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myth at pbj-design

Oct 15, 2008, 1:50 AM

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Hauppauge HVR-4000

Hey Forum.

I'm in hell at this point. :-(
Getting really confused of all searcghing and topic's reading from the
last couple of days.

I have bougth a Hauppauge HVR-4000 to build into my existing MythTV setup.
I have for several years now running MythTV with an Hauppauge PVR-500.
But now I want to update the setup a bit.

I've read several places about people who had this up and running - but
all talks about some patches for the latest v4l-dvb drivers. But I
cannot seems to find the patches for that - (and not sure if I
understand it correct)
My setup is like this:
Backendserver and 3 frontends - Which I will allow all frontends to use
the HVR-4000 card running on the backendserver.

So can someone point me in the rigth direction for those patches needed
for building the rigth drivers to that kind of setup - so I can get it
up working.
Everybody's talking about the patches for the MythTV setup with a
HVR-4000 - but well - I can't find the rigth one.

Hopefully I'll get it up running as soon as possible

/p

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Jens.Peder.Terjesen at devoteam

Oct 15, 2008, 7:32 AM

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Re: Hauppauge HVR-4000 [In reply to]

>Hey Forum.
>
>I'm in hell at this point. :-(
>Getting really confused of all searcghing and topic's reading from
>the
>last couple of days.
>
>I have bougth a Hauppauge HVR-4000 to build into my existing MythTV
>setup.
>I have for several years now running MythTV with an Hauppauge
>PVR-500.
>But now I want to update the setup a bit.
>
>I've read several places about people who had this up and running -
>but
>all talks about some patches for the latest v4l-dvb drivers. But I
>cannot seems to find the patches for that - (and not sure if I
>understand it correct)
>My setup is like this:
>Backendserver and 3 frontends - Which I will allow all frontends to
>use
>the HVR-4000 card running on the backendserver.
>
>So can someone point me in the rigth direction for those patches
>needed
>for building the rigth drivers to that kind of setup - so I can get
>it
>up working.
>Everybody's talking about the patches for the MythTV setup with a
>HVR-4000 - but well - I can't find the rigth one.
>
>Hopefully I'll get it up running as soon as possible
>
>
Have you looked here:
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-4000

I have used the Multifrontend (MFE) driver for months on my production
system without any problems. I have also briefly tested the S2API Driver on
a different system and this also seems to work well.

Jens

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erwinpanen at fastmail

Nov 26, 2009, 9:06 AM

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Re: Hauppauge HVR-4000 [In reply to]

Stephen,

Thanks for replying.
Within MythTV - not far at all :-(
- I'm working on two separate setups each residing within their own
hd partition to keep things separated.
Actually my goal is to get this to work with LinuxMCE, hence
Kubuntu 0810 based.
As I seem to also run into LMCE specific problems, I want to get
it working on a stock Kubuntu 0810 too.
- What do I have?
I used liplianin drivers but am open to change to whatever will
make this work.
With the liplianin drivers in place, the firmware gets loaded,
and the card is properly registered. (dmesg)
From that point: Kaffeine will see dvb:0 and dvb:1 and will
successfully scan dvb:1 (dvb-t) for channels.
So Kaffeine viewing works with audio and image.
- With dvb-utils -> scan I have managed to scan for channels >
channels.conf
I put this file in ~/.tzap/channels.conf but seem to be unable to
get this information into MythTV.
- Next when installing mythtv v0.21 I need to put in place a fake
/dev/adapter1 next to existing /dev/adapter0
all /dev/adapter/0/***1 devices are symlinked to the new fake
/dev/adapter1/***0 device.
Startup mythtv-setup gave me the usual quirks (admittedly I'm not
a MythTV expert (yet :-) )
When entering capture cards, I can select the DVB DTV Capture
card (v3.x)
with the symlinks in place, I can then change to DVB device: 1
And here it ends.

At the moment I'm even delving into how to modify settings directly into
mythconverg database.
I have webmyth installed too, so this can also help to make adjustments.

So resuming:
I'm looking for how to link /dev/dvb/adapter* correctly into mythconverg
and looking for how to get my channel.conf into mythconverg

If you need more information, let me know.

