[mythtv-users] Help configure my pcTV 800i tuner!

Mike Adolf mlnx at mho.com
Tue Mar 31 19:47:44 UTC 2009


Gordon McLellan wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Mike Adolf <mlnx at mho.com> wrote:
>   
>> Back to Mythtv configuration:
>> 1) General: Under local settings/TV formats there is no option to select
>> ATSC ??
>> 2) Capture Card Setup
>>      Card Type = DBV DTV ...... (v3.x)
>>      Device # = 0
>>      Front End Id = Samsung S5H1490 QAM Subtype ATSC (Don't know what this
>> means)
>>      "There is no Input Field from which to select Television (when Card
>> Type is DVB)"
>> 3) Input Connection (This seem to be where the problem is)
>>      Capture device = [DVD:0]
>>      Input = DVB Input
>>      Video source = (NONE) ----- WITH NO OTHER SELECTIONS!
>>      Scan for Channels Button is Disabled.
>>
>> No need to continue if I can't get past this point.
>>
>> Gordon, what does your configuration look like?
>>
>>     
>
> DVB = ATSC = QAM as far as myth-setup is concerned, but I thought you
> wanted to setup just the analog portion?
>
> To receive analog cable or antenna broadcasts, you have to define the
> card as an Analog V4L Capture Card.  To receive DTV (atsc)  / QAM /
> DVB you define the card as a DVB Card.
>
> My setup (concerning the 800i):
>
> 2. Capture Cards:
> DVB: 0 and V4L : /dev/video0
> Under the dvb card, I have the timeouts set to 15000 msec, under the
> v4l I have the default input set to television (which means the analog
> tv tuner)
>
> 3. Video Sources:
> Cable and QAM
> Both sources pull listings data from SD, however QAM has been edited
> using the channel editor to only contain the 5 HD channels I receive.
> The CABLE source is configured at SD to provide data for all my
> channels and I used the channel editor to delete channels I don't
> receive on the analog input.  Even if you delete the channels, the
> database still gets populated with their listing data, and you can
> then assign the xmlid's to qam channels
>
> 4. Input Connections:
> DVB : 0 -> QAM
> V4L : /dev/video0 (Television) -> Cable
> V4L : /dev/video0 (Composite) -> None
> V4L : /dev/video0 (SVideo) -> None
> This is where you will scan for channels.  You need to connect the
> tuner to a video source in order to scan for channels.  Your other
> option is to download channels from the listing provider.
>
> This tuner was frustrating to get working the first time, due to the
> fact only very recent kernels and v4l versions support it, and you
> have to do the firmware upload business.  It sat on my shelf for many
> months until I got a new HD television, then I had more incentive to
> make it work!
>
> -Gordon
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>   

Gordon,
Thanks again for your help.

I did get the analogue to work, but no DVB. Please see the reply to 
Johnny's Post.  I don't understand why my input connection choices are 
NONE and 'blank', but the blank works for Television.  Maybe I'll sign 
up for SD (free week) and see if that help to configure DVB.

Mike



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