[mythtv-users] Help with avermedia a180 hd card.

[Gene Stapp]

kim gross wrote:
> Gene Stapp wrote:
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>> kim gross wrote:
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>>>> I'd suggest the AverMedia A180 HD card.  I'm using it for QAM on 
>>>> Comcast.  It works great with 2.6 and Myth, supports QAM or OTA and is 
>>>> cheap ($80)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.aver.com/2005home/product/tvtuner/pci/mcea180wb/mcea180wb.shtml
>>>> http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATSC_cards
>>>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/AVerTV_HD_A180
>>>>
>>>> Kevin
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>>> Kevin,
>>>
>>> I am trying to follow your directions in the wiki on the a180, and it is 
>>> not creating the /dev/dvb stuff.  When I check dmesg it says"saa7130/34: 
>>> v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded" 
>>>
>>> I have blacklisted the saa7134 driver, and I am modprobe'ing  saa7134-dvb
>>>
>>> This is on a FC 4 system updated to the newest ATRPMS kernal
>>>
>>> 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4
>>>
>>> Any suggestions, or more info needed
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Kim
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>> Are you sure you copied the firmware file to the right directory? It 
>> sounds like you are skipping this step in the a180 wiki
>>
>> /which will download the firmware file and extract the 
>> *dvb-fe-nxt2004.fw* file. You will then be asked to copy it to one of 
>> two places depending on your distribution.
>> /I can't remember what directory it went to offhand but I do remember of 
>> the two directories it told me to put the firmware file in, it was the 
>> first choice and was the simpler/smaller of the two directories
>> For fedora core 4 and 5, I had to add this line to my modprobe.conf file 
>> to get the a180 firmware to load on bootup. It's toward the end of the file.
>> /install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134; /sbin/modprobe 
>> saa7134-dvb/
>> other than that if you follow the directions in the wiki, it works 
>> great. I've installed an a180 multiple times on fedora core 4 and 5 systems.
>>
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> I have most of the card working now, I  still can't figure out how to 
> get it to load the drivers automaticly.  here is my modprobe.conf file.
>
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> blacklist saa7134
>
> options snd-intel8x0 index=0
> remove snd-intel8x0 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; 
> }; /sbin$alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
>
> alias char-major-61 lirc_serial
> options lirc_serial irq=4 io=0x3f8
> install lirc_serial /bin/setserial /dev/ttyS0 uart none ;     
> /sbin/modprobe --$alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
> alias scsi_hostadapter1 sata_via
> alias eth0 tg3
> alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
> options snd-card-0 index=0
> options snd-via82xx index=0
> remove snd-via82xx { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
> /sbin/$alias scsi_hostadapter sata_promise
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-8762
> alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-8762
>
> # ivtv modules setup
> alias char-major-81 videodev
> alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
> options ivtv tuner=2
> options msp3400 once=0 simpler=1 simple=0
>
>
>  From what you are saying I should just add
>
> /install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134; /sbin/modprobe saa7134-dvb/
>
> To the end of the file????
>
> I will give that a try.  Also do you know of any better howtos on how to 
> configure the card to work with myth?  I did a scan and created a 
> channels.conf file (without stationids) but now I am very confused on 
> what I need to do.
>
> Thanks
> Kim
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yeah this is the line i use in modprobe.conf

install saa7134 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install saa7134; /sbin/modprobe saa7134-dvb

Now with the channels for hd, I import the qam channel file in mythtv-setup. I have a channel source set up as HD qam that pulls the channel info from zap2it as well. After importing the channels.conf file it creates duplicate channels in my channels table in the database. I just edit the zap2it channel listings to match the info from the channels.conf scanned file in certain areas like the source and all the other different info except like the actual channel numbers used. so far I  havn't  had a problem changing the sourceid to match the dvb card and then also changing the channelid for say channel 762 to 3762 (if the a180 tuner is source 3). I do all this through mysql-front program. Hope that isn't too complicated a way to explain things.
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