Thanks,

Erwin
Stephen Robertson wrote:
> 2009/11/26 Erwin Panen <erwinpanen [at] fastmail>:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I'm looking for confirmation of people who have the Hauppauge HVR-4000 up
>> and working.
>> Detail:
>> - dvb-s
>> - dvb-t (most important for me)
>> - what viewing solution used: mythtv? / other
>>
>> I have the card recognized and registered (Kubuntu 0810).
>> Channel searching DVB-T works out of the box with Kaffeine.
>>
>> Trying to get this card to work with MythTV v0.21
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Erwin
>>
>
> What is not working for you? How far do you get when trying to use
> this within MythTV?
>
> Stephen.
>

stephengrobertson at gmail

Nov 27, 2009, 2:08 AM

Post #4 of 6 (1310 views)
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Re: Hauppauge HVR-4000 [In reply to]

2009/11/26 Erwin Panen <erwinpanen [at] fastmail>:
> Stephen,
>
> Thanks for replying.
> Within MythTV - not far at all :-(
> -     I'm working on two separate setups each residing within their own hd
> partition to keep things separated.
>        Actually my goal is to get this to work with LinuxMCE, hence Kubuntu
> 0810 based.
>        As I seem to also run into LMCE specific problems, I want to get it
> working on a stock Kubuntu 0810 too.
> -    What do I have?
>        I used liplianin drivers but am open to change to whatever will make
> this work.
>        With the liplianin drivers in place, the firmware gets loaded, and
> the card is properly registered. (dmesg)
>        From that point: Kaffeine will see dvb:0 and dvb:1 and will
> successfully scan dvb:1 (dvb-t) for channels.
>        So Kaffeine viewing works with audio and image.
> -    With dvb-utils -> scan I have managed to scan for channels >
> channels.conf
>        I put this file in ~/.tzap/channels.conf but seem to be unable to get
> this information into MythTV.
> -    Next when installing mythtv v0.21 I need to put in place a fake
> /dev/adapter1 next to existing /dev/adapter0
>        all /dev/adapter/0/***1 devices are symlinked to the new fake
> /dev/adapter1/***0 device.
>        Startup mythtv-setup gave me the usual quirks (admittedly I'm not a
> MythTV expert (yet :-) )
>        When entering capture cards, I can select the DVB DTV Capture card
> (v3.x)
>        with the symlinks in place, I can then change to DVB device: 1
>        And here it ends.
>
> At the moment I'm even delving into how to modify settings directly into
> mythconverg database.
> I have webmyth installed too, so this can also help to make adjustments.
>
> So resuming:
> I'm looking for how to link /dev/dvb/adapter* correctly into mythconverg
> and looking for how to get my channel.conf into mythconverg
>
> If you need more information, let me know.

I know nothing about LinuxMCE so this may not be appropriate but is
there a reason why you couldn't try kubuntu 9.10 with MythTV 0.22?
With this combination it works without any extra drivers,symlinks,
channel.conf importing or database fiddling. (Well it did for me!)
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erwinpanen at fastmail

Nov 27, 2009, 5:19 PM

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Re: Hauppauge HVR-4000 [In reply to]

Okay,

For testing setup Ubuntu 0910 with MyhtTV 0.22.
HVR-4000 properly registered, no problem there.
Entering mythtv-setup selection of correct frontend available, no problem.
-> Scanning does not work
-> trouble with scanning is also that 'some' country is always selected,
but Belgium is not in the list of course - and this seems to influence
channels being scanned. I tried Austria and France with no luck.

