[mythtv-users] Nova T PCI

Tim Sawyer mythtv at calidris.co.uk
Sat Apr 12 18:08:02 UTC 2008


On Saturday 12 Apr 2008, John Veness wrote:
> Tim Sawyer wrote:
> > On Friday 11 Apr 2008, Nick Morrott wrote:
> >> On 11/04/2008, Tim Sawyer <mythtv at calidris.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> Hi Folks,
> >>>
> >>>  Given my trouble with the Nova-T-500, I've got hold of a couple of
> >>> Nova-T PCI cards.
> >>>
> >>>  I can't find anywhere how to set them up in mythtv.  What kind of card
> >>> are they?  There is nothing on any of the wiki pages suggesting how to
> >>> set this card up.
> >>
> >> They're standard DVB cards, same as the Nova T-500. Set them up the
> >> same as you would the Nova T-500.
> >
> > Hmm.  They don't show up in the same place in the config.  I've set them
> > up as MPEG2 cards, using /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 and they don't work,
> > trying to watch live TV just gives me a black screen then it returns back
> > to the myth menu.
>
> They're not MPEG2 cards, they are DVB, so you need to select DVB when
> adding the card, then look for card 2, 3, 4 etc. If that isn't working,
> what does lspci say, and what do you have in your /dev/dvb folder?

tjs at mythtv:/dev/dvb$ ls
adapter0  adapter1

These two are probably the T-500 card?

tjs at mythtv:/dev/dvb$ lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio 
Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM 
Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
01:06.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 62)
01:06.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 62)
01:06.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)
01:07.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and 
Audio Decoder (rev 05)
01:07.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio 
Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
01:07.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio 
Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and 
Audio Decoder (rev 05)
01:08.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio 
Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
01:08.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio 
Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] 
(rev a1)

I can't select the card the same as the T-500, it just lists 0-in use and 1-in 
use and then cycles around to 0 again.

Cheers,

Tim.



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