[mythtv-users] Nova T 500 (was Nova T PCI)

Nicolas Will nico at youplala.net
Sun Apr 13 06:17:46 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 00:13 +0100, Tim Sawyer wrote:
> On Saturday 12 Apr 2008, Nicolas Will wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 22:45 +0100, Tim Sawyer wrote:
> > > > Please describe your environment and let's fix that.
> > >
> > > mythbuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14, v4l-dvb built from source.
> >
> > How old is that v4l-dvb tree?
> 
> Probably just after 2008-01-19 22:43
> 
> > Do you have the right firmware?
> 
> Think so, dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw
> 
> > You should not have any issues with Mythbuntu, 2.6.22 and the
> Nova-T-500
> > with a recent v4l-dvb tree. I did not. I still do not, as the USB
> bug as
> > been fixed, and it was only introduced on 2.6.24, not 2.6.22.
> >
> > Describe your problems again, please.
> 
> One of the tuners in the Nova-T-500 sometimes fails to tune, so I get
> zero 
> length recordings.  In this state, if I do a picture in picture, one
> of the 
> tuners will just show me a black screen.

ah.

Then try this:

On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 16:33 +0200, Luis Cidoncha wrote:
> MythTV has a parameter to delay the tuning of channels in the same
>  configuration screen where you select active/passive EIT scanning.
>  More precisely, it's at the right of the Active EIT scanning
checkbox.
>  I have adapter0 with passive EIT scanning, and 0 delay, and adapter1
>  with Active EIT scanning and 150ms of tuning delay. That solved the
>  tuner-losing stuff and also I have my EIT fully populated.


This was poted on the linuxtv dvb mailing list.

Go subscribe, it's a more relevant place to discuss those drivers
issues.

Nico



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