Tom Metro wrote: > Mark Paulus wrote: >> Tom Metro wrote: >>> I didn't run across much on the Avermedia AV180. >> It might be an obscure card. >> The card was cheaper than most other QAM capable cards I've looked at. > > I'm probably going to place an order for a KWorld ATSC 110: > > http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/KWorld_ATSC-110 > > which was recommended in this thread, and seems to be working with > MythTV as a QAM tuner for several people. It runs $65. I posted an > inquiry on the mythtv-users list to get recommendations for anything > else close to or less expensive than that which can tune QAM, and > nothing else was offered up. (There was a recommendation for the often > recommended HDHR, which unless you happen to find a good deal on eBay, > runs about $85 per tuner for a dual tuner unit.) > > >> My issue is that on ToonD (Disney Tune) channel, I get Spanish and English, >> and the MVPMC can't deal with that situation... > > I take it the OSD menu option for selecting an audio stream doesn't help > here? (I've never actually tried that feature.) > > >>> I'm playing with an old analog card that has no MPEG encoder hardware. >> What card? > > Advantech HYY 7130. It uses the Philips Saa7130 tuner controller chip, > and the v4l Saa7134 driver. > > I started a thread on it over on the v4l list: > http://marc.info/?l=linux-video&m=119077320027363&w=2 > > which eventually let to the right driver parameters to get it working. > > >> The Pinnacle tunes analog...but it doesn't do digital sound, only >> through the Sound card... > > This card is the same way. I was confused at first, as the v4l wiki says > Saa7134 can do digital audio and to ignore the loopback connections, and > the Saa7134 driver loads an ALSA sound driver for my Saa7130, but one of > the developers assured me the Saa7130 lacks the hardware for digital audio. Interesting. The AV180 has a SAA7134 onboard, and I am using it and recording/saving digital Audio in the mpeg2 stream. And, no audio patch cord. So, everything is across the PCI bus.
> > The problem I'm having now with the card is that I can't get MythTV to > record the audio. I can get the microphone output to loopback to the > speakers, but can't seem to hit upon the right device to use and/or > mixer settings to get MythTV to capture the audio. > > I've searched Ubuntu forums, and a general Google search, and turned up > a few things that led to finding the right mixer controls to supposedly > enable capturing, and successfully used arecord to capture the audio, > but no better hints on what device to use. I'll have to do some data > mining in the MythTV users list archives... That was the exact issue I had with my Pinnacle tuner. I couldn't figure out which device to set to capture sound. So, I shelved it. > > >> Getting a new "hardware profile" that will can be used by the card to >> auto-sync the audio would be groovy for me... > > I'm thinking now I'll probably abandon this card as soon as I get a > digital tuner. Adding a splitter for the second analog card has > noticeably degraded the video quality on my existing PVR-500. (I need to > review my connections and make sure my distribution amp is working > correctly. I believe the amp has asymmetric taps for longer runs, which > I previously used to feed longer runs, but now that the DVR is the > primary receiver, even though it is on a short run, I'll have to give it > the higher gain output.) So I plan to finish documenting the card on the > v4l wiki and then move on. I picked up an Electroline 8-Port "Active Return" amp when I started playing with mythtv. Works pretty well for me. > > But I'll still need to automate transcoding for the new digital card, > whatever it ends up being, so I'll post my notes on that. > > Thanks for the follow-up and the offer to help. > > -Tom > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Mvpmc-users mailing list > Mvpmc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users > mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list Mvpmc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
