[mythtv-users] Deaf Nova-T 500

[John Veness]

Paul wrote:
> Anyone have any idea how I can confirm the pre amp is working ? Reason I
> ask is that I two other DVB tuner based TV's with perfect pictures, and
> 100% digital signal. However according to Myth on the Front ends the
> strength never goes about about 37 % and I am getting a lot of digital
> drop out. Oh forgot to mention I have two Nova-T's in the Myth backend
> server. Did have a problem a while back when there was a Kernel update
> for Ubuntu Gutsy, and had real problems with the firmware name, it was
> supposed to have changed, however mine did not like the new filename,
> and I had to manually change the filename of the firmware back to the
> old name. Hope that makes sense ? 
> 
> Paul.

For the Nova-T 500 (and other similar cards like the Nova-TD Stick), I 
recommend getting the latest v4l-dvb stuff from linuxtv.org, rather than 
rely on what's built into Ubuntu. See 
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-T-500

Cheers,

John

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John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T