[mythtv-users] Final config issue.

[David Morris]

I'm curious as to why you aren't using the svideo output of the Dish receiver?  Or does your tuner card not have an svideo input?  I figured most did, I have a cheapo PhoebeMicro BT878 tuner card from 6-8 years ago that has svideo and composite inputs and it only cost like $30 back then.

I'm just starting to play with myth, just got it all installed last night but haven't spent any time with it yet.  But up until now I've been watching DirecTV using xawtv from the svideo input and the picture quality is FAR better than the modulated coax output.  I'm hoping (surely?) that myth can select the svideo or composite inputs as its capture source, since v4l supports it.  Then I plan to build a cable and write a plugin/script/whatever to change channels on my Sony DTV receiver via the data (serial) port.  I've already found the documentation on the web of most of Sony's serial commands to control the receiver.  The ever popular RCA DirecTV receivers can be controlled in the same fashion, although the protocol is different.  SnapStream even sells cables for many of these receivers, but I don't recall if Dish receivers are supported or not.  I like the hard-wired cable solution better than an IR Blaster solution.

David


On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:35:28 -0400, Gregory McLean wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>   I finally got mythtv 0.11 installed and working (plus some additional
>modules), now I'm down to this one last sticking point and I can't
>figure out how to get this to work.
>
>The set up.
>
>Pinnacle PCTV Pro
>Geforce4 MX 440 video card.
>
>Dish receiver. (input source)
>
>The dish receiver is set up to output on channel 4, this in turn is
>connected to the tuner on the pinnacle board.
>
>I got the machine to autoboot into mythtv and everything works great
>(overscaned tv output looks just fine) I can watch movies, play music
>and watch dvd's. However, after a fresh reboot I can't watch any 'live
>tv' All I get is static (I'm guessing its tuned to the wrong channel).
>
>If however, I quit the frontend, pull up xawtv, set the channel there, I
>can watch live TV all night long (no manual recording as thats broke
>apparently).
>
>My questions are as follows:
>
>1. How do I tell what channel its tuning to on start up. (The OSD is
>blank when I pull it up)
>2. How do I make it tune to channel 4 and _stay_ there. (I'll play with
>the irblaster or something else to change channels on the dish receiver
>later)
>
>Anyone know what vital last bit I'm missing? (Oh and I've tried to use
>v4lctl to set the tuner to where it should be but that didn't work)
>
>
>And an enhancement question.
>
>How hard would it be to get the 'record' button on the remote to work.
>What I mean by this is I'm watching something I like, I hit record, and
>it just starts recording. Maybe like a one touch record feature or
>something, hit the record button and it will record for 30 mins, hit it
>again 60 mins etc... I've been poking at the source a bit and was
>wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. The current
>manual recording method is a bit on the clunky side (IMHO).
>
>Thanks!
>   Greg