Description of problem: I have two TV cards that were made by pcHDTV in two different x86_64 systems. They are HDTV cards that use the Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880 style chip. I use both cards to handle the S-VHS video from two DVRs to display and capture the video outputs. This worked fine up through kernel version 3.18.9, but appears now to be broken starting with kernels 3.19.1 and 3.19.2. Both systems when using the 3.19 kernels display only colored confetti, not the S-VHS video input feed that appears, as it should, with the 3.18 and earlier kernels. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): HD-5500 How reproducible: On a system with a pcHDTV HD-5500 TV card using a 3.19.1 or 3.19.2 kernel, feed that card with a S-VHS signal, run the Tvtime program and you may see only colored confetti on that input. If you use a 3.18.9 or earlier kernel, you should see a proper video display. I Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install pcHDTV HD-5500 TV card on a system running a 3.19.[12] kernel. 2. Feed that card with a valid NTSC S-VHS signal. 3. Run the Tvtime application and select from Setup -> Input configuration -> Change video source: S-Video and see what you get. Actual results: With a current 3.19 kernel: colored confetti. Expected results: A proper NTSC displayed video. Additional info: I do not watch TV on these cards using the usual TV signal input, because I have not been able to find an application that will display ATSC channels on these cards. I have used these cards only to display the S-VHS signals fed to them from the DVRs. I use Tvtime to display the video feeds via S-VHS, but Tvtime and XawTV do not cut the mustard in actually receiving and displaying ATSC signals. Both of these systems are running up to date installations of Fedora version 21. From the Dell GX-620 system: # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) 04:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05) 04:00.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05) 04:00.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05) 04:00.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05) 04:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
The current released kernel is 3.19.5-200 for Fedora 21. None of these 3.19 kernels have worked for me and the TV card. I am stuck running the 3.18.9-200.fc21.x86_64 kernel with Fedora 21 until I gain an understanding as to why the change to the 3.19 kernel broke the driver. Nothing seems to have been posted about this problem.
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