Talk:Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800

So I just bought a WinTV-HVR-1800 and am trying to install Linux drivers for it. But I've become very confused with the LinuxTV website. Hauppauge's product web page says:

"Linux support for the WinTV-HVR-1800 is now available through LinuxTV.org Look here to get information on the latest Linux drivers: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1800"

And the LinuxTV wiki page on the product says "Support for the card's digital TV reception capabilities (8-VSB & 64/256-QAM) is currently provided within the latest drivers from the LinuxTV Hg repository, and should make its way into the 2.6.24 kernel. Analog support for the WinTV-HVR-1800 (which is currently contingent upon the addition of such to the CX23385/7 driver) will be added in the near future, but it will likely be too late for inclusion into 2.6.24."

But it is not clear to me what files I should be downloading from the Mercurial (that's what Hg means, right?) repositories. Do I have to compile the entire kernel to get these drivers? Can someone with more experience please enlighten me?

Thanks, Jeremy

The following might help you:

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     (10:57:59 PM) mkrufky: you need cx23885 cx25840 tda18271 mt2131 s5h1409 tuner cx2341x videobuf-dvb videodev dvb-core
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     (10:58:24 PM) mkrufky: you need the cx23885-avcore firmware
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     (10:58:37 PM) mkrufky: you need the cx23885-enc firmware
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     [root@localhost ~]# for i in cx23885 cx25840 tda18271 mt2131 s5h1409 tuner cx2341x videobuf-dvb videodev dvb-core; do echo === $i === ; lsmod | grep $i; modprobe -v $i; done
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     === cx23885 ===
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     cx23885               133992  0
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     videobuf_dma_sg        47108  1 cx23885
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     btcx_risc              37896  1 cx23885
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     videobuf_dvb           40196  1 cx23885
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     videobuf_core          52868  3 cx23885,videobuf_dma_sg,videobuf_dvb
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     compat_ioctl32         41728  2 cx23885,cx18
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     videodev               69248  6 tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,msp3400,compat_ioctl32
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     cx2341x                45316  3 cx23885,cx18,ivtv
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     v4l2_common            45312  7 tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,cx2341x
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     tveeprom               46852  3 cx23885,cx18,ivtv
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     i2c_core               56129  16 tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,tda18271,tda8290,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_ec,mt2131,s5h1409,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia,i2c_i801
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     === cx25840 ===
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     insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840.ko
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     === tda18271 ===
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     tda18271               67720  1
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     i2c_core               56129  17 cx25840,tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,tda18271,tda8290,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_ec,mt2131,s5h1409,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia,i2c_i801
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     === mt2131 ===
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     mt2131                 39172  1
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     i2c_core               56129  17 cx25840,tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,tda18271,tda8290,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_ec,mt2131,s5h1409,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia,i2c_i801
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     === s5h1409 ===
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     s5h1409                42628  1
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     i2c_core               56129  17 cx25840,tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,tda18271,tda8290,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_ec,mt2131,s5h1409,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia,i2c_i801
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     === tuner ===
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     tuner                  60012  0
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     videodev               69248  6 tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,msp3400,compat_ioctl32
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     v4l2_common            45312  8 cx25840,tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,cx2341x
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     i2c_core               56129  17 cx25840,tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,tda18271,tda8290,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_ec,mt2131,s5h1409,v4l2_common,tveeprom,nvidia,i2c_i801
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     === cx2341x ===
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     cx2341x                45316  3 cx23885,cx18,ivtv
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     v4l2_common            45312  8 cx25840,tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,saa7115,msp3400,cx2341x
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     === videobuf-dvb ===
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     === videodev ===
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     videodev               69248  6 tuner,cx23885,cx18,ivtv,msp3400,compat_ioctl32
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     v4l1_compat            46468  2 ivtv,videodev
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     === dvb-core ===
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     [root@localhost ~]# ls -la /lib/firmware
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     total 1252
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     drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 Jul  8 01:38 .
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     drwxr-xr-x 12 root root   4096 Jun 25 08:28 ..
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   6639 Feb 18  2007 ivtv-firmware-license-end-user.txt
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   8292 Feb 18  2007 ivtv-firmware-license-oemihvisv.txt
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 262144 May 26  2006 v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 376836 Feb 17  2007 v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 155648 May 26  2006 v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg
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     -r--r--r--  1 root root  16382 Jul  8 01:38 v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
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     -r--r--r--  1 root root 376836 Jul  8 01:37 v4l-cx23885-enc.fw
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  16382 May 26  2006 v4l-cx25840.fw
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   8192 Oct  6  2006 v4l-pvrusb2-24xxx-01.fw
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     -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   8192 Jul  1  2006 v4l-pvrusb2-29xxx-01.fw
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     [root@localhost ~]#
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     (11:15:49 PM) mkrufky: dont show me lsmod -- i dont care
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     [root@localhost ~]# cat /var/log/messages
     Jul 14 21:54:14 localhost kernel: cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.0.0
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     Jul 14 21:54:14 localhost kernel: cx18:  End initialization
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     Jul 14 21:58:24 localhost kernel: tda18271 2-0060: destroying instance
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     Jul 14 21:58:31 localhost kernel: tuner' 2-0042: chip found @ 0x84 (cx23885[0])
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     Jul 14 21:58:31 localhost kernel: tda829x 2-0042: could not clearly identify tuner address, defaulting to 60
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     Jul 14 21:58:31 localhost kernel: tda18271 2-0060: creating new instance
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     Jul 14 21:58:31 localhost kernel: TDA18271HD/C1 detected @ 2-0060
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     Jul 14 21:58:32 localhost kernel: tda829x 2-0042: type set to tda8295+18271
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Thanks Martin Mrjcleaver 05:31, 15 July 2008 (CEST)

Now, you need to know the frequencies your local area uses. These are stored in a file called channels.conf. I found my by searching the internet for "channels.conf toronto".

Once you have this you can tune the digital tuner like so:

  azap -r -c ./channels.conf "CITYHD"

And then use mplayer to show you what you are tuned to:

  mplayer /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 

Mrjcleaver 14:37, 15 July 2008 (CEST)