then check dmesg again.
>
> hads
Some progress - and of course I should have known to do a -r before
doing another modprobe!

[ 3011.980201] Histogram named irq intervals (ms, count, last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980211] Total: 0
[ 3011.980215] Histogram named deferred intervals (ms, count,
last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980221] Total: 0
[ 3011.980224] Histogram named irq to deferred intervals (ms, count,
last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980229] Total: 0
[ 3011.980232] Histogram named encoder/vbi read() intervals (ms, count,
last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980237] Total: 0
[ 3011.980240] Histogram named encoder/vbi poll() intervals (ms, count,
last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980245] Total: 0
[ 3011.980249] Histogram named encoder/vbi read() intervals (ms, count,
last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980254] Total: 0
[ 3011.980257] Histogram named encoder/vbi poll() intervals (ms, count,
last_update_jiffy)
[ 3011.980262] Total: 0
[ 3011.980280] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3021.193961] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 3021.202163] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 3021.202562] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
IRQ 19
[ 3021.204790] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Hauppauge
WinTV-HVR2200 [card=4,insmod option]
[ 3021.204803] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
[ 3021.204818] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3021.420087] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 3021.420101] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload
(NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 3021.439537] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file not found?)
[ 3021.439545] Failed to boot firmware, no features registered

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hads at nice

Sep 15, 2011, 1:11 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 08:04 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
> Some progress - and of course I should have known to do a -r before
> doing another modprobe!

Okay that's all good, you just need the firmware now and then you should
be good to go. Search on this page for the firmware section;

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200

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g8ecj at gilks

Sep 15, 2011, 5:23 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 08:04 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
>> Some progress - and of course I should have known to do a -r before
>> doing another modprobe!
>
> Okay that's all good, you just need the firmware now and then you should
> be good to go. Search on this page for the firmware section;
>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200
>
> hads
> --

All this talk of HVR-2200 caused me to check if I had a spare PCIe slot
rather than looking at the (more expensive, less functional) HVR-1900 on a
USB connection.

Looks like I have so thats my HD and Sky connections all sorted if I get
one!!

Can anyone who has one tell me if the svideo connector is on the card or
if it needs an additional breakout connector for this function?

Cheers

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Sep 15, 2011, 5:33 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 08:11, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 08:04 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
>> Some progress - and of course I should have known to do a -r before
>> doing another modprobe!
> Okay that's all good, you just need the firmware now and then you should
> be good to go. Search on this page for the firmware section;
>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200
>
> hads
More progress, followed the above page and built several hundred files,
chose the reboot option.

[ 381.780123] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 381.780138] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload
(NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 381.784072] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file not found?)

So still needed:

roger [at] gemin ~ $ wget
http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw

roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware/2.6.38-8-generic/
roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe -r saa7164
roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe saa7164

