[mythtv-users] Problems with PVR-350, MythTV in the UK on an Ubuntu system

[Mike Perkins]

David Watkins wrote:
> On 19/07/07, Ben Britton <benjamin.britton at stcatz.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I've just installed a PVR-350 on an Ubuntu Feisty system. The tuner
>> seemed to work without any further driver install.
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> What I'd like to be able to do is: scan all the freeview channels and
>> have a guide with suitable info to do some recordings.
> 
> You won't be able to receive freeview with a PVR-350.
> 
> The 350 is an analog card, freeview is digital.  You should be looking
> for DVB-T cards, such as the Nova-T.
> 

Your channel list sounds fine. All you have to do is watch them a bit to 
identify which is which (if you didn't already know), and then use 
mythtv-setup or mythweb to assign channel numbers and other identifiers. 
Get it right and you can then think about running mythfilldatabase to 
supply programming information (EIT doesn't work on analog).

Move from one to another by entering <channel number><return>. That 
usually works.

Otherwise, however, you can use your PVR-350 for connecting to a cable 
box, or a video recorder, and make use of the hardware encoder. So it's 
not a total waste of cash (similar setup here. use mine for a cable box).

Mike Perkins