[mythtv-users] Hauppauge 1250

[Greg]

On 01/08/2011 08:32 PM, mark Deneen wrote:
> 1. Don't know what it meant by "do not top post."
>
> 2. I am obviously doing a bad job of describing the problem. I'll take 
> one more shot at it here.
> * I installed the lastest Mythbunbu release last week as a clean 
> install on a new PC I built. This PC has a Hauppage 1250 in the PCIe 
> slot. I connect my over the air rabbit ears to the RF input jack of 
> the 1250.
> * I boot the machine as a backend/frontend.
> * I try to select "WATCH TV" as a menu item and I get an error which 
> inststructs me to do a setup.
> * I go to the program called Mythbuntu Backend Setup and run it
> * I try "ADD NEW CAPTURE CARD"
> * nothing I choose will select a card number. Nothing will configure 
> in this setup program. Therefore, nothing is connected to the front 
> end program, therefore nothing works regarding watching TV.
>
> I found a long tutorial about editing the cx23588 driver and 
> recompiling it, and reinstalling it. It was a nightmare that took me 
> hours and changed nothing. I did it twice. I conclude it is far too 
> complicated for people with no interest in programming. So, I moved on 
> to this "MythTV Support System" here.
>
> I was assuming the kind of fix required would be go to site X, 
> download File Y, add it to folder Z. If I have to sit at terminal and 
> run all kinds of commands and download and edit files and so on, I'll 
> send the card back and move on to a better solution.
>
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com 
> <mailto:keemllib at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 16:34 -0800, mark Deneen wrote:
>     > I guess I don't understand then. The MythTV backend will
>     >not recognize this card. I wasn't trying to use it
>     > as an analog card. I am trying to use it as a TV tuner.
>
>     Hi;
>
>     You mentioned "recent install of mythbuntu" in your
>     original post.  If that means 10.10 (2.6.35) you may
>     have this problem:
>
>     http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/456081
>
>     Checkout the link in the above and look in your syslog to
>     see if it applies. Also note that its not only the HVR-1600,
>     but cards that use the cx23885 chip.
>
>     I have the HVR-1250 working fine with mythbuntu 10.04
>     (2.6.32), MythTV v0.25pre-821 for ATSC channels.
>
>     It works right 'out of the box'.
>
>     Bill
>
>
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