[mythtv-users] Problem getting AverTVHD A180 going.

Mark Bell markb at pilgrim.com
Thu Mar 8 00:49:56 UTC 2007



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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of mike
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Problem getting AverTVHD A180 going.

On Wednesday 07 March 2007 09:16, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> mike wrote:
> > Guys, I hope this is simple, because it's killing me!
> >
> > I have a perfectly working MythTV on Debian etch, brand new core-duo
2.4,
> > lots of all the stuff. My TV card is a PVR-150. Works beautifully.
> >
> > So now, I want to add a card to get the hi-definition, and I don't
know
> > what to do. I follow this wiki:
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerTV_HD_A180
> > I get the driver loaded, modprobe saa7134-dvb.
> >
> >  My local cable is COX and there are TWO listings on zap2it:
> > 1.Cox Comm South County - San Diego
> > 2.Cox Comm South County - San Diego - Digital
> >
> > (I have been using the #1 for my PVR150)
> >
> > I do "mythtv-setup" and add capture card, select "DVB DTV  capture
card
> > (v3.x) I click finish. I then point my input connection for the A180
to
> > the "digital" source.
>
> Did you scan for channels?  Just matching the input source to the
> listing source doesn't do anything for HD cards.  You need to scan for
> channels, then use the Frontend channel editor feature to edit the
names
> that are found (if any) to your station names from your listing and
set
> the xmltvids
>
> Kevin

Thanks, Kevin, I attempted to scan channels using every possible
combination 
of settings. It didn't find any, which is strange on it's own, unless I
don't 
actually get the Hi-definition I pay for. That may be something for the 
landlord to confront. And as for me, new to all this, not knowing what 
it "should" do, makes it more difficult to recognize problems in the
setting 
up of this stuff. 

This has me thinking other things as well, like, when I added the A180
in 
mythtv-setup as a DVB DTV capture card, it wasn't given a "video device
name" 
as was my PVR-150. I guess that's OK, right?

The A180 is shown in lspci as:
07:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7133/SAA7135
Video 
Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)

The card is recognized  in mythtv-setup with a frontend id of Nextwave
NXT200X 
VSB/QAM (etc etc). Is that correct?

If I'm just being totally ignorant, I apologize. I have attempted to
research 
as much as possible, but there is no "complete" information that I can
find.

I'm going to have a talk with the landlord, and maybe he'll help by
calling 
the cable company for some information. as this account is in his name.
Thanks- and if you have any other ideas, I'm listening.
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[Mark Bell] 


"The card is recognized  in mythtv-setup with a frontend id of Nextwave
NXT200X VSB/QAM (etc etc). Is that correct?"

Yes this is correct.   I know I had to scan cable high hrc for it to
find any channels


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