[mythtv-users] I got my Ceton InfiniTV 4 working in 0.24-fixes (compiled with custom code)

[Tom Bongiorno]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Ken Truesdale <kat at tiac.net> wrote:

> On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Tom Bongiorno wrote:
>
> > Thanks.  I don't have my CableCard yet.  As of a couple hours ago my
> local Comcast office (Cherry Hill, NJ) still does not have CableCard self
> install kits.  They said to come back Monday.  I was just playing around
> with clear-QAM to test as much as possible.
>
> Tom, I've been playing around with the the Ceton card the same way while
> waiting for my Cable Card.  I wasn't smart enough, though, to consider
> different units.  Before reading your messages today, I did the debug test
> on my Comcast box, got the frequency number, and then went to the Ceton page
> and entered it in just as I saw it in the Comast box:  573.  I got nothing.
>  Tried a bunch of other numbers and they all didn't lock.  After reading
> your message, I gave it another try.  573000 got me a carrier lock but not a
> digital lock.  573000000 got me a carrier lock and a digital lock.
>
> I'd like to be able to tell you which one worked for me, but so far the
> answer is none but I'm not sure if it is a tuning problem or a player
> problem.  I'm trying mplayer using the command from Ceton's site:
>    mplayer /dev/ceton/ctn91xx_mpeg0_0
> mplayer says it can't connect to the socket and no such file or directory.
>  Similar error using the alternate mplayer command from the Ceton page.  I
> haven't explored any other options yet.
>
> Even though you weren't able to see it remotely so you don't know if you
> have it working yet, what command did you try?  Same as what I pasted above?
>
>
> Ken.
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Is it also complaining about lirc?  If so, I believe your errors are related
to not being able to connect to lirc.  You can add the following line to
your /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf file:

nolirc=yes

-Tom
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