Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q
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A hybrid ATSC USB 2.0 device by Hauppauge.
The digital side of the device is supported under Linux since kernel 2.6.26. Analog support was merged into the mainline v4l-dvb tree on March 18, 2009.
Note: This device, the HVR-950Q, is significantly different from the older HVR-950 model, so please be sure to differentiate between the two. For information on the older model, see the WinTV-HVR-950 article.
Note: As of August 2014, The newer HVR-955Q may be shipped instead of this model, the HVR-950Q. The HVR-955Q driver is not currently as mature as the HVR-950Q driver is.
Note: As of 2014-08-18, Hauppauge USA officials claim that if the HVR-950Q is ordered from their website then a HVR-950Q and not a HVR-955Q will be delivered, but obviously they won't vouch for other resellers.
Overview/Features
The device supports NTSC, 8-VSB and QAM.
Components Used
- Xceive XC5000 (tuner and analog demodulator)
- Auvitek AU8522 (A/V decoder analog demodulator [not used], and digital demodulator)
- Auvitek AU0828 (USB bridge)
Identification
This descriptor is from a unit packaged as a "WinTV HVR 950Q, model 1176", which is shipped with the A/V cables and toy-sized antenna and a remote:
lsusb -v
Bus 001 Device 022: ID 2040:7200 Hauppauge
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
idVendor 0x2040 Hauppauge
idProduct 0x7200
bcdDevice 0.05
iManufacturer 1
iProduct 2
iSerial 10
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 267
bNumInterfaces 4
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0000 1x 0 bytes
bInterval 5
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0000 1x 0 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 5
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0300 1x 768 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 2
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 5
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x03fc 1x 1020 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 3
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 5
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0400 1x 1024 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 4
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 5
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0c00 2x 1024 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 5
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 3
Transfer Type Interrupt
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0002 1x 2 bytes
bInterval 5
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN
bmAttributes 1
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x1400 3x 1024 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 0
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 1 Control Device
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 11
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (HEADER)
bcdADC 1.00
wTotalLength 38
bInCollection 1
baInterfaceNr( 0) 2
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 12
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 1
wTerminalType 0x0602 Digital Audio Interface
bAssocTerminal 0
bNrChannels 2
wChannelConfig 0x0003
Left Front (L)
Right Front (R)
iChannelNames 0
iTerminal 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
bTerminalID 2
wTerminalType 0x0101 USB Streaming
bAssocTerminal 0
bSourceID 3
iTerminal 0
AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
bLength 8
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
bUnitID 3
bSourceID 1
bControlSize 1
bmaControls( 0) 0x01
Mute
iFeature 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 2
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 11
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN
bmAttributes 5
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type Asynchronous
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0000 1x 0 bytes
bInterval 1
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 2
bAlternateSetting 1
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 1 Audio
bInterfaceSubClass 2 Streaming
bInterfaceProtocol 0
iInterface 11
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (AS_GENERAL)
bTerminalLink 2
bDelay 1 frames
wFormatTag 1 PCM
AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
bLength 11
bDescriptorType 36
bDescriptorSubtype 2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
bFormatType 1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
bNrChannels 2
bSubframeSize 2
bBitResolution 16
bSamFreqType 1 Discrete
tSamFreq[ 0] 48000
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN
bmAttributes 5
Transfer Type Isochronous
Synch Type Asynchronous
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0100 1x 256 bytes
bInterval 4
AudioControl Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 37
bDescriptorSubtype 1 (EP_GENERAL)
bmAttributes 0x00
bLockDelayUnits 0 Undefined
wLockDelay 0 Undefined
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 3
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 1
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass
bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol
iInterface 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0200 1x 512 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
bLength 10
bDescriptorType 6
bcdUSB 2.00
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 64
bNumConfigurations 1
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
Making it Work
Firmware
In order to use the LinuxTV driver, you need to download and install the firmware for the xc5000. Some distributions already bundle the firmware in the official repositories. Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) includes it by default, Fedora 16+ includes it in the default linux-firmware package, and Debian Testing (Squeeze) includes it in the firmware-linux-nonfree package.
