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Set up Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2

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This describes how to get the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 to work with Linux.

1 Get a video device
2 Watch TV
- 2.1 SUSE Linux 11.1
- 2.2 SUSE Linux 11
3 TroubleShooting
4 More information
5 See also

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Get a video device

get the firmware

mkdir -p /lib/firmware/
cd /lib/firmware
wget http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/ivtv-firmware.tar.gz
tar -xvzf ivtv-firmware.tar.gz

verify you have the driver

modprobe -l | grep pvr
/lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-default/kernel/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.ko

load the driver

modprobe pvrusb2

make sure the driver has loaded

dmesg
usbcore: registered new interface driver pvrusb2       
drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-main.c: Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2 MPEG2 Encoder/Tuner : V4L in-tree version
drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-main.c: Debug mask is 31 (0x1f)                                           
pvrusb2: Device microcontroller firmware (re)loaded; it should now reset and reconnect.                       
usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 4                                                                            
pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable                                                                     
usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5                                               
usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice                                                                
usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=2400                                                  
usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3                                             
usb 2-4: Product: WinTV                                                                                       
usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Hauppauge                                                                              
usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 2401-00-0082BA22                                                                       
usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5                                             
cx25840' 4-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_a)                                                          
tuner' 4-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (pvrusb2_a)                                                                  
tda9887 4-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found                                                                           
tuner' 4-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (pvrusb2_a)                                                                  
wm8775' 4-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (pvrusb2_a)                                                                 
tveeprom 4-00a2: Hauppauge model 24019, rev C389, serial# 8567330                                             
tveeprom 4-00a2: tuner model is TCL MFPE05 2 (idx 89, type 38)                                                
tveeprom 4-00a2: TV standards PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/D1/K) (eeprom 0x74)                           
tveeprom 4-00a2: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)                                                          
tveeprom 4-00a2: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)                                                        
tveeprom 4-00a2: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter                                            
pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware: PAL-B/B1/D/D1/G/H/I/K;SECAM-B/D/G/H/K/K  
pvrusb2: Mapping standards mask=0xff00ff (PAL-B/B1/D/D1/G/H/I/K;SECAM-B/D/G/H/K/K1/L/LC)                      
pvrusb2: Setting up 20 unique standard(s)                                                                     
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=0 name=PAL-B/G                                                                   
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=1 name=PAL-D/K                                                                   
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=2 name=SECAM-B/G                                                                 
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=3 name=SECAM-D/K                                                                 
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=4 name=PAL-B                                                                     
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=5 name=PAL-B1                                                                    
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=6 name=PAL-G                                                                     
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=7 name=PAL-H                                                                     
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=8 name=PAL-I                                                                     
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=9 name=PAL-D                                                                     
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=10 name=PAL-D1                                                                   
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=11 name=PAL-K                                                                    
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=12 name=SECAM-B                                                                  
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=13 name=SECAM-D                                                                  
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=14 name=SECAM-G                                                                  
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=15 name=SECAM-H
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=16 name=SECAM-K
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=17 name=SECAM-K1
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=18 name=SECAM-L
pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=19 name=SECAM-LC
pvrusb2: Initial video standard auto-selected to PAL-B/G
pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.

make sure an additional video device exists

ls /dev/video*
/dev/video  /dev/video0

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Watch TV

According to http://www.isely.net/pvrusb2/usage.html#V4L, your watching application needs to be capable of decoding an mpeg2 stream.

watch that you see a video signal

gqcam /dev/video

You will not be able to switch channels, and it is not sure you see more than snow. So, let's go on:

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SUSE Linux 11.1

This describes how to set up the card with SUSE Linux 11.1, but it should work same or similar with any SUSE version.

make sure you have one (and not more) soundcard and it works.
Install several development packages

yast -i ncurses-devel
yast -i zvbi-devel
yast -i libjpeg-devel
yast -i libxml2-devel

Download, compile, link and install the latest mpg2 library from http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
copy your mpg2 library to some locations

cp /usr/local/lib/libmpeg2.so.0* /usr/local/lib64
cp /usr/local/lib/libmpeg2.so.0* /usr/lib64
cp /usr/local/lib/libmpeg2.so.0* /usr/lib

Download xawtv's latest cvs snapshot from http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/?N=A. In this example, we assume it is xawtv-20081014-100645.tar.gz.
Unpack the snapshot

tar -xvzf xawtv-20081014-100645.tar.gz
cd xawtv

Configure the compile

./autogen.sh
./configure

build it

make

install it

make install

prepare the sender list for xawtv by calling

scantv

start it

/usr/local/bin/xawtv

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SUSE Linux 11

This describes how to set up the card with SUSE Linux 11, but it should work same or similar with any SUSE version.

make sure you have one (and not more) soundcard and it works.
Install several development packages

yast -i libmpeg2-devel
yast -i zvbi-devel
yast -i arts-devel
yast -i kdelibs3-arts
yast -i kdemultimedia3-arts-mad
yast -i libmpg123-arts
yast -i openmotif-devel
yast -i aalib-devel
yast -i libdv-devel
yast -i libmad-devel

Download xawtv's latest cvs snapshot from http://dl.bytesex.org/cvs-snapshots/?N=A. In this example, we assume it is xawtv-20081014-100645.tar.gz. We cannot take SUSE 11's xawtv 3.95 because the WinTV-PVR delivers an mpeg2 stream and xawtv 3.95 cannot handle this.

Unpack the snapshot

tar -xvzf xawtv-20081014-100645.tar.gz
cd xawtv

Configure the compile

./autogen.sh
./configure

build it

make

install it

make install

start it

/usr/local/bin/xawtv

you can switch channels within xawtv, but you must first set up channels using

/usr/local/bin/scantv

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TroubleShooting

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no such file or directory

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Symptome

open(/dev/dsp): No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
alsa: open plughw: No such file or directory
open(/dev/dsp): No such file or directory

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Solution

Remove every soundcard but one, re-configure sound using yast2 sound, restart sound system using /etc/init.d/alsasound restart

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Invalid value for card

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Symptome

ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1240:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
alsa: open plughw: No such file or directory

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Solution

Remove every soundcard but one, re-configure sound using yast2 sound, restart sound system using /etc/init.d/alsasound restart

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There is no sound

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Symptome

There is no sound.

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Solution

Remove every soundcard but one, re-configure sound using yast2 sound, restart sound system using /etc/init.d/alsasound restart

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More information

You can also try the TV-watching software motv
~/.tv contains config files for xawtv4

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Set up Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2

From openSUSE

Contents

Get a video device

Watch TV

SUSE Linux 11.1

SUSE Linux 11

TroubleShooting

no such file or directory

Symptome

Solution

Invalid value for card

Symptome

Solution

There is no sound

Symptome

Solution

More information

See also