[mythtv-users] Is this possible with mythavtest ?

[Vincent McIntyre]

On 11/21/14, Sholla <holla.net at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to test livetv with mythavtest without using a
> mythbackend and myth db setup ?
>
> What I want to do is to connect the setop box's composite out to
> the PVR350 and select some channel in the set top box. Can I
> now  use just mythavtest to test the livetv play back ?
>

I would do it like this
  * http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_your_DVB_device
  * http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Testing_reception_quality

You can also use w_scan to produce a channels.conf and then vlc, eg
 * sudo w_scan -a 0 -C AU -X  # -C is your country code
 * vlc --dvb-adapter 0 ./a0.channels.conf