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

Sun Jan 4 22:13:00 UTC 2009

Any myth-tv friend in Norway able to watch TV towards the open RiksTV
channels?? Even tried to
roll in the patches found in http://pkendall.homeip.net/ without any luck...

Helge

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Helge Fredriksen <helgeingvart at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok, got a bit further, but NO playing window is popping up, even if
> everything seems to be
> working according to the output on the terminal:
>
> helge at myth:~$ mplayer dvb://NRK2
> MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad  CPU   Q9300  @ 2.50GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23,
> Stepping: 7)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
>
> Playing dvb://NRK2.
> dvb_tune Freq: 706000000
> TS file format detected.
>
> Any clue as to why? Maybe the same reason that refuse me from seeing
> anything in the mythtv
> viewer even if signal is OK (mpeg4 encoding??)
>
> Is the renderer engine that is used in mplayer the same as in mythtv?
>
> Best regards,
> Helge Fredriksen
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Wilfred van den Assem <
> c.assemvanhaaften at chello.nl> wrote:
>
>>  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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