roger [at] gemin ~ $ dmesg | grep 7164
[ 1.043200] pci 0000:02:00.0: [1131:7164] type 0 class 0x000480
[ 16.523750] 62dd28d0c659db29bdb89cfe9f0aefe42f0adfe9 [media]
saa7164: Add support for another HVR2200 hardware revision
[ 16.529221] 62dd28d0c659db29bdb89cfe9f0aefe42f0adfe9 [media]
saa7164: Add support for another HVR2200 hardware revision
[ 16.536443] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 16.536829] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
IRQ 19
[ 16.537402] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Hauppauge
WinTV-HVR2200 [card=4,insmod option]
[ 16.537406] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
[ 16.537411] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.750044] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 16.750054] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload
(NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 17.007211] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file not found?)
[ 370.440208] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 381.569141] 62dd28d0c659db29bdb89cfe9f0aefe42f0adfe9 [media]
saa7164: Add support for another HVR2200 hardware revision
[ 381.575150] 62dd28d0c659db29bdb89cfe9f0aefe42f0adfe9 [media]
saa7164: Add support for another HVR2200 hardware revision
[ 381.577275] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 381.577789] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
IRQ 19
[ 381.580152] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Hauppauge
WinTV-HVR2200 [card=4,insmod option]
[ 381.580164] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
[ 381.580179] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 381.780123] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 381.780138] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload
(NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 381.784072] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Upload failed. (file not found?)
[ 1500.790234] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 1507.906537] 62dd28d0c659db29bdb89cfe9f0aefe42f0adfe9 [media]
saa7164: Add support for another HVR2200 hardware revision
[ 1507.929073] 62dd28d0c659db29bdb89cfe9f0aefe42f0adfe9 [media]
saa7164: Add support for another HVR2200 hardware revision
[ 1507.931199] saa7164 driver loaded
[ 1507.931698] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) ->
IRQ 19
[ 1507.933922] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Hauppauge
WinTV-HVR2200 [card=4,insmod option]
[ 1507.933934] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:02:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 19,
latency: 0, mmio: 0xfcc00000
[ 1507.933948] saa7164 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1508.140087] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
[ 1508.140101] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload
(NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
[ 1508.160641] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware read 4019072 bytes.
[ 1508.160649] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware loaded.
[ 1508.160673] saa7164_downloadfirmware() SecBootLoader.FileSize = 4019072
[ 1508.160682] saa7164_downloadfirmware() FirmwareSize = 0x1fd6
[ 1508.160686] saa7164_downloadfirmware() BSLSize = 0x0
[ 1508.160690] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Reserved = 0x0
[ 1508.160695] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Version = 0x1661c00
[ 1515.390050] saa7164_downloadimage() Image downloaded, booting...
[ 1515.500090] saa7164_downloadimage() Image booted successfully.
[ 1517.840086] saa7164_downloadimage() Image downloaded, booting...
[ 1519.270052] saa7164_downloadimage() Image booted successfully.
[ 1519.321108] tveeprom 5-0000: audio processor is SAA7164 (idx 43)
[ 1519.321114] tveeprom 5-0000: decoder processor is SAA7164 (idx 40)
[ 1519.321124] saa7164[0]: Hauppauge eeprom: model=89619
[ 1519.767048] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7164)
[ 1522.789947] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7164)
[ 1522.790889] saa7164[0]: registered device video0 [mpeg]
[ 1523.023916] saa7164[0]: registered device video1 [mpeg]
[ 1523.236539] saa7164[0]: registered device vbi0 [vbi]
[ 1523.236621] saa7164[0]: registered device vbi1 [vbi]

And I have now been able to add 2 capture cards to mythtv backend!
Thanks for the help. More questions on the way . . .

Cheers,
Roger

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Sep 15, 2011, 5:39 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 12:23, Robin Gilks wrote:
> All this talk of HVR-2200 caused me to check if I had a spare PCIe slot
> rather than looking at the (more expensive, less functional) HVR-1900 on a
> USB connection.
>
> Looks like I have so thats my HD and Sky connections all sorted if I get
> one!!
>
> Can anyone who has one tell me if the svideo connector is on the card or
> if it needs an additional breakout connector for this function?
>
> Cheers
>
Yes there is s-video input on this card. I got mine and some excellent
service from nicegear

http://nicegear.co.nz/dvb-cards/hauppauge-hvr2200/

Cheers,
Roger

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hads at nice

Sep 15, 2011, 5:52 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 12:33 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
> So still needed:
>
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ wget
> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw
>
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware/2.6.38-8-generic/
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe -r saa7164
> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe saa7164

I'm not sure what you meant by building several hundred files? The
firmware from the page (as you did above) should be all that you needed.

By the way, if you put it in /lib/firmware/ directly then you won't have
to worry about what happens when the kernel gets updated.

Cheers,

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 15, 2011, 7:30 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 12:52, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 12:33 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
>> So still needed:
>>
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ wget
>> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw
>>
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware/2.6.38-8-generic/
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe -r saa7164
>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe saa7164
>
> I'm not sure what you meant by building several hundred files? The
> firmware from the page (as you did above) should be all that you needed.
>
I think he means building the v4l-dvb device drivers following the
instructions on
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't
recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in
driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset? And the 2250? Or am I missing
something about how the v4l-dvb drivers and HVR-22x0 firmware work?

> By the way, if you put it in /lib/firmware/ directly then you won't have
> to worry about what happens when the kernel gets updated.
>
Good call. I "lost" the firmware after each kernel upgrade due to
storing it in a sub-dir of /lib/firmware/. Pain copying it back each time.

