On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:05:12 -0500, Jean Connelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to start with OTA HDTV using Air2PC, 2.6.10 with dvb-kernel > links, and mythtv from cvs (1 minute ago), with no additional patches. > My problems stem from lack of info on what *correct* responses are > supposed to look like and very little information on how to > troubleshoot mythtv. > > 1) Reboots seem to set permissions inappropriately for /dev/dvb things > and I haven't figured out udev to correct them (besides doing frequent > chmods).
grep for a file in /etc/udev containing the string "dvb". Add/modify the "MODE" and "GROUP" directives on the line containing "dvb". > 2) I'd like to verify that I have decent signal strength on a few > channels before I begin. Azap seems to work; but I don't know what > it's output is supposed to look like for sufficient signal strength > for capture. In my experience, for capture to work under MythTV, azap must say "FE_HAS_LOCK" on every line. For satisfying output, you will want "unc" to almost always be 0 and "ber" to be at most a few hundred in hex. > 3) I'm totally lost on the channel configuration. I'm supposed to > enter channels by hand, and then re-enter those channels by hand by > their frequencies (as their transports...?)? I tried this with one > station. I used the Scan Existing transports options. It flashed by, > and I saw something saying "Signal Locked" but I didn't get any > valuable feedback. Using MythTV CVS, I did the following: 1. choose "Scan for Channels" under the mythtv-setup channel editor. 2. select Scan Type "Full Scan." 3. select > 4) Following Wendy's suggestion from quite a while ago, I tried to > start with small recordings. Any attempts to capture just result in > empty .nuv files. > > 5) Trying to watch TV just gives me a black screen. > Lord, what I wouldn't give for an error message. > > Thanks for any advice, > Jean > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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