[mythtv-users] ATSC-110 - Cannot load saa1734-dvb

Jake Thompson jake at jakethompson.com
Wed Jan 10 21:54:01 UTC 2007


This is QAM-256

On 1/10/07, Jake Thompson <jake at jakethompson.com> wrote:
>
> I am connected to the ATSC tuner with my basic cable and I am receiving
> the unencrypted HD channels from that.  No over the air.  With this setup
> all you need to load is saa7134-dvb
>
> -Jake
>
> On 1/10/07, Praveen Shenoy <mythuser at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > When you say "using it as a digital tuner" I am assuming you are using
> > OTA connector on the card, i.e. the second connector from the top. I am
> > connecting my basic cable from comcast to the first connector and using the
> > QAM to capture the unencrypted HD channels.
> > Praveen
> >
> > On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Jake Thompson wrote:
> >
> > I am using it as a digital tuner only, so I do not need a loopback
> > cble.  If you plan on using it for the NTSC tuner(not really the best for
> > this) then you would need to load saa7134-alsa to get the sound with the
> > video stream, still should not need the loopback cable for this.
> >
> > I have a PVR-150 with a working remote, so I have not tried to get the
> > remote on the ATSC-110 to work, if anyone has done this please let us know.
> >
> > -Jake
> >
> > On 1/10/07, Praveen Shenoy <mythuser at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks guysI will try this tonight. Since you have an atsc-110, do you
> > > have the remote working with myth? Also, the wiki also mentioned about
> > > loading saa7134-alsa. Is that something you are doing too? Are you using the
> > > loopback to feed the audio from the 110 to the line in on your sound card or
> > > is that not required if I did the v4lctl commands mentioned on the wiki?
> > >
> > > Praveen
> > >
> > > On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Jake Thompson wrote:
> > >
> > > I also have an ATSC-110 on FC6, works perfectly.
> > >
> > >
> > > Just to start testing you can do:
> > > modprobe saa7134-dvb
> > >
> > > This should load without a problem, make sure you have downloaded the
> > > firmware and put it in the correct place.
> > >
> > > You can take a look at dmesg to see if it loaded.
> > >
> > > Next, to make it load on every startup you can add
> > >
> > > alias char-major-212 saa7134-dvb
> > >
> > > to the modprobe.conf file and in /etc/sysconfig/modules
> > > create a file called dvb.modules with:
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > >
> > > for i in char-major-212; do
> > >         modprobe $i > /dev/null
> > > done
> > >
> > >
> > > chmod +x the file, reboot and you should be all set.
> > >
> > > -Jake
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/9/07, Myth User <mythuser at comcast.net > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello all
> > > > I am trying to setup atsc-110 to use QAM to record HD programs. I
> > > > have followed a bunch of documentation on getting this to work. I am
> > > > able to modprobe the saa1734-dvd module at the command line. As I am
> > > >
> > > > not very familiar with the modprobe.conf entries (I tried and I am
> > > > having a kernel panic), it would be of great help if people using
> > > > the
> > > > atsc-110 could post their modprobe entires. I have tried a few
> > > > things
> > > > but, the dvb module does not load with the changes I have made. I
> > > > obviously don't understand the format and how the modprobe.conf
> > > > works:-(. My last change resulted in a kernel panic.
> > > >
> > > > The doc on the wiki
> > > >
> > > > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Kworld_ATSC_110
> > > >
> > > > says,
> > > >
> > > > Edit your /etc/modules file and insert an 'saa7134-dvb' right after
> > > > the saa7134 entry that should already exist in the file. This will
> > > > cause the module to load during boot.
> > > >
> > > > But, I don't see any entries for a saa7134 in the modprobe.conf and
> > > > dmesg seems to be loading it fine and I have been successful in
> > > > playing back HD using mplayer dvb:// after following the setup
> > > > process. But I don't know what the change to the modprobe.confshould
> > > > be to load the saa7134-dvd and not the saa7134. Should I be loading
> > > > both or should I load only the saa7134-dvb? I have spent a couple
> > > > weeks trying to get this to work. Can somebody who is using the
> > > > atsc-110 post their modprobe,conf?
> > > >
> > > > I am running Fedora Core 6 and the latest kernel installed using yum
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Praveen
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