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dmattox at schaferhsv

Jun 25, 2012, 12:47 PM

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mythtv-setup "failed to open" pcHDTV-5500 (analog V4L capture card)

I have installed mythtv 0.25 from rpmFusion on a clean install of Fedora 17. I updated all Fedora packages before installing mythtv. I start mythtv-setup to configure the backend and I get a "failed to open" error message when configuring the analog tuner of the pcHDTV-5500 card. The analog tuner of the pcHDTV-5500 card should be of type "analog V4L capture card"? I have two identical cards and I get the same error message on both cards. I am trying to configure the cards using the system root account, so file permissions should not be a problem. I have set selinux to permissive mode. video0 and video1 devices are created on startup in the /dev directory. I can configure and watch livetv on the digital tuner of the pcHDTV-5500 card.

Why I am getting "failed to open" on the analog tuner?

This is a clear case of if it's not broken don't fix it. The tuners were working perfectly using Fedora 15 and mythtv 0.25.

Thanks
Darrel

video0 and video 1 file listing:
[root [at] myt ~]# ls -als /dev/video*
0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 0 Jun 24 00:24 /dev/video0
0 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 81, 2 Jun 24 00:24 /dev/video1

Fedora 17 kernel version:
Linux mythsrv 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 18 19:53:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

mythbackend version:
MythTV Version : 0.25-6.fc17 (1a671d0)
MythTV Branch : fixes/0.25
Network Protocol : 72
Library API : 0.25.20120408-1
QT Version : 4.8.1
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jaglover at gmail

Jun 25, 2012, 2:50 PM

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Re: mythtv-setup "failed to open" pcHDTV-5500 (analog V4L capture card) [In reply to]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:47:12 -0500
"Darrel Mattox" <dmattox [at] schaferhsv> wrote:

>
> I have installed mythtv 0.25 from rpmFusion on a clean install of
> Fedora 17. I updated all Fedora packages before installing mythtv.
> I start mythtv-setup to configure the backend and I get a "failed to
> open" error message when configuring the analog tuner of the
> pcHDTV-5500 card. The analog tuner of the pcHDTV-5500 card should be
> of type "analog V4L capture card"? I have two identical cards and I
> get the same error message on both cards.

<snip>

> This is a clear case of if it's not broken don't fix it. The tuners
> were working perfectly using Fedora 15 and mythtv 0.25.

I'm very surprised pcHDTV-5500 analog worked for you with 0.25. I have
one of these, it [analog] stopped working for me after upgrading to
0.23. OTOH I must say pcHDTV-5500 analog is very poor compared to MPEG
cards.

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Cheers, Saul
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digitalaudiorock at gmail

Jun 27, 2012, 9:13 PM

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Re: mythtv-setup "failed to open" pcHDTV-5500 (analog V4L capture card) [In reply to]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Darrel Mattox <dmattox [at] schaferhsv> wrote:
>
> I have installed mythtv 0.25 from rpmFusion on a clean install of Fedora
> 17. I updated all Fedora packages before installing mythtv. I start
> mythtv-setup to configure the backend and I get a "failed to open" error

I'm using HD-5500 cards, however I'm using them for digital OTA
only...however I have a feeling your issue may be related to this:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/480662?search_string=pcHDTV%205500%20not%20working%20with%200.24

Tom
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dmattox at schaferhsv

Jun 28, 2012, 10:59 AM

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mythtv-setup "failed to open" pcHDTV-5500 (analog V4L capture card) [In reply to]

> Why I am getting "failed to open" on the analog tuner?

> This is a clear case of if it's not broken don't fix it. The tuners were working perfectly using Fedora 15 and mythtv 0.25.

> Fedora 17 kernel version:
> Linux mythsrv 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 18 19:53:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

> mythbackend version:
> MythTV Version : 0.25-6.fc17 (1a671d0)
> MythTV Branch : fixes/0.25

Update:
I was stupid and did not make a backup of the database BEFORE I upgraded to 0.25.
But I did have a backup of the database from about a month ago. So, I dropped
the mythconverg database, started from scratch with (mc.sql) and then restored
the old backup database.

I started the setup process and let mythtv upgrade the database. Now the analog and
digital tuners show up in the list of tuners. I select the analog tuners and I am
able to edit them. I do _not_ get the "failed to open" message. I close
mythtv-setup and start mythbackend. I can record/watch live tv on the analog and
digital tuners.

Thanks

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