Hauppauge 950Q: LiveTV doesn't work

[MNichie]

I recently bought a Hauppauge 950Q. I am trying to get analog(NTSC) to work. Whenever I go LiveTV in mythtv, the screen says "Please Wait", then it goes back the menu. I also cannot record. I know that the card and the cable line work (Tested in Windows). I am running Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit and MythTV .22 (from the Ubuntu repos).
I have setup the card as V4L-analog card. I have a SchedulesDirect account, the listings and lineup are pulling in correctly.

I think the problem might have to do with this line in the backend logfile: "Channel(/dev/video0) Error: InitPictureAttribute( colour): failed to query controls."
No idea what that means, but it is the only non generic looking error that I found.

Here are some revelant logs:

dmesg

[   12.749387] tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 72001, rev B3F0, serial# 7438918
[   12.749391] tveeprom 0-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-71-82-46
[   12.749393] tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 76)
[   12.749396] tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88)
[   12.749398] tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44)
[   12.749400] tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42)
[   12.749401] tveeprom 0-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[   12.749403] hauppauge_eeprom: hauppauge eeprom: model=72001
[   12.751149] au8522 0-0047: creating new instance
[   12.751151] au8522_decoder creating new instance...
[   12.755807] tuner 0-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (au0828)
[   12.760422] xc5000 0-0061: creating new instance
[   12.766758] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[   12.766760] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[   12.767018] au8522 0-0047: attaching existing instance
[   12.774690] xc5000 0-0061: attaching existing instance
[   12.780633] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[   12.780635] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[   12.780637] DVB: registering new adapter (au0828)
[   12.780640] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend)...
[   12.780807] Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR950Q]
[   12.783049] usbcore: registered new interface driver au0828
[   13.049129] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[   14.187435] usplash:409 freeing invalid memtype ffffffffd0000000-ffffffffd1000000
[   14.569003]   alloc irq_desc for 29 on node 0
[   14.569006]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[   14.569015] fglrx_pci 0000:04:00.0: irq 29 for MSI/MSI-X
[   14.569412] [fglrx] Firegl kernel thread PID: 1462
[   14.983512] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   15.719053] xc5000: waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw)...
[   15.719058] usb 1-6: firmware: requesting dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw
[   15.758121] xc5000: firmware read 12401 bytes.
[   15.758122] xc5000: firmware uploading...
[   16.369805] usb 3-1: usbfs: interface 1 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[   16.665941] [fglrx] Gart USWC size:1279 M.
[   16.665945] [fglrx] Gart cacheable size:508 M.
[   16.665949] [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Shared offset:0, size:1000000 
[   16.665951] [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:fbff000, size:401000 
[   16.665954] [fglrx] Reserved FB block: Unshared offset:1fffb000, size:5000 
[   20.037436] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card #1. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.
[   23.030019] xc5000: firmware upload complete...

mythfrontend.log:

2010-01-15 00:01:47.741 mythfrontend version: branches/release-0-22-fixes [22594] www.mythtv.org
2010-01-15 00:01:47.741 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2010-01-15 00:01:47.741 Using configuration directory = /home/tehpunkprodigy/.mythtv
2010-01-15 00:01:48.362 Empty LocalHostName.
2010-01-15 00:01:48.362 Using localhost value of OMGp0wnStar
2010-01-15 00:01:48.366 New DB connection, total: 1
2010-01-15 00:01:48.368 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-01-15 00:01:48.368 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-01-15 00:01:48.393 ScreenSaverX11Private: Gnome screen saver support enabled
2010-01-15 00:01:48.394 DPMS is active.
2010-01-15 00:01:48.395 Primary screen: 0.
2010-01-15 00:01:48.395 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-01-15 00:01:48.396 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
2010-01-15 00:01:48.405 MythUI Image Cache size set to 20971520 bytes
2010-01-15 00:01:48.405 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general
2010-01-15 00:01:48.432 Primary screen: 0.
2010-01-15 00:01:48.433 Using screen 0, 1440x900 at 0,0
2010-01-15 00:01:48.470 Using theme base resolution of 1280x720
2010-01-15 00:01:48.496 LIRC, Error: Failed to connect to Unix socket '/dev/lircd'
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-01-15 00:01:48.496 JoystickMenuThread Error: Joystick disabled - Failed to read /home/tehpunkprodigy/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2010-01-15 00:01:48.712 Using the Qt painter
2010-01-15 00:01:48.847 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/base.xml
2010-01-15 00:01:48.854 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/base.xml
2010-01-15 00:01:48.869 Loaded base theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/default/base.xml
2010-01-15 00:01:48.869 Unable to load window 'backgroundwindow' from base
2010-01-15 00:01:48.871 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1244
2010-01-15 00:01:49.483 Desktop video mode: 1440x900 59.891 Hz
2010-01-15 00:01:50.564 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2010-01-15 00:01:50.585 No plugins directory /usr/lib/mythtv/plugins
2010-01-15 00:01:50.592 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/bdi, 
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-01-15 00:01:50.593 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/power, 
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-01-15 00:01:50.599 MMUnix::AddDevice() Error: failed to stat /dev/trace, 
			eno: No such file or directory (2)
2010-01-15 00:01:50.601 Loading window theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/menu-ui.xml
2010-01-15 00:01:50.625 Loading menu theme from /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu//mainmenu.xml
2010-01-15 00:01:50.626 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Mythbuntu'
2010-01-15 00:01:51.006 MythContext: Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-01-15 00:01:51.018 Using protocol version 50
2010-01-15 00:01:54.854 New DB connection, total: 2
2010-01-15 00:01:54.854 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-01-15 00:01:54.924 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV
2010-01-15 00:01:54.924 MythContext: Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-01-15 00:01:54.924 Using protocol version 50
2010-01-15 00:01:55.022 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2010-01-15 00:02:02.022 MythSocket(7f6204012400:49): readStringList: Error, timed out after 7000 ms.
2010-01-15 00:02:02.022 RemoteEncoder::SendReceiveStringList(): No response.
2010-01-15 00:02:02.022 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2010-01-15 00:02:02.023 GetEntryAt(-1) failed.
2010-01-15 00:02:02.023 EntryToProgram(0@Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969) failed to get pginfo
2010-01-15 00:02:02.023 TV Error: HandleStateChange(): LiveTV not successfully started
2010-01-15 00:02:02.023 We have a RingBuffer
2010-01-15 00:02:02.074 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2010-01-15 00:02:02.137 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Deactivated 1
2010-01-15 00:02:02.137 ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS Reactivated 1
2010-01-15 00:02:05.652 AudioPulseUtil: Resume Success
2010-01-15 00:02:05.652 Deleting UPnP client...

