[mythtv-users] Installing my pchdtv-5500 working..

Sun Apr 22 19:44:34 UTC 2007

I don't do OTA, but I do use QAM-256 on my HD-5500. Make sure you removed
the cx88-blackbird driver and loaded the cx88-dvb and cx8800. Once you get
your scanned channels from dvbscan, copy the dumped output to a file called
"~/.azap/channels.conf". Use azap to tune a channel by typing something like
this:

azap -r KTBW-D1

Then with mplayer type this:

mplayer -nosound /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0

Mplayer should start and show a picture. Go through all of the channels in
channels.conf and find the working ones. Some people may have a script you
can run to do this for you. After you have a good working channels.conf file
you can import it into MythTV. Under mythtv-setup -> input -> DVB Card ->
scan for channels: one of the boxes says: input channels.conf. You only need
to have the channels you can pickup in your Zap2It account. I don't know
about populating the guide MythTV might match the ones listed in your
channels.conf to the ones in your Zap2It account or you may have to tweak it
manually. I havn't gotten that far yet. Check out these two links:

http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Adding_Digital_Cable_Channels_%28For_ATSC/QAM_Tuner_Cards_--_USA/Canada%29
http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DigitalTelevisionDVB

If you get NTSC working on MythTV, please let me know how you did it. Hope
this helps some...

TK

On 4/22/07, Dan Hopkins <dshopkins at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> I've been running mythtv 0.15 with pvr-350 for a awhile, but decided to
> upgrade to 0.20 and an HD tuner at the same time.
>
> My system is now setup as follows:
>
> mythtv 0.20, FC-6 (following Jarods Howto), its work great with the
> pvr-350.
> but so far I have been unable to get the 5500 card to work.
>
> I'm trying to use my 5500 to tune to OTA -ATSC channels
>
> Using dvbscan, I see it is finding some HD channels, as I am getting a
> channels file with the following:
>
> KTBW-D1:473000000:8VSB:0x31:0x34:0x03
> KTBW-D2:473000000:8VSB:0x41:0x44:0x04
> KTBW-D3:473000000:8VSB:0x51:0x54:0x05
> KTBW-D4:473000000:8VSB:0x61:0x64:0x06
> KTBW-D5:473000000:8VSB:0x71:0x74:0x07
> KONG-DT:575000000:8VSB:0x31:0x34:0x03
> KONG-SD:575000000:8VSB:0x41:0x44:0x04
> KOMO-DT:617000000:8VSB:0x31:0x34:0x03
>
>
> (Anyone know how to read that???  I know have ATSC channels:
> 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.5, 13.1, 16.1, 22.1, 22.2 via
> my ATSC tuner on my TV)
>
> The MythTV scan does not appear to find anything, during the setup I
> installed the card as DVB DTV capture card (v3.x)
>
> Xine Testing: (I have a channels.atsc file in my .xine directory
> generated from: dtvscan -fx)
>
> Typing:  xine dvb://
> Results in:
> It complains about the dvb:// mrl saying there is no plugin support for
> it.
> Under message it shows: found input plugin for dvb
>
> Typing: xine -C 4.1 dvb://
> just spits out the help info (as if it doesnt like the -C arg)
>
> (I did a yum install of both xine and xine-hd)
> note: I do not see an option for HD skin..
>
> I have since grabbed the source on the CD included with the card, and
> compiled/installed..no difference.
>
> xine -version shows:
> a free video player v0.99.4.
>
> lsmod |grep dvb ..shows..
> lsmod | grep dvb
> cx88_dvb               18757  0
> cx88_vp3054_i2c         8641  1 cx88_dvb
> dvb_pll                18245  2 lgh06xf,cx88_dvb
> video_buf_dvb          10821  1 cx88_dvb
> dvb_core               78313  2 lgdt330x,video_buf_dvb
> cx8802                 22213  1 cx88_dvb
> cx88xx                 68709  3 cx88_dvb,cx8800,cx8802
> i2c_core               24897  17
>
> bttv,lirc_i2c,i2c_ec,lgh06xf,lgdt330x,cx88_dvb,cx88_vp3054_i2c,dvb_pll,msp3400,saa7115,tuner,cx88xx,ivtv,nvidia,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom,i2c_i801
> video_buf              27717  6
> bttv,cx88_dvb,video_buf_dvb,cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx
>
> Any tips on what I have messed up?
>
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