No TV in Kaffeine

MountainX · #1 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 18:04

I just followed this guide:
Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums

I did everything exactly like that with one exception - I did not install libquicktime0.

Also I did not install the optional gecko-mediaplayer due to this note:

Quote:

(Currently in 11.2 RC2 when gecko-mediaplayer is installed a bug crashes Firefox. If this happens, just remove gecko-mediaplayer)

Kaffeine is still telling me it cannot play TV. I get either the missing plugin error or just an error that says nothing but "error".

I also noticed after installing the new packages that the nvidia splash screen is garbled, which it was not before. However, there are no problems that I can see after the splash screen goes away.

EDIT: my programming is coming from Comcast cable. And I'm not sure which source to select for "Device 1". Choices are things like us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB, etc.

MountainX · #2 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 19:45

Here is some info I have been gathering while I'm waiting on some help.

Code:

# zypper lr > zypper.txt && curl -F file=@zypper.txt nopaste.com/a
curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
# rpm -qa | grep layer
flash-player-10.0.32.18-3.1.1.i586
pullin-flash-player-11.2-1.5.x86_64
# rpm -q kaffeine
kaffeine-0.9+1.0pre2-2.2.x86_64
# rpm -q libffmpeg0
libffmpeg0-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.2.x86_64
# rpm -q totem
package totem is not installed
# rpm -qa | grep codec
w32codec-all-20071007-0.pm.1.1.i586
opensuse-codecs-installer-10.3.1-70.5.noarch
libavcodec52-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.2.x86_64
libxine1-codecs-1.1.16.3-2.pm.6.3.x86_64
# rpm -qa | grep xvid
xvidcore-1.2.2-1.pm.1.1.x86_64
libxvidcore4-1.2.2-1.pm.1.1.x86_64
# su -c 'sax2 -p'
Chip: 0  is -> NVidia Quadro FX 570M            01:00:0 0x10de 0x040c AGP nv
#

Code:

# zypper lr
# | Alias                               | Name                        | Enabled | Refresh
--+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------+--------
1 | Packman                             | Packman                     | Yes     | Yes
2 | Videolan_VLC                        | Videolan VLC                | No      | No
3 | http-download.opensuse.org-bd864a79 | Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes     | Yes
4 | openSUSE 11.2-0                     | openSUSE 11.2-0             | Yes     | No
5 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-11.2-Debug         | No      | Yes
6 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss       | Yes     | Yes
7 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-11.2-Oss           | Yes     | Yes
8 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-11.2-Source        | No      | Yes
#

I have sound and I can play common video files, but I cannot get TV to work. My tuner is a Hauppauge HRV 850. (I had it working on this computer under Kubuntu Karmic.)

I'm running 64bit openSUSE KDE 11.2 RC. Should I remove w32codec-al? I installed it because it is listed in the guide (link in first post).

MountainX · #3 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 21:24

Hoping this helps too:

Code:

# modprobe -l | grep tv
kernel/drivers/video/backlight/ltv350qv.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/tvaudio.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/tvp5150.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/tveeprom.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/stv680.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/gspca_tv8532.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/gspca/stv06xx/gspca_stv06xx.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv.ko
kernel/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtvfb.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0299.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0297.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0288.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv6110.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-digitv.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-dtv5100.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/siano/smsmdtv.ko
kernel/drivers/media/dvb/firewire/firedtv.ko


[ 8954.040322] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, address 2
[ 8954.041481] au8522 1-0047: destroying instance
[ 8954.041582] xc5000 1-0061: destroying instance
[ 8962.337076] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 8962.474587] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7240
[ 8962.474606] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=10
[ 8962.474621] usb 2-2: Product: WinTV HVR-850
[ 8962.474630] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
[ 8962.474640] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: xxxxxxxxx
[ 8962.474890] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 8962.828201] au0828: i2c bus registered
[ 8963.098250] tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 72301, rev B3F0, serial# xxxxxxxxx
[ 8963.098258] tveeprom 1-0050: MAC address is 00-00-00-00-00
[ 8963.098264] tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 76)
[ 8963.098270] tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
[ 8963.098276] tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44)
[ 8963.098281] tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42)
[ 8963.098286] tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[ 8963.098292] hauppauge_eeprom: hauppauge eeprom: model=72301
[ 8963.128398] au8522 1-0047: creating new instance
[ 8963.128404] au8522_decoder creating new instance...
[ 8963.146541] tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (au0828)
[ 8963.146799] xc5000 1-0061: creating new instance
[ 8963.151717] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[ 8963.151732] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[ 8963.153394] au8522 1-0047: attaching existing instance
[ 8963.161319] xc5000 1-0061: attaching existing instance
[ 8963.166973] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[ 8963.166979] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[ 8963.166984] DVB: registering new adapter (au0828)
[ 8963.166990] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
[ 8963.170224] Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR850]

