[mythtv-users] HD 3000 DVB has Signal Lock, Myth Can't See It

Michael Haan michael.haan at gmail.com
Wed May 25 22:19:46 UTC 2005


If I run dvbscan, I get:

root # ./dvb-apps/util/scan/dvbscan -c
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x1ffb
dumping lists (11 services)
[0003]                   (0x0003) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0013 A 0x0014 (eng)
[0004]                   (0x0004) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0010 A 0x0011 (eng)
[0005]                   (0x0005) 00: PCR == V   V 0x001b A 0x001c (eng)
[0006]                   (0x0006) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0018 A 0x0019 (eng)
[0002]                   (0x0002) 00: PCR == V   V 0x001e A 0x001f (eng)
[000f]                   (0x000f) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0021 A 0x0022 (eng)
[000e]                   (0x000e) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0023 A 0x0024 (eng)
[000d]                   (0x000d) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0025 A 0x0028 (eng)
[0010]                   (0x0010) 00: PCR == V   V 0x0029 A 0x002a (eng)
[0012]                   (0x0012) 00: PCR == V   V 0x002d A 0x002e (eng)
[0011]                   (0x0011) 00: PCR == V   V 0x002b A 0x002c (spa)
Done.

So I think that means the card is working.  But when I try to add a
new card in mythtv-setup I select card type = DVB, and I get:
DVB Card number:   0
Card Name:             Could not get card info for card #0!
Card Type:              Invalid argument

If I select card 1, then back to 0, I get:
DVB Card number:   0
Card Name:             Could not get card info for card #0!
Card Type:              Success

Also, I've got a PVR-350 in the box.  Finally, in /dev, I have:

crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 4 May 22 19:22 /dev/dvb0.demux0
crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 5 May 22 19:22 /dev/dvb0.dvr0
crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 3 May 22 19:22 /dev/dvb0.frontend0
crw-rw-rw-  1 root root 212, 7 May 22 19:22 /dev/dvb0.net0

Which I manually linked to:
root # find /dev/dvb*
/dev/dvb
/dev/dvb/adapter0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
/dev/dvb0.demux0
/dev/dvb0.dvr0
/dev/dvb0.frontend0
/dev/dvb0.net0

So, what I'm wondering, is why myth can't find my card?


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