[mythtv-users] what now

[sharifah ummu kulthum]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jim Beckett <beckett.jim at gmail.com> wrote:

>  sharifah ummu kulthum wrote:
>
> i have successfully made my PC detect the tv card by updating my kernel and
> installing a clean driver of the device.
>
> i run the same command to run the script which i downloaded from avermedia
> site<http://www.avermedia.com/avertv/Support/Download.aspx?Type=Software&id=293&tab=APDriver>.
> i unzip then ran the script. so the driver is successfully installed.
>
> Great, disregard my last post!
>
>
> # dmesg
>
> this is what i got in the end
>
> [ 6828.699051] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
> [ 6828.727749] AVerMedia USB Wrapper for H826D version 0.28 loaded
> [ 6828.753866] AVerTV Volar HX AX MAX version 0.10 loaded
> [ 6828.753901] usbcore: registered new interface driver AVerTV Volar HX AX
> MAX
> [ 6877.720032] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 3
> [ 6878.355154] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [ 6878.663504] A827 registered V4L2 device video0[video]
> [ 6878.663548] A827 registered V4L2 device vbi0[vbi]
> [ 6878.663585] A827 registered V4L2 device radio0[radio]
> [ 6878.664057] A827 registered ALSA sound card 1
>
> after that, i wanted to try this device with mythtv but i only realise that
> my mythtv-setup has been uninstalled. does kernel update got anything to do
> with this?
>
> I'm not sure, have you tried to reinstall the mythtv packages?
>
>
> another thing, i tried to test the device with tvtime as well but i got
> this instead
>
> bitto at bitto:~$ tvtime-scanner --norm=PAL
> Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml
> Reading configuration from /home/bitto/.tvtime/tvtime.xml
> Scanning using TV standard PAL.
> /home/bitto/.tvtime/stationlist.xml: No existing PAL station list "Custom".
> videoinput: Card failed to allocate capture buffers: Device or resource
> busy
>
> From what I gather from a quick look at this page, tvtime may not work with
> pvr devices. I can't confirm, but that is what is stated, you'll need to use
> a different player.
>
> http://www.isely.net/pipermail/pvrusb2/2006-n the USB Volar HX ( A827 )
> tuner. Insn the USB Volar HX ( A827 ) tuner. InsMay/000807.html<http://www.isely.net/pipermail/pvrusb2/2006-May/000807.html>
>
> So, I would now concentrate on getting the mythtv software reinstalled, and
> if you want to test the card before you do this, you can use something like
> mplayer, or vlc, to do it.
>
> -Jim
>
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>  Ok. I am now installing mythtv again.
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