TV stick not working.

[Silent-Hunter]

I can't get my Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950Q to work. I placed its firmware in the appropriate place, but there's still no /dev/dvb folder, and Me-TV says there's no DVB devices available.

I already posted this as a reply to another thread, but I thought it should go in support.

dmesg output:


[ 726.645019] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-omap
[ 726.824981] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7200
[ 726.824981] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=10
[ 726.824981] usb 1-2: Product: WinTV HVR-950
[ 726.825012] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
[ 726.825012] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 4032677588
[ 727.192504] au0828: i2c bus registered
[ 727.562591] tveeprom 4-0050: Hauppauge model 72001, rev B3F0, serial# 6145748
[ 727.562622] tveeprom 4-0050: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:5d:c6:d4
[ 727.562622] tveeprom 4-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 76)
[ 727.562652] tveeprom 4-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
[ 727.562652] tveeprom 4-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44)
[ 727.562652] tveeprom 4-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42)
[ 727.562683] tveeprom 4-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[ 727.562683] hauppauge_eeprom: hauppauge eeprom: model=72001
[ 727.679290] analog subdev registration failed
[ 727.808013] tuner 4-0061: Tuner -1 found with type(s) Radio TV.
[ 727.808013] xc5000 4-0061: creating new instance
[ 727.814849] xc5000: Device not found at addr 0x61 (0xffff)
[ 727.814849] xc5000 4-0061: destroying instance
[ 727.815826] au8522_attach: driver disabled by Kconfig
[ 727.815826] au0828_dvb_register() Frontend initialization failed
[ 727.815826] Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR950Q]

Here's the part that worries me:


[ 727.808013] xc5000 4-0061: creating new instance
[ 727.814849] xc5000: Device not found at addr 0x61 (0xffff)
[ 727.814849] xc5000 4-0061: destroying instance

When I insert and use the stick on my laptop, I get this (The last 4 lines of that are after starting Me-TV on my laptop):


[38360.156506] xc5000 4-0061: creating new instance
[38360.161203] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[38360.161209] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[38360.162169] au8522 4-0047: attaching existing instance
[38360.169332] xc5000 4-0061: attaching existing instance
[38360.174072] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[38360.174076] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[38360.174081] DVB: registering new adapter (au0828)
[38360.174086] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
[38360.175249] Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR950Q]
[38434.093349] xc5000: waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw)...
[38434.137429] xc5000: firmware read 12401 bytes.
[38434.137435] xc5000: firmware uploading...
[38440.865932] xc5000: firmware upload complete...

Trying to use the card anyway in VLC on the Pandora, each error is for a different channel from channels.conf:


Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb://'. Check the log for details.

More details from VLC:

=======================================================================================
PND             : /media/1/pandora/menu/vlc.pnd
PND_FSTYPE      : Squashfs
APPDATADIR      : /media/1/pandora/appdata/vlc
APPDD_FSTYPE    : ext3
PND_CPUSPEED    : <unset>
EXENAME         : scripts/vlc.sh
ARGUMENTS       : <unset>
=======================================================================================
[ START ]--- Mount the PND ----------
Mounting : mount -t squashfs -o ro "/dev/loop2" "/mnt/utmp/vlc"
Mounting the Union FS : mount -t aufs -o exec,dirs="/media/1/pandora/appdata/vlc=rw+nolwh":"/mnt/pnd/vlc=rr" none "/mnt/utmp/vlc"
[SUCCESS]--- Mount the PND ----------
[ START ]--- Starting the application (scripts/vlc.sh ) ----------
VLC media player 1.1.7 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
[0x120d8] main libvlc error: option http-user-agent does not exist
[0xadc78] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[0x120d8] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
Warning: call to rand()
[0x200968] ts demux error: cannot peek
[0x9f0b0] main playlist: stopping playback
[0x250640] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x25dcc8] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x2ac688] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x250640] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x250640] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x25dcc8] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x25ddc8] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x308cc0] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x2acc58] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x22db98] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x309428] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x25ba20] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x310340] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x42e01c00] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x21f7e0] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x2ace78] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[0x20e150] dvb access error: FrontEndOpen: opening device failed (No such file or directory)
[0x21f540] main input error: open of `dvb://' failed: (null)
[SUCCESS]--- Starting the application (scripts/vlc.sh ) ----------
[ START ]--- Restoring the frame buffer status ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Restoring the frame buffer status ----------
[ START ]--- uMount the PND ----------
[ START ]--- Waiting the Union to be available ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Waiting the Union to be available ----------
auplink:plink.c:223: AUFS_CTL_PLINK_MAINT: Inappropriate ioctl for device
rmdir: failed to remove `/mnt/utmp/vlc': Device or resource busy
[ START ]--- Waiting the PND mount dir to be free ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Waiting the PND mount dir to be free ----------
cleanup done
[SUCCESS]--- uMount the PND ----------
=======================================================================================
Return code is : 32

 

[ingoreis]

I think its not supported by Linux because there is no Firmware Files from Hauppauge for Downloading.

This Model is not realy supported:

http://www.hauppauge.de/site/support/support_linux.html (sorry for German,dont found the english Site)

There is a Combatible List for Haupauge Linux FW Files.

 

[Silent-Hunter]

I think its not supported by Linux because there is no Firmware Files from Hauppauge for Downloading.

This Model is not realy supported:

http://www.hauppauge.de/site/support/support_linux.html (sorry for German,dont found the english Site)

There is a Combatible List for Haupauge Linux FW Files.

But it works perfectly fine on my laptop. And it used to almost work on the Pandora. The /dev/dvb folder used to be there, with the appropriate contents. But with the new firmware, it's not there anymore. I could never get any video out of it on the Pandora though.

I have the firmware for it in the Pandora already, I put it there. But it still doesn't work.