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roger.searle at gmail

Sep 15, 2011, 8:11 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 14:30, David Moore wrote:
>
>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ wget
>>> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw
>>>
>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware/2.6.38-8-generic/
>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe -r saa7164
>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe saa7164
>> I'm not sure what you meant by building several hundred files? The
>> firmware from the page (as you did above) should be all that you needed.
>>
> I think he means building the v4l-dvb device drivers following the
> instructions on
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't
> recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in
> driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset?
Yes, that is what I was referring to, I wasn't clear if it was needed
for a modern kernel or not. Mythtv newbie...
>> By the way, if you put it in /lib/firmware/ directly then you won't have
>> to worry about what happens when the kernel gets updated.
>>
> Good call. I "lost" the firmware after each kernel upgrade due to
> storing it in a sub-dir of /lib/firmware/. Pain copying it back each time.
So a simple copy of *.fw from the sub-dir to lib/firmware would appear
to be all I need? Shall do that now. Thanks for the tips! Next piece
of excitement is that I have the expected TV channels listed following a
scan. Now to make an actual recording...

Cheers,
Roger

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 16, 2011, 5:59 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 16/09/11 15:11, Roger Searle wrote:
> On 16/09/11 14:30, David Moore wrote:
>>
>>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ wget
>>>> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw
>>>>
>>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware/2.6.38-8-generic/
>>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe -r saa7164
>>>> roger [at] gemin ~ $ sudo modprobe saa7164
>>> I'm not sure what you meant by building several hundred files? The
>>> firmware from the page (as you did above) should be all that you needed.
>>>
>> I think he means building the v4l-dvb device drivers following the
>> instructions on
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't
>> recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in
>> driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset?
> Yes, that is what I was referring to, I wasn't clear if it was needed
> for a modern kernel or not. Mythtv newbie...
>>> By the way, if you put it in /lib/firmware/ directly then you won't have
>>> to worry about what happens when the kernel gets updated.
>>>
>> Good call. I "lost" the firmware after each kernel upgrade due to
>> storing it in a sub-dir of /lib/firmware/. Pain copying it back each time.
> So a simple copy of *.fw from the sub-dir to lib/firmware would appear
> to be all I need? Shall do that now. Thanks for the tips! Next piece
> of excitement is that I have the expected TV channels listed following a
> scan. Now to make an actual recording...
>
> Cheers,
> Roger
>
Hi Roger,

I'm intrigued by your card setup. Do you have a 2200 or is it actually a
2250? Is it a full height or half height card? The reason I ask is
because it seems you may have analogue video capture working since you
have /dev/video and /dev/vbi devices as well as /dev/dvb devices. Also
you're using the newer NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw firmware whereas I'm
using older v4l-saa7164-1.0.3.fw and dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw firmware.
But your card type is 4, the same as mine. So I'm wondering if the NXP
firmware would work on my older card to get analogue TV working.

David

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lennon at orcon

Sep 16, 2011, 6:54 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

instructions on
>>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't
>>> recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in
>>> driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset?

I wrote 1/2 the HVR-2200 page above as I got a 2200 about a 6-12 months
before the linux drivers where available :-)
It was pretty simple to get it going (when all the drivers where written
with lots of testing) (If you look at the history I'm LennonNZ)

You can probably remove the card=X from the mod load/probe after you got
the firmware (if it makes any difference)
(I think the Sample kernel output is still from my machine .. (yes it is)

You can see older instructions from getting the source code from
Kernellabs (the guy who wrote the main driver from)

http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200&oldid=2276
2

I think Analogtv was "nearly" working but I haven't got my 2200 in a
working machine at the moment so I cannot test.

Thanks
Craig

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 16, 2011, 8:06 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 17/09/11 13:54, Craig Whitmore wrote:
> instructions on
>>>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't
>>>> recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in
>>>> driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset?
>
>
> I wrote 1/2 the HVR-2200 page above as I got a 2200 about a 6-12 months
> before the linux drivers where available :-)
> It was pretty simple to get it going (when all the drivers where written
> with lots of testing) (If you look at the history I'm LennonNZ)
>
> You can probably remove the card=X from the mod load/probe after you got
> the firmware (if it makes any difference)
> (I think the Sample kernel output is still from my machine .. (yes it is)
>

I don't think this will work for Roger's particular card version.
Browsing the driver source (see below) I cannot see his card version
(8940) listed in saa7164-cards.c.

