X-Out on a PVR-350

Rachel — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:54:14 +0000

Install the ivtv driver as described here http://www.willmer.com/kb/2005/02/installing-ivtv-driver-for-pvr-350-card/

Then, following the instructions in utils/README.X11,
install -c -m 0444 ivtvdev_drv_o /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ivtvdev_drv.o

Then, set your default kernel to use a frame buffer.

Add vga=791
to your kernel line

Add this to the line starting # kopt… in /boot/grub/menu.lst
vga=791

Identify the PCD ID of the PVR-350 card.
lspci
and look for the line relating to the PVR card. Mine says this…

0000:02:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)

The first column gives you the bus, slot, function. You’ll need this for the xorg.conf.

Then add this to /etc/X11/xorg.conf


# add this as the first ServerLayout if you want it load automatically

Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier      "TV"

        Screen  0       "TV"

        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"

        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"

EndSection
Section "Device"

        Identifier "Hauppauge PVR350"

        Driver  "ivtvdev"

        Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"

        BusID   "0:02:06" # this is the PCI ID you got earlier.

EndSection
Section "Monitor"

        Identifier "PAL Monitor"

        HorizSync       30-68

        VertRefresh     50-120

        Mode "720x576"

                DotClock        42.6

                HTimings        720 760 832 944

                VTimings        576 577 580 602

                Flags   "-HSync" "-VSync"

        EndMode

EndSection

Section "Screen" Identifier "TV" Device "Hauppauge PVR350" Monitor "PAL Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 DefaultFbbpp 32 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 FbBpp 32 EndSubsection EndSection

You can see the entire xorg.conf file here.

Reboot and see if it works…

Not working? You may need to rebuild the kernel to get it going

Follow the instructions at http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/KernelHowto…

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X-Out on a PVR-350