Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1500: Difference between revisions
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[[Image:Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-1500.jpg|thumb|250px|WinTV-HVR-1500, with the included dongle cables for antenna/cable and video/audio input attached]] |
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Okay friends! I have Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1500 express card. This card works just fine in Windows Vista. I'm running SuSe Linux version 11.0. As far as I can tell Linux doesn't even support an express card slot ,,, let alone whats in the slot. Anybody have any answers??? Fred |
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An [[ATSC]] [[ExpressCard|Express Card/54 mm]] from [[Hauppauge]]. |
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==Overview/Features== |
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The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1500 ExpressCard was also sold re-branded by HP as model HP RM436AA#ABA. There is also a HVR-1500Q model. |
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The F-Connector provides an antenna/cable connection for: |
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* NTSC Analog Cable and Over the Air TV |
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* ATSC Digital Over the Air HDTV |
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* Clear QAM Digital Cable TV |
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Also provides connection for analog and S-Video video inputs and stereo audio input. |
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===Drivers=== |
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'''Status Report'''<br> |
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This card is reported to work on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10), Karmic Koala (9.10), and suSe 11.1. Should work with any distribution using a kernel supporting the latest V4L-DVB drivers. |
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Using latest drivers built on 9 Feb 2010 seem to support the ATSC tuning component just fine. |
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''' No Analog Support ''' |
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The cx23885 driver currently lacks analog support. This is supposed to be fixed [[ATSC_PCIe_Cards#fn_1_back|"soon"]] |
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''' Eeprom problem ''' |
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Currently (as of 9 Feb 2010) a firmware bug that appears in at least the Q model of the card: |
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Example of dmesg output from the kernel: |
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[ 10.733528] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7790, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500Q [card=5,autodetected] |
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[ 10.861449] tveeprom 1-0050: Encountered bad packet header [ff]. Corrupt or not a Hauppauge eeprom. |
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[ 10.861452] cx23885[0]: warning: unknown hauppauge model #0 |
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[ 10.861454] cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=0 |
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[ 10.861457] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s) |
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[ 10.861460] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card |
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''' Old (April 2009) V4L-DVB Patch Required ''' |
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Older V4L driver sets required a patch to the v4l code as of April 2009. More recent editions of the V4L drivers already have this patch committed and thus is not required to be applied. |
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You must download the v4l sources, verify that you either have the patch in the downloaded version or do the patch, and recompile. |
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Description of patch is at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/cx23885-hvr1500/rev/7853c00870e1 |
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''' Other ''' |
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The indicator light will not come on under Linux, but the card operates perfectly otherwise. |
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==External Links== |
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* [http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/data_hvr1500.html Hauppauge product page] |
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[[Category:ATSC ExpressCard Devices]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 19 February 2010
An ATSC Express Card/54 mm from Hauppauge.
Overview/Features
The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1500 ExpressCard was also sold re-branded by HP as model HP RM436AA#ABA. There is also a HVR-1500Q model.
The F-Connector provides an antenna/cable connection for:
- NTSC Analog Cable and Over the Air TV
- ATSC Digital Over the Air HDTV
- Clear QAM Digital Cable TV
Also provides connection for analog and S-Video video inputs and stereo audio input.
Drivers
Status Report
This card is reported to work on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10), Karmic Koala (9.10), and suSe 11.1. Should work with any distribution using a kernel supporting the latest V4L-DVB drivers.
Using latest drivers built on 9 Feb 2010 seem to support the ATSC tuning component just fine.
No Analog Support
The cx23885 driver currently lacks analog support. This is supposed to be fixed "soon"
Eeprom problem
Currently (as of 9 Feb 2010) a firmware bug that appears in at least the Q model of the card:
Example of dmesg output from the kernel:
[ 10.733528] CORE cx23885[0]: subsystem: 0070:7790, board: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1500Q [card=5,autodetected] [ 10.861449] tveeprom 1-0050: Encountered bad packet header [ff]. Corrupt or not a Hauppauge eeprom. [ 10.861452] cx23885[0]: warning: unknown hauppauge model #0 [ 10.861454] cx23885[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=0 [ 10.861457] cx23885_dvb_register() allocating 1 frontend(s) [ 10.861460] cx23885[0]: cx23885 based dvb card
Old (April 2009) V4L-DVB Patch Required
Older V4L driver sets required a patch to the v4l code as of April 2009. More recent editions of the V4L drivers already have this patch committed and thus is not required to be applied.
You must download the v4l sources, verify that you either have the patch in the downloaded version or do the patch, and recompile. Description of patch is at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/cx23885-hvr1500/rev/7853c00870e1
Other
The indicator light will not come on under Linux, but the card operates perfectly otherwise.