> You can see older instructions from getting the source code from
> Kernellabs (the guy who wrote the main driver from)
>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200&oldid=2276
> 2
>
> I think Analogtv was "nearly" working but I haven't got my 2200 in a
> working machine at the moment so I cannot test.
>
> Thanks
> Craig
>
Cheers. I'm slowly getting a grip on hardware, driver and firmware
versions. Been browsing source at
http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/tree/HEAD:/drivers/media/video/saa7164
and it seems mpeg encoder (i.e., analogue TV) support was added in Oct
2010. Also seems I have saa7164 driver dated Dec 2009 but I'm not
totally sure.

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pkendall64 at gmail

Sep 16, 2011, 8:26 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM, David Moore <dmoo1790 [at] ihug> wrote:
> On 17/09/11 13:54, Craig Whitmore wrote:
>> instructions on
>>>>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't
>>>>> recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in
>>>>> driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset?
>>
>>
>> I wrote 1/2 the HVR-2200 page above as I got a 2200 about a 6-12 months
>> before the linux drivers where available :-)
>> It was pretty simple to get it going (when all the drivers where written
>> with lots of testing) (If you look at the history I'm LennonNZ)
>>
>> You can probably remove the card=X from the mod load/probe after you got
>> the firmware (if it makes any difference)
>> (I think the Sample kernel output is still from my machine .. (yes it is)
>>
>
> I don't think this will work for Roger's particular card version.
> Browsing the driver source (see below) I cannot see his card version
> (8940) listed in saa7164-cards.c.

Steven Toth added this particular card to his repository about 20 months ago.
http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/

>
>> You can see older instructions from getting the source code from
>> Kernellabs (the guy who wrote the main driver from)
>>
>> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200&oldid=2276
>> 2
>>
>> I think Analogtv was "nearly" working but I haven't got my 2200 in a
>> working machine at the moment so I cannot test.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Craig
>>
> Cheers. I'm slowly getting a grip on hardware, driver and firmware
> versions. Been browsing source at
> http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/tree/HEAD:/drivers/media/video/saa7164
> and it seems mpeg encoder (i.e., analogue TV) support was added in Oct
> 2010. Also seems I have saa7164 driver dated Dec 2009 but I'm not
> totally sure.
>

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 16, 2011, 9:17 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 17/09/11 15:26, Paul Kendall wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM, David Moore<dmoo1790 [at] ihug> wrote:
>> On 17/09/11 13:54, Craig Whitmore wrote:
>>> You can probably remove the card=X from the mod load/probe after you got
>>> the firmware (if it makes any difference)
>>> (I think the Sample kernel output is still from my machine .. (yes it is)
>>>
>>
>> I don't think this will work for Roger's particular card version.
>> Browsing the driver source (see below) I cannot see his card version
>> (8940) listed in saa7164-cards.c.
>
> Steven Toth added this particular card to his repository about 20 months ago.
> http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/
>
Weirdness. The source for saa7164-cards.c at
http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/ does indeed include the 8940
but it doesn't have any of the extra ports for mpeg encoding in the
source at
http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/tree/HEAD:/drivers/media/video/saa7164.
Also the files at http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/ don't seem to
be as new as the ones at git.linuxtv.org.

Also saa7164-fw.c at kernellabs points to v4l-saa7164-1.0.2-3.fw and
v4l-saa7164-1.0.3-3.fw (for different card revs) whereas git.linuxtv.org
points to NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw. Seems firmware was consolidated into
one file for all card revs at some stage.

My guess is that the latest stuff is at git.linuxtv.org but somehow the
8940 card was forgotten.

For me it seems my driver and firmware is way out of date (although it
works fine for DVB-T). :-) Might try and upgrade soonish to see if/how
analogue capture works. I'll report on how it goes if I do.

