[mythtv-users] newbie - can't get it to work (mdk 9.1, pvr250, nxtvepg), no channel (switzerland)

[Joe Votour]

My expertise is not with the RPMs (I build from source
with RedHat 9), but I can give you some pointers:
1. Make sure that ivtv is really configured properly. 
As an example, when first setting it up, I forgot to
extract the firmware, and the driver would cause an
"oops".
2. Make sure that you've created with MythTV SQL
database.  I'm not sure if the RPMs do that for you or
not.
3. Make sure that you ran the MythTV setup program and
created your video sources.
4. Make sure you have run "mythfilldatabase" to grab
channel entries.

You'll only get TV when you "cat /dev/video0 >
test.mpg" if you have set the channel.  Unfortunately,
I couldn't get the perl script to work, but I got
lucky in that the PVR-250 I bought was configured for
channel 2 (in North America).

Hopefully this will get you going.

-- Joe

--- rbuc at gmx.ch wrote:
> i tried it now for days to get this working but it
> won't... yes i'm a
> linux/mythtv newbie...
> 
> i successfully installed the ivtv driver and
> followed the mythtv HOWTO but
> it won't work. currently i have the mandrake rpms
> installed (from
> http://rpm.nyvalls.se). the problem is that i'm from
> switzerland and i don't have any
> channels (at least i think this is my problem).
> mythbackend outputs:
> 
> Error, couldn't find any available channels.
> Your database is most likely setup incorrectly.
> 
> all i see when i watch tv is a black/gray signal.
> 
> i tried to run nxtvepg to get the channels/epg from
> there but it doesn't
> work. when i try to scan for providers either the
> message '/dev/video0' is used
> or '/dev/vbi0' shows (after a reboot only the last
> appear). any hints? i'm
> sure someone got this working... please tell me
> how!?!
> 
> another question: i saw somewhere that i can test
> the video source with 'cat
> /dev/video0 > test.mpg'. this works but i also don't
> see "real" tv. i only
> see this black/grey-no-signal movie without audio.
> is this a normal behaviour
> or should i be able to see real tv?
> 
> it would be nice if someone could help me...
> thanks & greetings, ramon.
> 
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