[mythtv-users] Hauppauge WinTV HVR-3000 DVB-S ? Help ?

[Robert]

On Fri, September 26, 2008 11:22 am, Declan Grady wrote:
> Hi folks,
> I'm in Ireland, and am a bit lost with my HVR-3000 for DVB-S
>
> A quick history of what I've tried so far :
>
> 1. Mythbuntu 8.04 :
> Got the v4l-dvb cloned & patched with the Steve Toth mfe diff, seemed to
> work, and got channel lists for Astra 28.2E, but could not watch live TV.
> Constant pixellation and signal breakup, from a known good source (works
> perfectly in my sky+ box).
> I did install Kaffeine, and it also scanned for channels successfully, but
> again picture was broken and frozen, so that would suggest card or
> driver(s)
> problem.
>
> 2. Debian Etch : No joy at all. Could not get the mercurial hg to clone a
> specific revision, so just cloned without the -r. Could not compile the
> v4l-dvb, tried the etchnhalf kernel, but still could not compile. Tried
> the
> Stev Toth S2 version, but again would not compile.
>
> 3. MythDora 5.0 : Could not compile the v4l-dvb, but it seemed to
> recognise
> the card, but only gave option of DVB-T, no DVB-S.
>
> So, where do I go now ?
>
> My preference would be to get it working with Debian (etch ?), if at all
> possible, as I'm familiar with debian command line stuff, and the longer
> term plans for this backend/frontend includes moving misterhouse from
> another debian box, & adding zoneminder.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> I've been googling & googling, and find mixed reports of HVR-3000 working
> well, and not working at all. The mercurial Steve Toth stuff seems to have
> changed in the last few days, so I'm a bit lost there.
>
> If DVB-S is problematic, can I simply use the HVR-3000 as a uhf tuner
> card,
> and buy a new *supported* DVB-S card ?
>
> Any and all input is appreciated, before I pull out what little hair I
> have
> left !
>
> Thanks
> Declan.

HVR-3000 is a pain to make work in my opinion.  There is currently
a(nother) huge argument going on on the linux-dvb mailing list about how
to get such devices supported.

I've had my HVR-3000 working for over a year now, but I've always had to
patch, struggle, recompile to make it work.  Still no real sign of getting
it working in the mainline kernel.

That said if you look for Darron Broads patches
(http://dev.kewl.org/v4l-dvb/) I've had most success with those.  Actually
I've just looked at that page and it looks like they've been merged into
linux-dvb so I'm not sure how much success you'll have with that!

If you want to use DVB-S and DVB-T, I think your best bet is to try and
get the Steven Toth S2-API stuff to work.  This seems to be the direction
linux-dvb is going.

If you just want DVB-S then perservere with getting the linux-dvb
repositories to build....

Robert.