On 11/29/05, Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mercury Morris wrote:
> As I re-read this thread, there is something missing:
>
> Brad, you say you "created a HD3000 card in mythtv-setup and assigned
> it to bcast." I asked about that before, but didn't see any answer.
Oh.. I merely meant that I created a a Video Source called "terrestrial"
using the Channel Freq Table of; us-bcast.
>
> So, here's a question: Did you complete a successful scan of
> available channels during mythtv-setup?
It's greyed out. Is it grayed out because I chose "no" at the beginning
of mythtv. I just didn't want it to change anything since I didn't want
what I had corrupted. Would it?
> And another question: Did you choose to define the HD3000 card as a
> DVB card (part of Input Connections)?
There is no "DVB" setting in Input Connections. My Input Connections
assigns the Capture Device (card) and Input to the Video Source (which
is "terrestrial" as cited above)
>
> Under Channel Editor (part of mythtv-setup) you can scan for channels,
> actually you must scan for them or else MythTV won't work.
hmmm... I guess I have to say YES to the question:
"Would you like to clear all program data and channel settings..."
at the beginning. Shessh.. I don't want to mess up what is alread there.
Will it?
>
> So, I apologize for the questions, but I just wanted to be sure that
> the setup steps have all been completed. Otherwise, we aren't all on
> the same page trying to figure out what's going wrong.
Well, I think you might have a bit of work ahead of you. "Greyed out" scan for channels is not good. This could mean that the MythTV binaries you are using were not compiled with DVB support included. I'm not sure of that, but it's almost exactly like what happened to my system when I added 2.6.13 kernel with DVB support. The difference is "greyed out" (your system) versus missing scan button (my system).
>From earlier posts, I got the feeling that you installed MythTV from RPMs - that is from packages built by someone other than yourself. And that's OK, but if the packages do not include DVB support in MythTV, then you have to install a version that DOES include DVB support.
Long ago, I gave up on the RPMs, preferring to download all the software in source form and compile it. Then there is little doubt about what is supported and what isn't. This is my subtle way of recommending that you take a deep breath and install from source.
I know that if I were to receive news like the three paragraphs above, I wouldn't be too happy, especially if I had never installed from source before. But I can tell you from my experience of November 2004, when I made the decision to give up on RPMs, it was the right thing to do (for me). The quality of the software packages, IVTV, LIRC, and MythTV too, of course, is so good that I don't worry about it at all. After installing from source several times, I have complete confidence in all the packages.
As for the question you asked about clearing all program data and channel settings, you don't have to say Yes - at least not yet. But that's not good news, because it seems very likely to me that you have some re-building to do. At the very least, you have some re-installing to do - specifically a version of MythTV that includes DVB support.
I hate to add the following (also not good news), but there is a conflict between the IVTV version of tveeprom.ko and the kernel version of that module. I add this point as a heads-up for after the DVB problems are solved. My system has the conflict, now solved in kind of a temporary way. I just wanted to give you as complete a picture of what steps are needed to get your system working with both PVR250 and HD3000 tuners.
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MM
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