[mythtv-users] Hauppauge HVR900 - I'm totally confused :-(

John Pilkington J.Pilk at tesco.net
Fri Apr 18 12:03:20 UTC 2014


On 18/04/14 10:36, Marek Kozlowski wrote:
> :-)
>
> Signle computer. ArchLinux. Hauppauge HVR-900. Polish cable TV provider
> called `Vectra'. It is cable TV but the computer is connected directly
> via antenna coaxial cable, and NOT Composite/S-Video via decoder so only
> analog signal is received. But it's not a problem for me.
>
> I've been using tvtime for years for this configuration with absolutely
> no problems (however there are some sound issues under newest kernels).
> It was simple and worked.
>
> Now I decided to switch to mythtv. I followed all guides and everything
> seems to be fine except I totally doesn't work...
>
> 1. mariadb (mysql) installed, initialized, configured, started and
> working. There is no problem in here.
>
> 2. mythtv-setup (changed settings):
> General:
> 	PIN: 0000
> 	TV format: PAL
> 	TV frequency table: try-all
> Capture Cards:
> 	Card type: analogue capture card
> 	Video device: /dev/video0 (probed info seems to be all correct; it also
> works for tvtime)
> 	VBI device: /dev/vbi0
> Video Source: defined m2
> Input Connections:
> 	[ V4L:/dev/video0 ] (Television) -> m2
>
> Any scans in `Channel Editor' (try-all) find no channels. Tried all
> other frequency tables - absolutely nothing...
>
> A short log (canceled after scanning 7 channels, for more - the same but
> duplicated entries) below.
>
> I'm certainly missing some setting. Unfortunately I can't guess - what one.
>
> Regards,
> G.

<snip parts of mythtvsetup log>

Hi:  I have no recent experience with analogue TV and none at all with 
this device, but I would guess that this might be your critical factor:
>

> 2014-04-18 11:34:24.859346 I  V4LChannel[1](/dev/video0):
> SetInputAndFormat(1, PAL) (v4l v2) input_switch: 0 mode_switch: 0
> 2014-04-18 11:34:26.304623 I  New static DB connectionDataDirectCon
> QSqlDatabasePrivate::addDatabase: duplicate connection name
> 'DataDirectCon', old connection removed.

..and do you have a list of frequencies from tvtime?

John P




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