[mythtv-users] myth-setup question

[Albert Ulmer]

I'm taking rather small steps... ;)

The trouble was that my /dev/dvb directory was completely empty, so I
went looking for the reason. Running dmesg, I discovered that hotplug
had difficulties with loading the firmware for my dvb-ttpci kernel
module and I didn't know why. A few searches later, I came across
http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/ and downloaded the
firmware into /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. After rebooting, my Hauppauge
DVB-c was finally recognized by the kernel. Hooray!!

But this is not the end of the story, I still can't get MythTV to
recognize my card, even though I have /dev/dvb/adapter0 automounted by
devFS.

What other applications can I try out to find out whether my card is
working or not? I'm trying to isolate the problem, so I want to make
sure I'm not chasing ghosts here.

Best regards,
Albert.


On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:12:38 +0200, Albert Ulmer <jayaeu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:25:26 +1000, Dave <david.collett at dart.net.au> wrote:
> > Ok, that was rude of me anyway (sorry FieryRed!), allow me to be more
> > constructive:
> >
> > You will need to compile mythtv with DVB support.
> > To do this you have to have the DVB header files around. If you compiled
> > your own kernel, then you will have them in you kernel sources (eg.
> > /usr/src/linux or simillar). If not, you can grab the dvb-kernel package
> > from linuxtv.org and unpack it somewhere. You shouldnt have to compile
> > and use these drivers, keep using the ones you have working. You only
> > need this package for the header files. (the relevant interfaces wont
> > have changed I dont expect, so there shouldnt be any version-mismatch
> > issues...)
> >
> > Then in your mythtv build directory, edit the settings.pro file and
> > uncomment the section dealing with DVB. One of the variables adds the
> > path to the header files, make sure that points to where you unpacked
> > the dvb-kernel sources.
> >
> > Then recompile mythtv! you can clean it out and recompile like this:
> >
> > make distclean # this cleans up
> > ./configure
> > qmake mythtv.pro
> > make
> > make install
> >
> > Then when you have finished and run setup, select the Digital Video
> > Broadcast option. When you add channels, you will have screens which let
> > you to enter the frequency, pids etc. There are lots of variables there.
> > You *may* not need to enter them all (the driver automatically figures
> > much of them out (does for my dvb-t cards anyway...)), just add what you
> > know and leave the rest at 'auto'.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Dave
> > 
> Thanks for the detailed description of what to do! I'll try your
> approach out as soon as I get home from work!
> 
> Best regards,
> Albert. 
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 16:35, David Collett wrote:
> > > What???
> > > He has a DVB card, therefore he needs the "Digital Video Broadcast card"
> > > option. Ever wondered what DVB stands for???
> > >
> > > Of course considering that this option seems to be unavailable. You will
> > > have to take the programs advice and "Recompile with DVB-support!"
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 16:07, FieryRed wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:56:08 +0200
> > > > Albert Ulmer <jayaeu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I finally managed to get 0.15.1 compiled with Gentoo. Hooray!
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a Hauppauge WinTV DVB-c (Model 727) card, which is already
> > > > > recognised by hotplug (lsmod show all relevant modules, like dvb_core,
> > > > > saa7146, v4l2_common, videodev, etc.).
> > > > >
> > > > > I ran the SQL-script to fill the MySQL-database, which worked fine.
> > > > > Next, I would like to know what I should best set in "Capture Card
> > > > > Settings". Should I use "Standard V4L capture card" or "Digital Video
> > > > > Broadcast card". If I chose the latter, it says "Recompile with
> > > > > DVB-support!" at the bottom.
> > > > >
> > > > > What am I doing wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Albert.
> > > >
> > > > What you want ins the standard V4L capture card option.  The others are the kind of thing where you'd know if you had that kind of card or not, and you don't.
> > > >
> > > > FieryRed
> > > >
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