[mythtv-users] Trying to get a TV signal into myth-tv using Haupauge Nova-T 500

[Mark Jenks]

On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Mark Jenks <mjenks1968 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Helge Fredriksen <helgeingvart at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I'm a total newbie to the myth-tv framework, and I've been trying to use
>> it to receive TV signals on a Ubuntu 8.10 box equipped with a Haupauge
>> Nova-T 500 card in Norway.
>>
>> I'm able to setup the channels, and I've been following the handbook to
>> the letter on how to configure the backend.
>>
>> However, I'm getting no signal whatsoever when I'm trying to watch TV in
>> the frontend. It just flickers a bit and returns me to the frontpage of the
>> program when I select this option. It doesn't give me any error messages on
>> the console either when running it in the foreground. However, the system
>> status shows that TV-card 1 to 6 (!) is not accessible. How come? I'm able
>> to get a TV signal using "vlc channels.conf"...
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Helge Fredriksen
>>
>>
> Hello from Wisconsin,
>
> Take Mythtv out of the puzzle.  Try and watch tv using mplayer
> DVB://<channelname>.  That will try and open up TV using your channels.conf
> file.
>
> Once you can verify that, you know that you problem is in your mythtv
> config.
>
> -Mark
>
>
Oops, I didn't catch the last part until 3 seconds after I hit send.

-Mark
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