On 12/02/2004 06:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Im having more problems with getting MythTV up than I have ever had with any other piece of software. I have a machine here with a PVR-250 and a pcHDTV HD2000 in it, along with a Sound Blaster Live 5.1 (tho if it would make things any easier to get this thing started, I could easily pull one or the other of the video boards).
[[ Just to be sure that at least ONE of the boards (and the antenna) were working I ran the Windows software that came with the PVR-250, and was able to see live TV,- so that card is OK ]]
Ive currently been thru ./setup, and am not sure what I was supposed to do with the "Video Sources". It currently says: HDTV: /dev/video0(Television) -> Antenna MPEG: /dev/video1(Tuner 0) -> Antenna
Why one is "Television" and the other "Tuner 0" is not clear, they both
have tuners, right? But I cant change the "Tuner 0" so so be it.
This is normal, nothing to worry about.
I have NO idea what to do with the Channel Editor.
Thats probably a problem.
http://thegeorges.us/mythtv/267.html look near the bottom of the page.
/dev/dsp is an OSS thing. The name to use for ALSA depends on how you are connecting your audio. If it is analog, try ALSA:front. If it is S/PDIF (coax or optical) try ALSA:spdif. There are other options. Search the archives for alsa.If I make it thru ./setup, then run mythfilldatabases, it runs and seems to run ok.
I then try starting mythbackend, followed by mythfrontend. I get a (fullscreen) black screen, with a (window) title bar across the top.
Nothing seems to happen here till I close the window and kill mythfrontend. but the window where I started it (mythfrontend) contains hundreds of error messages saying that it couldnt open /dev/dsp.
Now the ALSA sound works in the sense that I can play CD's, is there some
additional module that needs loading for MythTV to get to /dev/dsp?
Or is the name /dev/dsp an oss thing, and I need a different name for ALSA?
Mumph. I had expected it to take several hours to get MythTV up, and its now been a couple of weeks. And not counting the excursion to Windows, I have yet to see ANYTHING that makes me believe Im any closer to getting this stuff running on my machine. *sigh*
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So anyone want to give me a pointer or two...
What distro and kernel version are you using?
Perhaps you should start with Jarod's guide at http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php . If you use Jarod's guide I would recommend FC2 for now as that is the most tested.
You can find information on the HD-2000 and PVR-250 at my outdated and horribly organized web page at http://thegeorges.us/mythtv/ . The 2.6.7 page probably has the most info. I never really did finish the 2.6.9 page, although the information there should be accurate.
-- David
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