When using scan -f 1 -d 1 be-Schoten, channels are properly scanned and
seen:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
linuxmce [at] dceroute:~$ scan -f 1 -d 1 be-Schoten > erwin.conf
scanning be-Schoten
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux1'
initial transponder 506000000 0 2 9 3 1 0 0
>>> tune to:
506000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE
0x0000 0x1090: pmt_pid 0x1090 VRT -- Klara continuo (running)
0x0000 0x1080: pmt_pid 0x1080 VRT -- MNM (running)
0x0000 0x1070: pmt_pid 0x1070 VRT -- Studio Brussel (running)
0x0000 0x1060: pmt_pid 0x1060 VRT -- Klara (running)
0x0000 0x1040: pmt_pid 0x1040 VRT -- Radio 1 (running)
0x0000 0x1050: pmt_pid 0x1050 VRT -- Radio 2 (running)
0x0000 0x1010: pmt_pid 0x1010 VRT -- EEN (running)
0x0000 0x1020: pmt_pid 0x1020 VRT -- Canvas/Ketnet (running)
0x0000 0x10b0: pmt_pid 0x10b0 VRT -- Canvas+/Ketnet+ (running)
0x0000 0x10a0: pmt_pid 0x10a0 VRT -- Sporza (running)
0x0000 0x10c0: pmt_pid 0x10c0 VRT -- Nieuws+ (running)
0x0000 0x10d0: pmt_pid 0x10d0 VRT -- MNM hits (running)
Network Name 'VRTmux1'
>>> tune to:
482000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_1_2:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
0x0001 0x1090: pmt_pid 0x1090 VRT -- Klara continuo (running)
0x0001 0x1080: pmt_pid 0x1080 VRT -- MNM (running)
0x0001 0x1070: pmt_pid 0x1070 VRT -- Studio Brussel (running)
0x0001 0x1060: pmt_pid 0x1060 VRT -- Klara (running)
0x0001 0x1040: pmt_pid 0x1040 VRT -- Radio 1 (running)
0x0001 0x1050: pmt_pid 0x1050 VRT -- Radio 2 (running)
0x0001 0x1010: pmt_pid 0x1010 VRT -- EEN (running)
0x0001 0x1020: pmt_pid 0x1020 VRT -- Canvas/Ketnet (running)
0x0001 0x10b0: pmt_pid 0x10b0 VRT -- Canvas+/Ketnet+ (running)
0x0001 0x10a0: pmt_pid 0x10a0 VRT -- Sporza (running)
0x0001 0x10c0: pmt_pid 0x10c0 VRT -- Nieuws+ (running)
0x0001 0x10d0: pmt_pid 0x10d0 VRT -- MNM hits (running)
Network Name 'VRTmux1'
dumping lists (24 services)
Done.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
contents of be-Schoten:
# Tournai - Belgique
# T freq bw fec_hi fec_lo mod transmission-mode guard-interval hierarchy
T 506000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I've tried to put together my channels.conf file as follows:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EEN:506000000:QAM_64:4113:4114:4112
Canvas/Ketnet:506000000:QAM_64:4129:4130:4128
Canvas+/Ketnet+:506000000:QAM_64:4273:4274:4272
EEN:482000000:QAM_64:4113:4114:4112
Canvas/Ketnet:482000000:QAM_64:4129:4130:4128
Canvas+/Ketnet+:482000000:QAM_64:4273:4274:4272
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next I'v tried 2 more steps:
- mythtv-setup -> input connections there set to import the above
channels.conf -> gives an error
- mythtv-setup -> input connections - don't remember exactly what it's
named, but you can enter freq, QAM etc.
tried several possibilities, most settings to auto, but also filled
in with settings from be-Schoten: no channels found...

I'm out of ideas at the moment...
Any idea's?
Thanks for your suggestions!!

Erwin

Stephen Robertson wrote:
> 2009/11/26 Erwin Panen <erwinpanen [at] fastmail>:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I'm looking for confirmation of people who have the Hauppauge HVR-4000 up
>> and working.
>> Detail:
>> - dvb-s
>> - dvb-t (most important for me)
>> - what viewing solution used: mythtv? / other
>>
>> I have the card recognized and registered (Kubuntu 0810).
>> Channel searching DVB-T works out of the box with Kaffeine.
>>
>> Trying to get this card to work with MythTV v0.21
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Erwin
>>
>
> What is not working for you? How far do you get when trying to use
> this within MythTV?
>
> Stephen.
>

tortise at paradise

Nov 27, 2009, 8:04 PM

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Re: Hauppauge HVR-4000 [In reply to]

----- Original Message -----
From: Erwin Panen
To: Stephen Robertson
Cc: Discussion about mythtv
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Hauppauge HVR-4000

I'm out of ideas at the moment...
Any idea's?
Thanks for your suggestions!!

Erwin

Stephen Robertson wrote:
2009/11/26 Erwin Panen <erwinpanen [at] fastmail>:

Hi list,

I'm looking for confirmation of people who have the Hauppauge HVR-4000 up
and working.
Detail:
- dvb-s
- dvb-t (most important for me)
- what viewing solution used: mythtv? / other

I have the card recognized and registered (Kubuntu 0810).
Channel searching DVB-T works out of the box with Kaffeine.

Trying to get this card to work with MythTV v0.21

Thanks for your help,

Erwin

What is not working for you? How far do you get when trying to use
this within MythTV?

Stephen.

>>>
Have you seen and tried gunni in https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/439163 I've not got this working yet however one person
I know of has.

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