[mythtv-users] Nova T PCI

[John Veness]

Tim Sawyer wrote:
> On Friday 11 Apr 2008, Nick Morrott wrote:
>> On 11/04/2008, Tim Sawyer <mythtv at calidris.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>>  Given my trouble with the Nova-T-500, I've got hold of a couple of
>>> Nova-T PCI cards.
>>>
>>>  I can't find anywhere how to set them up in mythtv.  What kind of card
>>> are they?  There is nothing on any of the wiki pages suggesting how to
>>> set this card up.
>> They're standard DVB cards, same as the Nova T-500. Set them up the
>> same as you would the Nova T-500.
> 
> Hmm.  They don't show up in the same place in the config.  I've set them up as 
> MPEG2 cards, using /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 and they don't work, trying to 
> watch live TV just gives me a black screen then it returns back to the myth 
> menu.

They're not MPEG2 cards, they are DVB, so you need to select DVB when 
adding the card, then look for card 2, 3, 4 etc. If that isn't working, 
what does lspci say, and what do you have in your /dev/dvb folder?

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T