[mythtv-users] PVR-350 no signal?

mythtv at splmail.nl mythtv at splmail.nl
Mon Feb 8 15:04:48 UTC 2010


Now that I understand that the channels are not automatically found, I
quickly searched the web and found this link
http://wiki.mythtv.nl/index.php/Zenders that provides an SQL insert for
MythTV with the channel info. As I'm currently traveling for work, I'll
keep u up2date asap! 


On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:43:30 -0700, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Monday 08 February 2010 06:16:27 am mythtv at splmail.nl wrote:
>> Situation 2 it is! The cable company still broadcasts analog tv. So I
>> plug
>> in the "coax" (composite?) cable direct on the PVR-350. And indeed,
using
>> cat /dev/vdieo0 > test.mpg I am able to record video.
> 
> Coax is an RF input, "composite" is baseband video, usually using an RCA

> connector here in the USA, but I've heard tell of SCART in the EU :-)
> 
>> 
>> In MythTV backend I've defined an input called "cable". What shoud be
the
>> rest of the settings here (e.g. "EIT" or "no grabber")? I've tried both
>> without luck, but I guess I'm missing something here?!
> 
> There won't be any EIT on analog channels, and I'd think you would need
> some 
> sort of listings grabber, probably XMLTV from some source, but I'm not
> aware 
> of what listings sources might be available in your neck of the woods.
Us 
> yanks are spoiled by Schedules Direct.
> 
> So I would expect both EIT and "No Grabber" to not work.
> 
> Anyone in or near the Netherlands here? Who might know what grabber
would 
> work?
> 
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