[mythtv-users] Hauppauge WinTV - At my wits end!

[MagicITX]

On 3/8/06, William <wmunson at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> > I purchased a cheap card to try out MythTV before taking the
> > plunge and
> > getting a more expensive card. I have a Hauppauge WinTV  model 38061,
> > rev B226. The card works fine with xawtv, all the channels
> > can be tuned
> > in, no problems.
> >
> > I have followed the setup instructions exactly and can't get this to
> > work. Problems arise when I try to add a capture device when running
> > mythtv-setup.
>
> What happens when you do a cat /dev/video > test.mpg?
>
> Do you capture a segment of video or snow? Try to divide the problem into
> smaller pieces to figure out if its the driver or myth.
>
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It isn't a card with onboard mpeg encoding so the output of 'cat
/dev/video0' will be raw video.

Mike, do you go through setup and assign the capture device to a
channel listing?  (Or is it video source to channel listing?)  What
happens when you try to watch tv?

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Tim
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