Hauppauge HVR950Q TV tuner

[Bill Moseley]

Ubuntu 9.04.

I'm new to TV on Linux so in need of a little hand-holding.

>From searching I found that I needed to make firmware available.
So, I downloaded and now have:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12332 2009-05-28 15:01 /lib/firmware/dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw

When I connect the USB TV tuner I end up with these devices:

$ ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/
total 0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 4 2009-05-28 15:53 demux0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 5 2009-05-28 15:53 dvr0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 3 2009-05-28 15:53 frontend0
crw-rw----+ 1 root video 212, 7 2009-05-28 15:53 net0

I have installed the tvtime application, but when I start it it says
cannot open capture device /dev/video0.

Note: I do have a Logictech webcam and when that is plugged in I do
have a /dev/video0, but it doesn't work with tvtime (tvtime responds
very slowly and the camera light cycles on and off).

Again, I'm new to Linux TV, and I'm still trying to grasp what exactly
"dvb" is and if tvtime needs to be pointed to a different device.


Thanks,

BTW -- the tuner works fine on OS X, but the tuner came with a Mac
application for using the tuner.

Google does turn up hits of Linux users with this device, but I have
not been able to get any of their examples working either.


Here's syslog output when the device is connected:

May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.276513] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 11
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.430676] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.788053] au0828: i2c bus registered
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886234] tveeprom 3-0050: Hauppauge model 72101, rev B3F0, serial# 5345502
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886238] tveeprom 3-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-51-90-DE
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886240] tveeprom 3-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 4)
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886243] tveeprom 3-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886246] tveeprom 3-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44)
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886248] tveeprom 3-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42)
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886250] tveeprom 3-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886253] hauppauge_eeprom: warning: unknown hauppauge model #72101
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.886255] hauppauge_eeprom: hauppauge eeprom: model=72101
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.892296] xc5000 3-0061: creating new instance
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.894481] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.894483] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.894486] DVB: registering new adapter (au0828)
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.894489] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1491712 (Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
May 28 15:53:11 bumby2 kernel: [1142883.894800] Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR950Q]
May 28 15:53:12 bumby2 pulseaudio[16589]: alsa-util.c: Device front:1 doesn't support 44100 Hz, changed to 48000 Hz.
May 28 15:53:12 bumby2 pulseaudio[16589]: alsa-util.c: Cannot find fallback mixer control "Mic" or mixer control is no combination of switch/volume.



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Bill Moseley
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