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pkendall64 at gmail

Sep 16, 2011, 10:15 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 4:17 PM, David Moore <dmoo1790 [at] ihug> wrote:
> On 17/09/11 15:26, Paul Kendall wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM, David Moore<dmoo1790 [at] ihug> wrote:
>>> On 17/09/11 13:54, Craig Whitmore wrote:
>>>> You can probably remove the card=X from the mod load/probe after you got
>>>> the firmware (if it makes any difference)
>>>> (I think the Sample kernel output is still from my machine .. (yes it is)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think this will work for Roger's particular card version.
>>> Browsing the driver source (see below) I cannot see his card version
>>> (8940) listed in saa7164-cards.c.
>>
>> Steven Toth added this particular card to his repository about 20 months ago.
>> http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/
>>
> Weirdness. The source for saa7164-cards.c at
> http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/ does indeed include the 8940
> but it doesn't have any of the extra ports for mpeg encoding in the
> source at
> http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/tree/HEAD:/drivers/media/video/saa7164.
> Also the files at http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/ don't seem to
> be as new as the ones at git.linuxtv.org.
>
> Also saa7164-fw.c at kernellabs points to v4l-saa7164-1.0.2-3.fw and
> v4l-saa7164-1.0.3-3.fw (for different card revs) whereas git.linuxtv.org
> points to NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw. Seems firmware was consolidated into
> one file for all card revs at some stage.
>
> My guess is that the latest stuff is at git.linuxtv.org but somehow the
> 8940 card was forgotten.

You could probably just grab that commit patch and apply to the git.linuxtv.org
tree.

>
> For me it seems my driver and firmware is way out of date (although it
> works fine for DVB-T). :-) Might try and upgrade soonish to see if/how
> analogue capture works. I'll report on how it goes if I do.
>

PK

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roger.searle at gmail

Sep 17, 2011, 1:03 AM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

> Hi Roger,
>
> I'm intrigued by your card setup. Do you have a 2200 or is it actually a
> 2250? Is it a full height or half height card? The reason I ask is
> because it seems you may have analogue video capture working since you
> have /dev/video and /dev/vbi devices as well as /dev/dvb devices. Also
> you're using the newer NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw firmware whereas I'm
> using older v4l-saa7164-1.0.3.fw and dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw firmware.
> But your card type is 4, the same as mine. So I'm wondering if the NXP
> firmware would work on my older card to get analogue TV working.
>
> David
>
Hi David, lspci reports:

Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7164 (rev 81)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV HVR-2200 (submodel 89619)

It is a half height card, and I have it in the PCIe x1 slot.

The card is doing digital capture I believe - while the /dev/video and
dev/vbi folders have been created, they are empty, I have apapter0 and
adapter1 in dev/dvb.

As a firmware/mythtv newbie, sorry I can't provide any clarity on how/if
you might get your analog going.

Cheers,
Roger

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lennon at orcon

Sep 17, 2011, 1:23 AM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 17/09/11 8:03 PM, "Roger Searle" <roger.searle [at] gmail> wrote:

>
>As a firmware/mythtv newbie, sorry I can't provide any clarity on how/if
>you might get your analog going.
>

It has 2 tuners either both analog OR digital (but not at the same time).
If you are not using /dev/dvb/adapterX (digital) you should be able to
/dev/videoX for analog the same as other analog devices. In mythtv would
you group the 2 digital tuners and 2 analog tuners each in a group so it
will not use them both at the same time. (or it will fail)

At the same when I had it the 2200 in mythtv the analog was not going
correctly (but I think they have fixed that (maybe) so I tried and gave up
(as I didn't need analog TV)

Thanks

>

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g8ecj at gilks

Sep 17, 2011, 2:38 AM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

>
>
> On 17/09/11 8:03 PM, "Roger Searle" <roger.searle [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>>
>>As a firmware/mythtv newbie, sorry I can't provide any clarity on how/if
>>you might get your analog going.
>>
>
> It has 2 tuners either both analog OR digital (but not at the same time).
> If you are not using /dev/dvb/adapterX (digital) you should be able to
> /dev/videoX for analog the same as other analog devices. In mythtv would
> you group the 2 digital tuners and 2 analog tuners each in a group so it
> will not use them both at the same time. (or it will fail)
>
> At the same when I had it the 2200 in mythtv the analog was not going
> correctly (but I think they have fixed that (maybe) so I tried and gave up
> (as I didn't need analog TV)
>
> Thanks

Well I for one hope the analog works as I just bought one 2 days ago to
use to capture the svideo output of my Sky box.

