On 23/11/05, Jules Gosnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have two NOVA-Ts (different chipsets). Individually they both work > fine. When I put them both in together, my signal seemed seriously > degraded and MythTV seemed to get pretty confused (perhaps because it > could not tune the cards) - chaos ensued, myth fell apart, so I took out > one of the cards.
Have you tried bying a amplifier for your areal. You can get them from argos or dixons. I have not tried this with freeview but I have with analog TV when I was running several sets. Not sure if the normal ones work but you can get freevew ones. Ben > I haven't had the courage or time to try again yet - but this is > something that I shall need to do over the next couple of weeks. If > anyone can give me any pointers I would be very grateful. > > The card installed at the moment gives 'Philips Semiconductors SAA7146' > via lspci - the other uses the Connexant chipset. They both seem to be > model '909' (but I thought that different chipset implied different > model no.). > > I'd be interested to know what needed patching in the driver[s]/kernel > and what chipsets other people are running with. Somehow, I can't see > myself getting this working by christmas :-( > > Perhaps if we all put our heads together we can figure this one out. The > Philips card is on loan (I was too pessimistic to buy one straight > away!). So I could go pick another Connexant based card if that helped > (only one driver to hack :-) ). > > Jules > > > Ciaran wrote: > > >On 11/22/05, Weston, Toby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >> Just wondering what people's experiences of using two Nova-T DVB cards > >>in the > >> > >> UK? I know people have with great success but were there any gotchas? > >>The > >> > >> reason I ask is I got my first card running (yey!) and got all flashy > >>and > >> > >> threw in the other one, now ... neither work! I'll look into it more but > >>just > >> > >> wondered if there was any obvious no-nos? > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Toby > >> > >> > >> > >> Ps, although I get FE_HAS_LOCK ok from tzap, mplayer doesn't display > >> > >> anything or give me anything meaningful to work from (other than > >>something > >> > >> about working on 2 steams(?)) > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>mythtv-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >Err, it really was as simple as throwing both cards in for me! Sorry, > >but yes a pair of Nova-t cards do definately work. When I got it > >working the drivers needed modifications and I had to hack the kernel, > >I've not dared upgrade to the recent kernel for fear of losing my TV > >;) > >Cheers, if there's anything you need from me, just ask. > > > >-- > >- Ciaran > >(I now have far too many G-Mail invites available, anyone who wants > >one, gets one) > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > -- > "Open Source is a self-assembling organism. You dangle a piece of > string into a super-saturated solution and a whole operating-system > crystallises out around it." > > /********************************** > * Jules Gosnell > * Partner > * Core Developers Network (Europe) > * > * www.coredevelopers.net > * > * Open Source Training & Support. > **********************************/ > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > -- Ben Edwards - Exeter & Bristol, UK, England WARNING:This email contained partisan views - don't ever accuse me of using the veneer of objectivity If you have a problem emailing me use http://www.gurtlush.org.uk/profiles.php?uid=4 (email address this email is sent from may be defunct) _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
