[pvrusb2] WinTV USB2/Tv-Viewer question

[Lorne Shantz]

I have done some more tinkering... It seems to be related to the composite cables coming from the vcr player. ? Tv-viewer would not play. I'm getting a lot of this below:


[19727.089020] pvrusb2: ***WARNING*** device's encoder appears to be stuck (status=0x00000003)
[19727.089023] pvrusb2: Encoder command: 0x81
[19727.089024] pvrusb2: Giving up on command.  This is normally recovered via a firmware reload and re-initialization; concern is only warranted if this happens repeatedly and rapidly.

Routinely testing, I removed the cables from the vcr player and up it comes. ??  So it is intermittent it seems. I have recorded stuff from the vcr, but something seems amiss. Is there such a thing as a firmware update for these devices?


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 From: Lorne Shantz <lorne_shantz at yahoo.com>
To: Communications nexus for pvrusb2 driver <pvrusb2 at isely.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 4:36 PM
Subject: [pvrusb2] WinTV USB2/Tv-Viewer question
 

Hey guys, I finally had to give up on my old WinTV USZ2 device. I bought one on Ebay and it works fine with one annoying problem. I am wanting to convert all my old vhs family movies to MP3 type format. I don't recall the application I did my recording with before, but it was cake to use. For some reason xawtv does not display video. It just freezes. I can stream data via VLC, and TV-viewer. Tvtime won't work from what I read. I'm open to any suggestions on what works easily at this point. 


The first time I fired up my vcr player and the tv-viewer it started recording and I was elated. Tv channels change and that part is great!! However, the problem... When I select a tape to record, I can not see the video being played. For some reason, it does not seem to allow me to see it in the tv-viewer window while the record program is working. ? What ever I used before I could. But, what seems to be happening is the recording is not going, and there is no way to determine if it is working, unless I go to where the file is being recorded and I can see the size increasing. When it does not record, it seems locked up and nothing helps but powering down the tuner and bringing it back up. I grabbed the tail end of dmesg, hoping it will be obvious to someone that has a clue. 


[14825.672038] tveeprom 1-00a2: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
[14825.672041] tveeprom 1-00a2: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
[14825.672044] tveeprom 1-00a2: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
[14825.672047] tveeprom 1-00a2: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[14825.672054] pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware: PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk
[14825.672057] pvrusb2: Initial video standard guessed as NTSC-M
[14825.672067] pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
[14825.672214] pvrusb2: registered device video0 [mpeg]
[14825.950206] tuner-simple 1-0061: creating new instance
[14825.950209] tuner-simple 1-0061: type set to 43 (Philips NTSC MK3 (FM1236MK3 or FM1236/F))
[14826.009191] pvrusb2: registered device radio0 [mpeg]
[15002.250933] usb 5-2.4: USB disconnect, device number 10
[15002.251446] pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I assume this is from unplugging?

[15002.251481] pvrusb2: Attempted to execute control transfer when device not ok
[15002.251485] pvrusb2: Attempted to execute control transfer when device not ok
[15004.704291] xhci_hcd 0000:0c:00.0: WARN Event TRB for slot 2 ep 2 with no TDs queued?
[15004.704470] xhci_hcd 0000:0c:00.0: WARN Event TRB for slot 2 ep 0 with no TDs queued?
[15062.583167] usb 5-2.4: new high-speed USB device number 11 using xhci_hcd
[15062.598974] usb 5-2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=2400
[15062.598978] usb 5-2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[15062.598979] usb 5-2.4: Product: WinTV
[15062.598980] usb 5-2.4: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
[15062.598981] usb 5-2.4: SerialNumber: 2401-00-00823D64
[15062.600628] pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV PVR USB2 Model 24xxx
[15063.605437] pvrusb2: Device microcontroller firmware (re)loaded; it should now reset and reconnect.
[15063.697679] usb 5-2.4: USB disconnect, device number 11
[15063.697744] pvrusb2: Device being rendered inoperable
[15065.400224] usb 5-2.4: new high-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[15065.416264] usb 5-2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=2400
[15065.416271] usb 5-2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[15065.416275] usb 5-2.4: Product: WinTV
[15065.416278] usb 5-2.4: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
[15065.416281] usb 5-2.4: SerialNumber: 2401-00-00823D64
[15065.418019] pvrusb2: Hardware description: WinTV PVR USB2 Model 24xxx
[15065.440895] pvrusb2: Binding ir_video to i2c address 0x18.
[15065.444479] cx25840 6-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (pvrusb2_b)
[15065.448344] pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver cx25840
[15065.459078] tuner 6-0061: Tuner -1 found with type(s) Radio TV.
[15065.459084] pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver tuner
[15065.460304] wm8775 6-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (pvrusb2_b)
[15065.463015] pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver wm8775
[15065.466246] tda9887 6-0043: creating new instance
[15065.466250] tda9887 6-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
[15065.466571] tuner 6-0043: Tuner 74 found with type(s) Radio TV.
[15065.466580] pvrusb2: Attached sub-driver tuner
[15066.291748] cx25840 6-0044: loaded v4l-cx25840.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[15066.328665] tveeprom 6-00a2: Hauppauge model 24012, rev C3A3, serial# 8535396
[15066.328672] tveeprom 6-00a2: tuner model is TCL MFNM05-4 (idx 103, type 43)
[15066.328676] tveeprom 6-00a2: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
[15066.328679] tveeprom 6-00a2: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
[15066.328682] tveeprom 6-00a2: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
[15066.328685] tveeprom 6-00a2: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[15066.328691] pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available in hardware: PAL-M/N/Nc;NTSC-M/Mj/Mk
[15066.328695] pvrusb2: Initial video standard guessed as NTSC-M
[15066.328704] pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
[15066.328835] pvrusb2: registered device video1 [mpeg]
[15066.607214] tuner-simple 6-0061: creating new instance
[15066.607217] tuner-simple 6-0061: type set to 43 (Philips NTSC MK3 (FM1236MK3 or FM1236/F))
[15066.666604] pvrusb2: registered device radio1 [mpeg]
[15066.680675] pvrusb2: unregistered device video0 [mpeg]
[15066.680800] pvrusb2: unregistered device radio0 [mpeg]
[15066.680894] tuner-simple 1-0061: destroying instance
[15066.680934] tda9887 1-0043: destroying instance
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