On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 3:40 AM, Jon wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem with my capture device. > > > > First a little history. I'm running a openSUSE 10.3 system with > > mythtv and have had a frame-grabber (bt878) in it until recently. I > > just upgraded to a pair of pinnacle HDTV pci cards. I just > > downloaded the source and compiled it this afternoon, following the > > instructions on the wiki. I have a large antenna on the roof, and I > > get channels 3, 6, 10, 13, 31, 40 and 58 all clearly with SD. > > > > So, the problem is, I am trying to scan for HD channels using the > > following command: > > > > scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB > > > channels.conf > > > > ...and it starts scanning. It doesn't find any channels until it > > gets to 31.1, and then it says service is running, gives me the > > channel information, and then the thing freezes. I can't ctrl+C out > > of it, and I can't even kill the process from the root account. > > > > This is my schedulesdirect lineup, so I have 2 questions: Why is my > > computer locking up when I scan channels? Interestingly, it isn't > > locking the computer up, just the console that the app is running > > in, and capture card it's connected to. The second question has to > > do with my channels. I have my antenna pointed right at the towers, > > they're all in the same general location, and as I said, the SD > > comes in clear. > > > > Well, I hooked up one of the pinnacle cards up in a winXP system, and > scanned all the channels, and the ones I expected to get come in > crystal clear. So now that I've eliminated the signal strength as a > question... how can I troubleshoot the drivers? I have the install > CD, perhaps the firmware I downloaded isn't suitable? I followed the > instructions here http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ > Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_%28800i%29 which basically told me to download > the firmware, extract it, using included script, and then get the > source and do a make and make install. I do that, and everything > appears to be working, the card is detected... it just freezes when > it's scanning channels. I also managed to copy all the channel > frequencies down while I was in windows, so is there a template I can > put those into in order to test my card without scanning? > > ~Jon >
Spent some more time poking around at things. It seems like it must be a driver issue, because at this point, I can attempt to tune (using azap) to a specific channel (using the frequencies I got out of windows) and it will lock onto the channel, and then it won't let go of the card. I can't ctrl+c, I can't sudo kill -9 the process, the only solution is to reboot. I've tried a couple different releases of the v4l-dvb code, and they all seem to do the same thing. Are there ANY ideas? I can send my dmesg when I get home, but right now I'm at work (until 7am pst) so, if there's any ideas that I can try when I get home, I'm ready to hear them. ~Jon
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