[mythtv-users] Help with avermedia a180 hd card.

[Gene Stapp]

kim gross wrote:
>> I'd suggest the AverMedia A180 HD card.  I'm using it for QAM on 
>> Comcast.  It works great with 2.6 and Myth, supports QAM or OTA and is 
>> cheap ($80)
>>
>> http://www.aver.com/2005home/product/tvtuner/pci/mcea180wb/mcea180wb.shtml
>> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_cards
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerTV_HD_A180
>>
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> Kevin,
>
> I am trying to follow your directions in the wiki on the a180, and it is 
> not creating the /dev/dvb stuff.  When I check dmesg it says"saa7130/34: 
> v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded" 
>
> I have blacklisted the saa7134 driver, and I am modprobe'ing  saa7134-dvb
>
> This is on a FC 4 system updated to the newest ATRPMS kernal
>
> 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4
>
> Any suggestions, or more info needed
>
> thanks
>
> Kim
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Are you sure you copied the firmware file to the right directory? It 
sounds like you are skipping this step in the a180 wiki

/which will download the firmware file and extract the 
*dvb-fe-nxt2004.fw* file. You will then be asked to copy it to one of 
two places depending on your distribution.
/I can't remember what directory it went to offhand but I do remember of 
the two directories it told me to put the firmware file in, it was the 
first choice and was the simpler/smaller of the two directories
For fedora core 4 and 5, I had to add this line to my modprobe.conf file 
to get the a180 firmware to load on bootup. It's toward the end of the file.
/install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134; /sbin/modprobe 
saa7134-dvb/
other than that if you follow the directions in the wiki, it works 
great. I've installed an a180 multiple times on fedora core 4 and 5 systems.