DVICO-Ultraview Install in Australia
Contents
Background
The following text represents my working notes, made when I updated my analogue (PVR-350 based) mythtv box to use a Ultraview DVB-T (which is basically a DViCO DVB-T re-badged).
These notes have also been edited by Richard Dale who uses two DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus cards on FC4 in Melbourne.
Before you Start
This assumes that you've followed the Fedora Myth(TV)ology HOWTO guide on Fedora Core 3 or Fedora Core 4. For other distributions, YMMV, but things should be reasonably close.
Card Source
I picked up my Ultraview card from AB&T in Philip, Canberra (Australia) - just under 200ish. Belconnen should have some also - apparently they're fairly easy to find around Canberra as of Nov 2005.
Hardware
When installing your card, ensure that you plug the ultraview/dvico audio-out port into the CD-in port (or AUX, if you have one), on your sound card. This is an on-card port in both cases - not one of the ones at the rear that you can access from outside your computer. A suitable cable is supplied with the Ultraview.
Kernel
Older kernels may not have the drivers required, so update to the most recent kernel available using:
yum update
For the Ultraview card on FC3 with 2.6.12, Kudzu will automatically add an entry into /etc/modprobe.conf for you for the card, which should look like this:
alias char-major-81 cx8800
On the Ultraview card on FC3 with 2.6.12 you will need to force the cx88xx module into DVICO mode by adding the following like
options cx88xx card=21
On FC4, kernel 2.6.15 and the DViCO FusionHDTV cards I didn't need to make any changes to modprobe.conf but did need to add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
modprobe video-buf-dvb modprobe cx88-dvb
Alsa
Ensure that your 'CD' device on your sound card is enabled as a 'capture' device. Run: alsamixer, press F4 to switch to the 'Capture' options. Move to 'CD' and press 'space' to set CD as a capture device. Press F3 to jump back to 'Playback' and set the CD volume to 100%.
Permissions
Add to /etc/security/console.perms:
# Mythtv permissions <dvb>=/dev/dvb/adapter?/* <console> 0660 /dev/lirc0 0660 root.uucp <console> 0660 <dvb> 0660 root.root
Reboot. This will allow the mythtv user (or whoever logs into the console) to access the card, rather than restricting it to root only.
Tuner
Go to http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=22, put in your post-code (eg: 2902) Select the region that is closest to you (eg: Tuggeranong Hill) Note down the "middle frequency" for each channel. Convert it to HZ by multiplying by 1000000 (788.5 becomes 788500000).
tv_grab_au_tuhs
Download tv_grab_au_tuhs, and follow the instructions from http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~willu/xmltv/tv_grab_au_tuhs.html
Note: I fired up phpmyadmin at this point, and threw the xmlid into the channels table (I didn't follow the above instructions exactly) - I suspect you won't need to do this, so I won't go into significant detail.
MythTV Setup
Run mythtvsetup
Set up the 'General' options as appropriate
Define a new Capture card, and configure it as a "Digital Video Broadcast Card (DVB)" The DVB Card Number, is generally '0', but may be different on your system. Once you have the correct Card type, and card number, the 'Card Name' and 'Type' should show appropriate values. Under Advanced -> Recording Options: Check 'Use Hardware MPEG Encoder' Finish
Video Sources -> New Video Source Video Source Name: HDTV Tuner (this name can be pretty-much arbitrary) XMLTV Listings Grabber: Australia Channel frequency table: default
Input Connections: Set DVB0 to a video source of 'HDTV Tuner'
Channel Editor
Go to 'Advanced' (Note: the 'm' key will allow you to edit/delete stuff in this submenu) Select 'New Transport' Enter each frequency you found above (in Hz). Select a Bandwidth of 7Hz
Select 'scan for channels' Change 'scan type' to 'Existing transport scan' Select each transport in turn, and Scan. Channels should be added to the main listing once they're found.