Kernel 2.6.30 and earlier:
wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/extract.sh sh extract.sh cp dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw /lib/firmware
Kernel 2.6.31 and later:
wget http://www.kernellabs.com/firmware/xc5000/dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw mv dvb-fe-xc5000-1.6.114.fw /lib/firmware/
Note: Though the usual directory location in which the firmware file is placed is /lib/firmware, this may differ in the case of some distros; consult your distro's documentation for the appropriate location.
The firmware will be added lazily (on-demand) when you first use the driver.
Kernel 2.6.31 firmware issues
When running this kernel version, loading of the firmware takes very long, and prevents MythTV from working properly. To deal with this problem you can use xc5000's no_poweroff=1 module option, to prevent the device from sleeping (after which firmware has to be reloaded)
You can set no_poweroff this way:
cat /sys/module/xc5000/parameters/no_poweroff 0 # <--- default is automatic poweroff enabled echo -n 1 > /sys/module/xc5000/parameters/no_poweroff cat /sys/module/xc5000/parameters/no_poweroff 1 # <--- poweroff is now disabled
This will take effect when the module is reloaded.
Drivers
The xc5000 driver needed for this WinTV-HVR-950Q is already part of the latest Linux kernel (part of v4l-dvb drivers).
Analog support was merged into the mainline v4l-dvb tree on March 18, 2009.
Note: In the past, the HVR-950Q has had known issues with MythTV that prevent it from working. These should be fixed with the latest version. They were worked by the 950q maintainer (Devin Heitmueller). For more details, take a look at the KernelLabs blog for status updates: KernelLabs Blog
Sample Kernel Output
After you plug-in the device on a USB 2.0 port (it won't work with a USB 1.1) and use the driver for the first time (eg, by scanning channels), you may see something like this on dmesg:
usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice au0828: i2c bus registered tveeprom 0-0050: Hauppauge model 72001, rev B3F0, serial# 5280879 tveeprom 0-0050: MAC address is 00-0D-FE-XX-XX-XX tveeprom 0-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 4) tveeprom 0-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x88) tveeprom 0-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44) tveeprom 0-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42) tveeprom 0-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter hauppauge_eeprom: hauppauge eeprom: model=72001 xc5000 0-0061: creating new instance xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61 xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously DVB: registering new adapter (au0828) DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend)... Registered device AU0828 [Hauppauge HVR950Q] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=7200 usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=10 usb 1-3: Product: WinTV HVR-950 usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Hauppauge usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 000000000
After an application open the device the first time, the module will load the firmware. You will see:
xc5000: waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw)... i2c-adapter i2c-2: firmware: requesting dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw xc5000: firmware read 12332 bytes. xc5000: firmware upload
Analog Audio
To have analog audio in tvtime I am using following bash script to start the tvtime (There are two versions of SOX command - for OSS and for Alsa. Also, this version disables screen saver in KDE4, instead of using dbus interface, this could be some other command):
#!/bin/sh
tvtime &>/dev/null &
tPID=$!
echo "Started TVTime, PID: $tPID"
sleep 1
# OSS version:
#sox -r 48000 -b 16 -c 2 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp1 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp &>/dev/null &
# Alsa version:
sox -t alsa hw:1,0 -t alsa default &>/dev/null &
sPID=$!
echo "Started SOX, PID: $sPID"
# Simulator Activity (to disable Screen Saver):
( while true; do sleep 10; /usr/bin/qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver SimulateUserActivity; done ) &>/dev/null &
aPID=$!
echo "Started activity simulator (to disable Screen Saver), PID: $aPID"
while true; do
sleep 2
tRUN=$( ps -p $tPID -o pid --no-headers )
sRUN=$( ps -p $sPID -o pid --no-headers )
if [ "$tRUN" = "" ]; then
echo "TVTime exited. Closing SOX + activity simulator and exiting."
kill $sPID
kill $aPID
exit
fi
if [ "$sRUN" = "" ]; then
echo "SOX exited. Closing TVTime + activity simulator and exiting."
kill $tPID
kill $aPID
exit
fi
done