When it arrives next week I'll let people know - if it doesn't work on
that port then I guess I'll be writing drivers (busmans holiday!!)

--
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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 18, 2011, 9:28 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 17/09/11 21:38, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 17/09/11 8:03 PM, "Roger Searle"<roger.searle [at] gmail> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As a firmware/mythtv newbie, sorry I can't provide any clarity on how/if
>>> you might get your analog going.
>>>
>>
>> It has 2 tuners either both analog OR digital (but not at the same time).
>> If you are not using /dev/dvb/adapterX (digital) you should be able to
>> /dev/videoX for analog the same as other analog devices. In mythtv would
>> you group the 2 digital tuners and 2 analog tuners each in a group so it
>> will not use them both at the same time. (or it will fail)
>>
>> At the same when I had it the 2200 in mythtv the analog was not going
>> correctly (but I think they have fixed that (maybe) so I tried and gave up
>> (as I didn't need analog TV)
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Well I for one hope the analog works as I just bought one 2 days ago to
> use to capture the svideo output of my Sky box.
>
> When it arrives next week I'll let people know - if it doesn't work on
> that port then I guess I'll be writing drivers (busmans holiday!!)
>
>
I built/installed the entire latest linuxtv media tree to get the
latest(?) saa7164 driver running on my machine. As expected it needs the
NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw firmware and creates /dev/video and /dev/vbi
devices as well as /dev/dvb devices. BUT as far as I can tell PAL TV is
not supported. I tried a few things including mplayer, vlc and a python
v4l2 library but although I briefly got black and white video with no
audio (would you expect this with an NTSC tuner synced to a PAL
signal??) working with vlc everything else indicates only NTSC is
supported. Mplayer reports only 3 NTSC standards supported. Same with
the python v4l2 module. Browsing the saa7164 driver source also seems to
indicate hard coding for NTSC support only. Might be a workaround or a
patch but I haven't found it yet.

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 18, 2011, 10:10 PM

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 21, 2011, 10:53 PM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 17/09/11 21:38, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
> Well I for one hope the analog works as I just bought one 2 days ago to
> use to capture the svideo output of my Sky box.
>
> When it arrives next week I'll let people know - if it doesn't work on
> that port then I guess I'll be writing drivers (busmans holiday!!)
>
It does indeed work for PAL with my HVR-2200 after applying the patches
here:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.video-input-infrastructure/26212/focus=26524.
Actually I didn't use all the patches because several only relate to new
card types, not signal types. The ones I applied were for files:

saa7164-api.c
saa7164-vbi.c
saa7164-encoder.c
saa7164.h

If you only need NTSC then you might be OK without the patches.

I have only tried the tuner input so far. Haven't tried s-video input yet.

In some of the tests I did before I applied the final patch it seems
that I put the card into an unrecoverable state so that one of the
tuners would not work until after a reboot.

In myth (I'm running 0.23) you need to select the MPEG encoder card type
(not V4L2 analog) and maybe manually enter /dev/video[0|1] as the
device. I didn't try channel scanning. Just manually entered a couple of
channels for testing.

In VLC you need to choose the PVR capture card option.

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dmoo1790 at ihug

Sep 22, 2011, 2:15 AM

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Re: configuring hvr-2200 card [In reply to]

On 17/09/11 20:23, Craig Whitmore wrote:
>
>
> On 17/09/11 8:03 PM, "Roger Searle"<roger.searle [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>>
>> As a firmware/mythtv newbie, sorry I can't provide any clarity on how/if
>> you might get your analog going.
>>
>
> It has 2 tuners either both analog OR digital (but not at the same time).
> If you are not using /dev/dvb/adapterX (digital) you should be able to
> /dev/videoX for analog the same as other analog devices. In mythtv would
> you group the 2 digital tuners and 2 analog tuners each in a group so it
> will not use them both at the same time. (or it will fail)
>
Actually you _can_ use both analogue and digital at the same time. I
tried this today with the picture-in-picture function. Had an analogue
channel in a window on top of a digital one and vice-versa with no
problems. I didn't set up anything special in the way of groups either.
Just connected /dev/dvb/adapter0 and /dev/video1 to the antenna. Maybe
the tuner group function will let me set up 2 x digital plus 2 x
analogue tuners but have yet to try this.

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