[mythtv-users] Problems with Hauppauge Nova-TD Dual Channel Diversity USB Stick (aka Elgato TD Diversity)

[John Pilkington]

On 07/02/13 05:14, Another Sillyname wrote:
> I am doing a clean new build for a friend of mine and hit a strange
> problem earlier tonight...
>
> The server is a mini itx box so going to use a couple of Hauppauge
> Nova-TD Diversity USB sticks that are spare, this is the TD version
> with one 'normal' size antenna input and one mini connector that needs
> an adapter.
>
> Brand new clean install of Mint Mate 14 x64 and then myth from the
> standard Ubuntu repos (can't remember the current version number,
> sorry)
>
> The USB device installs fine, gets detected in dmesg correctly, scans
> and I can watch TV channels from in VLC without needing any
> configuration at all.
>
> However mythtv-setup can't find the devices reporting "unknown error"
> when trying to select option DVB V3 (can't remember the exact wording)
> in the cards drop down menu.
>
> I've googled and can't see anything obvious
>
> The devices are in the normal /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 path where
> I'd expect to find them.
>
> I didn't do a lsusb to check the version but to be honest this threw
> me a bit as I've never seen this error before, the nearest I came was
> some problems with a TBS card a couple of years back that was a driver
> issue.
>
> Is there a known problem/issue with this device to anyones knowledge?
> Is there a fix/workaround?
>
> As I'm doing this for a mate as a favour I don't want to end up
> haviing to buy kit if I can avoid it, especially as the device works
> under VLC without any issues.
>
> I will look at the myth logs tonight when I go back but thought I'd
> throw it up here to see if anyone could shed some insight before I get
> there.
>
> Thanks in advance.

http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/10830#comment:13 perhaps?