[mythtv-users] Trying to get a TV signal into myth-tv using Haupauge Nova-T 500
Wilfred van den Assem
c.assemvanhaaften at chello.nl
Thu Jan 1 22:25:24 UTC 2009
Happy New Year!
Try this:
mplayer dvb://"NRK1 Nordland"
Op donderdag 01-01-2009 om 22:19 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Helge
Fredriksen:
> Happy new year!
>
> Since I didn't get much answer from you on my last reports, I tried to
> start from scratch.
> Installed Mythbuntu 8.10 and started out with blank sheets...
>
> Got rid of the error statements from the backend, and are managing to
> get into a viewer up and
> running now when attempting to watch TV.
>
> Signal is 48% on my DVB-T channels in Norway, but there is no lock
> which the viewer also
> warns me about.
>
> Could this have anything to do with the the mpeg4 encoding of the TV
> signal here in Norway?
>
> Attaching the channels.conf file I used for setting up the channels in
> the channel editor. I got this
> from "scan scan.freq > channels.conf" (dvbutils package), where
> scan.freq contained these entries:
>
> T 706000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/8 NONE
> T 650000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/8 NONE
> T 786000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/8 NONE
>
> As stated earlier, I'm getting a nice signal using "vlc
> channels.conf", but I'm having trouble
> getting mplayer dvb://102 understand what the heck I'm meaning...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Best regards,
> Helge Fredriksen
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Helge Fredriksen
> <helgeingvart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:58 AM, Nick Morrott
> <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 28/12/2008, Helge Fredriksen
> <helgeingvart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
>
> Are you able to receive EIT programme listings, or
> record successfully?
>
> No, I don't have any program listing under any of the channels
> I chose
> "Combine data from several other grabbers" in the Listings
> grabber in the setup of
> video sources. Chose this option, since there was no specific
> entry for Norway.
>
>
>
>
> It _could_ be a playback problem, rather than a tuning
> problem, so
> during testing choose the CPU- or Slim playback
> profile in
> mythfrontend's TV Playback settings..
>
> Was set to CPU+ per default, tried to change to Slim and
> CPU--, but no change.
>
>
>
>
> The mythbackend user has to have access to
> the /dev/dvb* devices. Many
> users run the mythbackend daemon as root, and
> mythfrontend as their
> regular user.
>
> Tried to run the backend server as root, since the /dev/dvb*
> was owned by root, but
> allowed read/execute access though to the adapter0 and
> adapter1 for group/other.
>
>
>
>
> If you open 2 consoles and run mythbackend in one, and
> mythfrontend in
> the other (or redirect logging from both to two log
> files), you will
> be able see the log ouput from both during a LiveTV
> session.
>
> Ok, that brought forward a bit info:
>
> root at ultimate:/home/helge# /usr/bin/mythbackend
> --pidfile /var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.775 Using runtime prefix = /usr
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.776 Empty LocalHostName.
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.776 Using localhost value of ultimate
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.780 New DB connection, total: 1
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.784 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at
> host: localhost
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.784 Closing DB connection named
> 'DBManager0'
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.784 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at
> host: localhost
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.785 New DB connection, total: 2
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.786 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at
> host: localhost
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.787 Current Schema Version: 1214
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.792 TVRec(1) Error: Problem finding
> starting channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.934 ChannelBase(1) Error:
> InitializeInputs():
> Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
> Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
> sources to your card's inputs?
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.935 TVRec(2) Error: Problem finding
> starting channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.935 DVBChan(2:1) Error: Opening DVB
> frontend device failed.
> eno: Device or resource busy (16)
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.935 TVRec(3) Error: Problem finding
> starting channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.935 DVBChan(3:1) Error: Opening DVB
> frontend device failed.
> eno: Device or resource busy (16)
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.936 New DB scheduler connection
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.936 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at
> host: localhost
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.939 New DB connection, total: 3
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.939 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at
> host: localhost
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.945 MediaServer:: Loopback address
> specified - 127.0.0.1. Disabling UPnP
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.945 Main::Registering HttpStatus Extension
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.945 mythbackend version: 0.21.20080304-1
> www.mythtv.org
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.945 Enabled verbose msgs: important
> general
> 2008-12-29 15:30:19.946 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required
> Free Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
> 2008-12-29 15:30:22.938 Reschedule requested for id -1.
> 2008-12-29 15:30:22.948 Scheduled 0 items in 0.0 = 0.00 match
> + 0.01 place
> 2008-12-29 15:30:22.950 Seem to be woken up by USER
> 2008-12-29 15:31:39.939 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required
> Free Space: 1.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
>
>
>
> Seems like there's a problem with bindings between video
> sources to card input, even though I have connected them in
> the
> setup. Also, it's complaining about default channel, which I
> also ensured was a valid unencrypted channel.
>
> Best regards,
> Helge Fredriksen
>
>
>
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