On Sunday 01 Jan 2006 00:25, Peter Mann wrote:
> I am trying to get MythTV to run an ultra-cheap High Definition TV card
> (paid A$100/US$73 for a KWorld DVB-T PCI).
> Harddrake is identifying this card as a Hauppauge WinTV PCI card (88x
> chip based), perhaps because they both use a Conexant chip.
> According to LinuxTVwiki, "/there are three versions of this card, one
> with a Samsung tuner similar to the AVerMedia 771, another with a
> Thomson tuner (similar to the Nova-T 90002) and another with Thomson
> tuner DTT 7579. Both (sic) versions are supported/".
>
> >From the wiki there are patches available for kernels 2.6.11.2, 2.6.12
>
> and 2.6.15 (I am running Mandriva 2006, but not clear on which kernel
> this contains. Also not clear on how to run a patch)
>
> MythTV just loops me through 3 setup screens and shuts itself down
> without comment.
> On the second screen, it nominates mysql as the database for whatever
> purpose it may have.
>
> 3 times I have used GUI to install 199MB (ye gods!) of mysql from the
> Mandriva 2006 DVD, and each time it has hung.
> Before the third attempt, I uninstalled mysql before re-installing,
> and checked the lead box from the search for mysql, so that the package
> selection was automatic.
If this card is indeed the same as the Hauppauge, then you do not need to
patch your kernel. It should work "out of the box".
You do have to load the correct modules. If your card is anything like mine
you will need to load dvb-nova-cx, videodev, dvb-core, v4l1-compat, cx88-dvb,
You can test these out by loading the modules manually with
modprobe cx88-dvb (for example) and then look in lsmod to see if the module
has bound to a device.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lsmod | grep dvb
cx88_dvb 5540 14
cx8802 7236 1 cx88_dvb
mt352 6020 1 cx88_dvb
cx88xx 48832 2 cx88_dvb,cx8802
or51132 9220 1 cx88_dvb
video_buf_dvb 4260 1 cx88_dvb
cx22702 5732 1 cx88_dvb
dvb_pll 3588 3 cx88_dvb,or51132,cx22702
video_buf 17060 4 cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx88xx,video_buf_dvb
dvb_core 74760 4 video_buf_dvb,budget_ci,budget,budget_core
(The last number on each line tell you how many devices or modules are bound
to the module, a zero means the module is unused.)
If the modules are loaded correctly you will have a folder called
/dev/dvb/adapter0 containing demux0 dvr0 frontend0 and net0
Once you are sure which modules you need, put lines in /etc/modprobe.conf like
this :-
install dvb-nova-cx /sbin/modprobe videodev && { /sbin/modprobe
dvb-core; /sbin/modprobe v4l1-compat; /sbin/modprobe v4l2-
common; /sbin/modprobe video-buf; /sbin/modprobe cx88-dvb; /bin/true; }
The modules will then load automatically on boot.
Myth requires MySQL to hold the database of TV programmes. If the install is
hanging, do it on the command line to find out the error
urpmi -v MySQL MySQL-client
MySQL has to be initialised before Mythtv can use it. Follow the instructions
at http://www.mythtv.org/modules.php?name=MythInstall
Run the script as instructed to set up the database.
$ mysql -u root < mc.sql
Once the database is initialised you can run mythtv-setup to configure the
tuners and channels.
Getting MythTV running can be quite a challenge for a newbie. My MythTV is
running on Mandriva, but it did take quite a lot of work to get going.
I recommend using the special distribution KnoppMyth which takes all the
effort out of it. http://www.mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html
derek
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