[mythtv-users] newbie - can't get it to work (mdk 9.1, pvr250, nxtvepg), no channel (switzerland)

[Ramon Bucher]

Thank you for your response!

1. My 'lspci -v' output is:

00:0e.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC15 
MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc.: Unknown device 4001
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
        Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

This does show that the driver is correctly installed, not?

2./3./4. I created mythconverg database and created a video source 
(Tuner 0) but the 'mythfilldatabase'
doesn't fill the database. I read the 'tv_grab_de' is broken (I used 
this altough I live in CH, no better choice).
I doesn't work on my system (mdk 9.1). The error:

Can't locate XMLTV/Version.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi 
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl 
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi 
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at 
/usr/bin/tv_grab_de line 71.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/tv_grab_de line 71.


That's why i tried nxtvepg (NexTView EPG). But that doesn't work too. It 
complains that it can't
open either /dev/video0 (sometimes, altough mythtv doesn't run) or 
/dev/vbi0 (if it can open /dev/video0,
then it can't this one).

Is anyone using a PVR250 with Mandrake 9.1 and NexTView EPG?



Joe Votour wrote:

>My expertise is not with the RPMs (I build from source
>with RedHat 9), but I can give you some pointers:
>1. Make sure that ivtv is really configured properly. 
>As an example, when first setting it up, I forgot to
>extract the firmware, and the driver would cause an
>"oops".
>2. Make sure that you've created with MythTV SQL
>database.  I'm not sure if the RPMs do that for you or
>not.
>3. Make sure that you ran the MythTV setup program and
>created your video sources.
>4. Make sure you have run "mythfilldatabase" to grab
>channel entries.
>
>You'll only get TV when you "cat /dev/video0 >
>test.mpg" if you have set the channel.  Unfortunately,
>I couldn't get the perl script to work, but I got
>lucky in that the PVR-250 I bought was configured for
>channel 2 (in North America).
>
>Hopefully this will get you going.
>
>-- Joe
>
>--- rbuc at gmx.ch wrote:
>  
>
>>i tried it now for days to get this working but it
>>won't... yes i'm a
>>linux/mythtv newbie...
>>
>>i successfully installed the ivtv driver and
>>followed the mythtv HOWTO but
>>it won't work. currently i have the mandrake rpms
>>installed (from
>>http://rpm.nyvalls.se). the problem is that i'm from
>>switzerland and i don't have any
>>channels (at least i think this is my problem).
>>mythbackend outputs:
>>
>>Error, couldn't find any available channels.
>>Your database is most likely setup incorrectly.
>>
>>all i see when i watch tv is a black/gray signal.
>>
>>i tried to run nxtvepg to get the channels/epg from
>>there but it doesn't
>>work. when i try to scan for providers either the
>>message '/dev/video0' is used
>>or '/dev/vbi0' shows (after a reboot only the last
>>appear). any hints? i'm
>>sure someone got this working... please tell me
>>how!?!
>>
>>another question: i saw somewhere that i can test
>>the video source with 'cat
>>/dev/video0 > test.mpg'. this works but i also don't
>>see "real" tv. i only
>>see this black/grey-no-signal movie without audio.
>>is this a normal behaviour
>>or should i be able to see real tv?
>>
>>it would be nice if someone could help me...
>>thanks & greetings, ramon.
>>    
>>