MountainX · #4 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 21:32

What I've been reading:

Set up Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 - openSUSE
Hauppauge HVR-1110 TV-DVB card - openSUSE
Linux.com :: Watch TV on your Linux computer
Watching TV on Linux - Ubuntu Forums
Watch TV in Ubuntu - Linux/BSD
iTWire - Watch TV with Linux
watching tv in linux - Linux Forums

No solution yet...

Other info:
http://forums.opensuse.org/applicati...ml#post2060206

malcolmlewis · #5 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 21:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by MountainX

What I've been reading:

'Set up Hauppauge WinTV-PVR USB2 - openSUSE'
(http://en.opensuse.org/Set_up_Hauppauge_WinTV-PVR_USB2)
'Hauppauge HVR-1110 TV-DVB card - openSUSE'
(http://en.opensuse.org/Hauppauge_HVR-1110_TV-DVB_card)
'Linux.com :: Watch TV on your Linux computer'
(http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/34790)
'Watching TV on Linux - Ubuntu Forums'
(http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97537)
'Watch TV in Ubuntu - Linux/BSD'
(http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...fm/607235.html)
'iTWire - Watch TV with Linux'
(http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21012/1141/)
'watching tv in linux - Linux Forums' (http://tinyurl.com/ydk82nh)

No solution yet...

Other info:
http://tinyurl.com/y93n4ue

Have you tried a manual scan to see if the device is working (and it's
using the au modules not tv

)?

Code:

scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB

You need to have the dvb tools installed as well. If it's scanning ok,
then the issue is probably with kaffine and you need to raise a bug.

On a side note you should post in the pre-release forum

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MountainX · #6 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 22:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by malcolmlewis

Have you tried a manual scan to see if the device is working (and it's
using the au modules not tv

)?

Code:

scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB

You need to have the dvb tools installed as well. If it's scanning ok,
then the issue is probably with kaffine and you need to raise a bug.

On a side note you should post in the pre-release forum

Sorry for posting in the wrong place.

Here's a bunch of info. Basically, I think it is scanning now.

Code:

# scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB
If 'scan' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf scan
# cnf scan

The program 'scan' can be found in following packages:
  * dvb [ path: /usr/bin/scan, repository: zypp (repo-oss) ]
  * nmh [ path: /usr/bin/scan, repository: zypp (repo-oss) ]
  * dvb [ path: /usr/bin/scan, repository: zypp (openSUSE 11.2-0) ]

Try installing with:
    zypper install <selected_package>

# zypper in dvb
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  dvb

1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 353.0 KiB. After the operation, additional 1.1 MiB will
be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package dvb-1.1.0_CVS20080331-38.13.x86_64 (1/1), 353.0 KiB (1.1 MiB unpacked)
Installing: dvb-1.1.0_CVS20080331-38.13 [done]
Additional rpm output:
Updating etc/sysconfig/dvb...
# scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB
If 'scan' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf scan
# cnf scan

The program 'scan' can be found in following packages:
  * dvb [ path: /usr/bin/scan, repository: zypp (repo-oss) ]
  * nmh [ path: /usr/bin/scan, repository: zypp (repo-oss) ]
  * dvb [ path: /usr/bin/scan, repository: zypp (openSUSE 11.2-0) ]

Try installing with:
    zypper install <selected_package>

# zypper in dvb
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  dvb

1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 353.0 KiB. After the operation, additional 1.1 MiB will
be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package dvb-1.1.0_CVS20080331-38.13.x86_64 (1/1), 353.0 KiB (1.1 MiB unpacked)
Installing: dvb-1.1.0_CVS20080331-38.13 [done]
Additional rpm output:
Updating etc/sysconfig/dvb...

# scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB                                                                        
scanning /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB                    
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'              
>>> tune to: 57000000:8VSB                                                      
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!                                                   
[snip]                                                   
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!                                                   
>>> tune to: 207000000:8VSB (tuning failed)                                     
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!                                                   
>>> tune to: 213000000:8VSB                                                     
service is running. Channel number: 12:1. Name: 'WTLV-DT'                       
service is running. Channel number: 12:2. Name: 'WTLV 2'

What can I try next (before posting a bug report, because I'm not even sure this is a bug. I'm new to TV in Linux.)

