[mythtv-users] myth-setup question

[George Styles]

Have u checked permissions on /dev/dvb/adapter0? try running mythtv as root 
to see if it works

g

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albert Ulmer" <jayaeu at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] myth-setup question


> 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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