<div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Well folks, I seem to have made some progress. Following advice/help on<br>
this thread I have crafted a new 'uk-Sandyheath' file which looks like this<br>
<br>
<br>
T 522000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE<br>
T 498000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE<br>
#T 474200000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM256 32ke 1/128 NONE<br>
T 714000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE<br>
T 722000000 8MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE<br>
T 690000000 8MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/32 NONE<br>
<br>
and when I run 'scan' against this configuration I get 110 DVB-T<br>
channels. I have commented out the DVB-T2 frequency as my tuner is only<br>
DVB-T. I have tested the resulting 'channels.conf' file with VLC and I<br>
can actually watch TV now! So on to the next challenge. DVB-S2. After<br>
that maybe I can actually get MythTV installed.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the help,<br>
<br>
Gavin<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gavin,</div><div>these maybe helpful resources... I can get a fresh install of myth running on a bare box in under 2 hours these days.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Download mythbuntu, burn to cd <a href="http://www.mythbuntu.org/downloads">http://www.mythbuntu.org/downloads</a></div><div>install (I never dowload updates during install).</div><div>install mythbuntu auto-builds <a href="http://www.mythbuntu.org/repos">http://www.mythbuntu.org/repos</a></div>
<div>install medibuntu - <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu</a></div><div><br></div><div>using the restricted drivers (in settings area of the main-menu) feature of ubuntu install nvidia driver and the dvb-firmware</div>
<div> alternatively for the firmware: <a href="http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#Firmware">http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#Firmware</a></div><div><br></div><div>set the relevant lna setting: <a href="http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#Forcing_the_activation_of_LNAs_.28Low_Noise_Amplifier.29">http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500#Forcing_the_activation_of_LNAs_.28Low_Noise_Amplifier.29</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I use this line in /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf</div><div><br></div><div>options dvb-usb-dib0700 adapter_nr=2,3 force_lna_activation=1</div><div><br></div><div>this ensures that the amplifier is enabled and that the card appears in the same position so that it is correctly recognised by mythtv alongside my other tuner cards ( I did have a nova-t500, a peak dual dvb-t tuner and a nova-hd-s2 card).</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>when </div><div>shutting down the system or rebooting... make sure you fully shut down and remove power, wait 10 seconds... replug-in restart (required due to nova-t 500 driver bug).</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>when configuring the tuners set multi-rec under the options to 1 and setup all the tuners, then once all your tuners are configured go back and change them all to 2 or 3 or whatever your system can take.</div>
<div><br></div><div>dont ever delete a single tuner from within myth-setup, use the delete all, or delete all from this backend and re-create them.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I dont think you need to do what you are doing of testing each layer of software.... unless you get problems then you can go back and test the various components... but that's just my opinion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>hope this helps - bit of a rambling email... sorry.</div><div>R</div></div>