mythbackend.log:

2010-01-15 00:01:51.019 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2010-01-15 00:01:51.091 adding: OMGp0wnStar as a client (events: 0)
2010-01-15 00:01:51.133 MainServer::ANN Monitor
2010-01-15 00:01:51.191 adding: OMGp0wnStar as a client (events: 1)
2010-01-15 00:01:54.925 MainServer::ANN Playback
2010-01-15 00:01:54.972 adding: OMGp0wnStar as a client (events: 0)
2010-01-15 00:01:55.039 TVRec(1): Changing from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV
2010-01-15 00:01:55.074 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-01-15 00:02:12.674 Channel(/dev/video0) Error: InitPictureAttribute(    colour): failed to query controls.
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2010-01-15 00:02:12.996 Channel(/dev/video0) Error: InitPictureAttribute(    colour): failed to query controls.
			eno: Invalid argument (22)
2010-01-15 00:02:13.051 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
2010-01-15 00:02:13.116 TVRec(1): Changing from Watching WatchingLiveTV to None
strange error flushing buffer ... 
2010-01-15 00:02:13.186 Unknown type, recording width was 0
select timeout
2010-01-15 00:02:18.271 Finished recording Jimmy Kimmel Live: channel 1002
2010-01-15 00:02:18.367 MainServer, Warning: Unknown socket closing MythSocket(0x9d9660)
2010-01-15 00:02:18.433 MythSocket(9d9660:-1): writeStringList: Error, No data written on writeBlock (1 errors)

Thanks for the help

[fromans4]

Looks like it may be a problem with how the recording directory or storage group is setup. Is MythTV setup to save recordings to an existing directory and does the mythtv user have rights to this directory?

[MNichie]

All of the recording directories are in /var/lib/mythtv/ All of the directoires, including the mythtv root folder are owned by the mythtv user. To be safe I changed the permissions to 777, so it can definitely read/write to the storage/recording directories. It is still giving the same errors though.

[skysurf76]

I have a 950Q as well and its giving me all kinds of trouble. I'm a first time MythTv user and its really turning into a nightmare.

The research I have done trying to get it to work lead me to the fact that for some reason whenever linux wants to use the 950Q it has to upload or load or something the firmware for it. Apparently it does it so much that it stops it from working.

You have to go into /etc/modprobe.d (moprobe.d is a directory) and then you have to make a text file called xc5000.conf and put in it

options xc5000 no_poweroff=1

Save the file and restart and it should work.

Well, when I said it should work I mean you should get a picture now when you watch live tv. After I did it the picture finally came up but it was all garbled and double imaged. I have pretty much given up on the 950Q and am researching alternatives.

Let me know if yours works. Maybe I have a bum card.

[markbean]

I have a 950q running as a second tuner on an old P4 with Mythbuntu 9.10. For the most part the card works for me and I didn't do anything special. The biggest problem that I have noticed is when I try to record two HD channels at the same time. When I do that they recording on the 950q get really screwy. It gets blocky and the sound screeches. I have just assumed that is because of the old computer but I am curious as to why the first tuner (Kworld 115) works fine under that load. However, I just did some more testing. The 950q seemed to work well on most every channel but I did get one channel that had the same screwy behavior as described above. I used the Kworld to go to the same channel and it works fine. Might it have something to do with the fact that the 950q is using USB? I believe that my USB is 2.0. How can I verify this?

FYI: I am viewing the channels on a remote frontend. I have seen this behavior of all three of my frontends. I don't have anything else running on my backed.