MountainX · #7 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 22:09

Before installing dvb, I installed xawtv. Just putting it here so all the info is available. xawtv didn't work for me.

Code:

# zypper in xawtv
Loading repository data...                     
Reading installed packages...                  
Resolving package dependencies...              

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
  pia tv-fonts xawtv                                 

3 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 483.0 KiB. After the operation, additional 919.0 KiB 
will be used.                                                               
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y                                                    
Retrieving package pia-3.95-210.2.x86_64 (1/3), 70.0 KiB (173.0 KiB unpacked)
Installing: pia-3.95-210.2 [done]     
Retrieving package tv-fonts-1.1-424.8.noarch (2/3), 236.0 KiB (278.0 KiB unpacked)                                                                              
Installing: tv-fonts-1.1-424.8 [done]                                           
Additional rpm output:                                                          
Starting SuSEconfig, the SuSE Configuration Tool...                             
Running module fonts only                                                       
Reading /etc/sysconfig and updating the system...                               
Executing /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.fonts...                                      
Creating fonts.{scale,dir} files .........                                      
/etc/fonts/suse-font-dirs.conf unchanged                                        
/etc/fonts/suse-hinting.conf unchanged                                          
/etc/fonts/suse-bitmaps.conf unchanged                                          
Creating cache files for fontconfig ............................                
Creating 32bit cache files for fontconfig ............................          
generating java font setup                                                      
Warning: cannot find a font... [snip]
Finished.


Retrieving package xawtv-3.95-210.2.x86_64 (3/3), 177.0 KiB (468.0 KiB unpacked)
Installing: xawtv-3.95-210.2 [done]
# scantv

please select your TV norm
   0: NTSC-M
nr ? 0

please select a frequency table
   0: us-bcast
   1: us-cable
   2: us-cable-hrc
   3: [snip]
nr ? 0
[global]
freqtab = us-bcast

[defaults]
input = Television
norm = NTSC-M

vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi]
open /dev/vbi: No such file or directory

Computers 'n Stuff: PCTV analog USB2: "open /dev/vbi: Device or resource busy issue" solved

Quote:

is probably a bug?

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...il/032766.html

Quote:

Do a scantv -a -c /dev/video0 (or wherever your tv tuner is placed)

xawtv doesn't start. [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums

running xawtv - it opens but hangs. Won't accept any input and it won't close.

Code:

# scantv -C /dev/video0

please select your TV norm
   0: NTSC-M
nr ? 0

please select a frequency table
   0: us-bcast
   1: us-cable
   2: us-cable-hrc
   3: japan-bcast
   4: japan-cable
   5: europe-west
   6: europe-east
   7: italy
   8: newzealand
   9: australia
  10: ireland
  11: france
  12: china-bcast
  13: southafrica
  14: argentina
  15: australia-optus
  16: russia
nr ? 0
[global]
freqtab = us-bcast

[defaults]
input = Television
norm = NTSC-M

vbi: open failed [/dev/video0]
open /dev/video0: Invalid argument

MountainX · #8 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 22:12

I tried kaffeine again and after installing dvb, it will scan the channels.

But I still get this error (same as before) in Kaffeine:

Quote:

cannot find demultiplexer plugin for the given media data

caf4926 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 22:16

First. Let me say.
And I'm assuming you are using RC2, but that is TBC, as this thread is not in Beta area.

This is a development release and even at release there still may be some packages not available from Packman. Which is the case currently.

As I said in another post you are in - you should have removed libquicktime and let the vendor switch to libquicktime0 from Packman.

You could try using the Packman Factory ( I am)
Index of /pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/factory

MountainX · #10 (**permalink**) 04-Nov-2009, 22:17

I found this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ne/+bug/467887

So I tried this as a long shot:

Code:

# zypper in ffmpeg
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  ffmpeg

1 new package to install.
Overall download size: 236.0 KiB. After the operation, additional 974.0 KiB
will be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y):
Retrieving package ffmpeg-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.2.x86_64 (1/1), 236.0 KiB (974.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: ffmpeg-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.2.x86_64.rpm [done (113.8 KiB/s)]
Installing: ffmpeg-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.2 [done]
Additional rpm output:
warning: /var/cache/zypp/packages/Packman/x86_64/ffmpeg-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.2.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9a795806

It worked!

Now I'm watching broadcast TV.
Thinking about trying Comcast cable next... not sure what problems I'll run into with Comcast...

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