<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/11/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">ToadMazter</b> <<a href="mailto:toadmazter@gmail.com">toadmazter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<snipped><div> </div><div>Here's where my question is: Before I can do a channel
scan, I am required to create a "Video Source" (Zap2it) and then assign
it to my DVB cards in the "Input connections" screen. However,
after doing a scan I then have duplicate channels; the ones from the
scan and the one's from the Zap2It database. How do I combine the
two so I don't have duplicates? Or, is it possible just to get
programming info for the digital channels OTA? I'm really
confused here on this...</div></blockquote><div><br>
My standard process for this has been to perform perform the
mythtv-setup steps (Card, Video Sources, Input Connections), then
perform the scan for the DVB channels. The next step is to go
into each of the channels that the scan found and change the XMLTVID to
match the channels from zap2it (I also set the channel format to ATSC,
since my default is NTSC (I'm using PVR-250 and the HD-3000), and
change the channel numbers (the scan will create a channel 21 for 2-1,
I prefer 2-1, since it will better co-reside with my DTV channel 2 on
the PVR-250 without confusing me as to which one is the HD channel and
without conflicting with my DTV 3-digit channels)). Just hit enter on
the channels in mythtv-setup to get to the details.<br>
<br>
After the channels are set up, then you can run mythfilldatabase and it
shouldn't create additional channels since it will match the XMLIDs.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>3. This one is minor, but it did stump me for a few
minutes so I figured I should share. When attemtpting
to record content for the first time, I noticed the backend was
throwing out permission errors on my <strong>
/video/recordings </strong>directory. Make sure you have created <strong>/video/recordings</strong> and <strong>/video/buffer</strong> , and then issue a <strong># chmod a+rwx /video/recordings </strong>and <strong># chmod a+rwx /video/buffer
</strong>so that MythTV can write files to the directories.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Last question.... I really want to use my PVR-500 with the two
HD-3000's. But last time I installed the ivtv drivers it broke
the DVB drivers. Anyone else able to share their steps to success
with the two cards?</div></blockquote></div><br>
I didn't have any problems with supporting both my PVR-250 and the
HD-3000 (not sure if the newer PVR-500 / 150 require different drivers).<br>
<br>
Finally, I have created my own installation guide (I consider it my
personalized addendum to Jarod's guide (it is designed to be used in
conjunction with his guide geared to my specific installation). But it
does have what I did to get HD-3000 setup (and the HD channels setup)
as well as things like the yum-specific instructions for 'pinning'
urw-fonts.<br>
<br>
The document is available at (<a href="http://www.thelepperts.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=PmWiki.InstallGuide">http://www.thelepperts.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=PmWiki.InstallGuide</a>).
It is still being updated for FC4 (I just performed my first FC4
install) and I just put it online (it's helpful for me to have it
there, I wasn't intending on making it public yet, but since you asked
some related questions...). Additionally I just started playing
with pmwiki based on a separate thread Isaac had started, so be kind to
the pages. There are also some other pages about issues I have
run into in the past and what I did to resolve them and my HiDef
performance information for mythtv. If the pages are helpful, let
me know...<br><br>
phlepper<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -- Confucius