LIRC
Grab lircd patch from http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/. download lircd 07, patch, make as per instructions on the site. Copy the resulting lircd binary over /usr/sbin/lircd (beware: apt-get upgrades that include lircd may break your remote config. Might be worth saving off a copy of the binary somewhere else).
modify /etc/sysconfig/lircd to:
LIRCD_OPTIONS="--driver=dvico --device=/dev/hiddev0"
(NOTE: There could potentially be other hiddev devices on your system.. in this case, your tuner may be hiddev1 or 2 - not sure how to best determine this).
~mythtv/.mythtv/lirc: Set as follows:
Note: This config roughly mirrors the Hauppauge grey remote configuration, with a few extras added to cope with the specific buttons on the DVICO remote.
# Ultraview / dvico DVB-T Black remote # Channel Up begin prog = mythtv button = ch_up repeat = 3 config = Up end # Channel Down begin prog = mythtv button = ch_down repeat = 3 config = Down end # OK/Select begin prog = mythtv button = ok config = Space end # Play/Pause begin prog = mythtv button = playpause config = P end begin prog = mythtv button = stop config = Esc end # Escape/Exit/Back begin prog = mythtv button = back config = Esc end # Escape/Exit/Back begin prog = mythtv button = tv_onoff config = Esc end # big green start button begin prog = mythtv button = start repeat = 3 config = Esc end # Mute begin prog = mythtv button = mute repeat = 3 config = F9 end # Fast forward (30 sec default) begin prog = mythtv button = fastforward repeat = 24 config = Right end # Back (10 sec default) begin prog = mythtv button = rewind repeat = 24 config = Left end # Skip forward (10 min default) begin prog = mythtv button = skip repeat = 3 config = PgDown end # Skip backward (10 min default) begin prog = mythtv button = replay repeat = 3 config = PgUp end # Record begin prog = mythtv button = record repeat = 3 config = R end # OSD browse begin prog = mythtv button = guide repeat = 3 config = O end # Display EPG while in live TV, # View selected show while in EPG begin prog = mythtv button = setup repeat = 3 config = M end # Scroll up begin prog = mythtv button = up repeat = 3 config = Up end # Scroll down begin prog = mythtv button = down repeat = 3 config = Down end # Scroll Left begin prog = mythtv button = left repeat = 3 config = Left end # Scroll Right begin prog = mythtv button = right repeat = 3 config = Right end # Bring up OSD info begin prog = mythtv button = more repeat = 3 config = I end # Change display aspect ratio begin prog = mythtv button = aspect repeat = 3 config = W end # Seek to previous commercial cut point begin prog = mythtv button = snapshot repeat = 3 config = Q end # Seek to next commercial cut point begin prog = mythtv button = folder_open repeat = 3 config = Z end # Numbers 0-9 begin prog = mythtv button = 0 repeat = 3 config = 0 end begin prog = mythtv button = 1 repeat = 3 config = 1 end begin prog = mythtv button = 2 repeat = 3 config = 2 end begin prog = mythtv button = 3 repeat = 3 config = 3 end begin prog = mythtv button = 4 repeat = 3 config = 4 end begin prog = mythtv button = 5 repeat = 3 config = 5 end begin prog = mythtv button = 6 repeat = 3 config = 6 end begin prog = mythtv button = 7 repeat = 3 config = 7 end begin prog = mythtv button = 8 repeat = 3 config = 8 end begin prog = mythtv button = 9 repeat = 3 config = 9 end begin prog = mythtv button = dvd_menu config = M end begin prog = mythtv button = vol_down repeat = 3 config = [ end begin prog = mythtv button = vol_up repeat = 3 config = ] end begin prog = mythtv button = dtv config = C end
~mythtv/lirc: Set as follows:
### MPlayer/Xine lirc setup # Show OSD begin prog = mplayer button = guide repeat = 3 config = osd end # Pause playback begin prog = mplayer button = stop repeat = 3 config = pause end # Skip ahead a minute if playing # If paused, resume playing begin prog = mplayer button = playpause repeat = 3 config = seek +1 end # Stop playback and exit begin prog = mplayer button = tv_onoff repeat = 3 config = quit end begin prog = mplayer button = back repeat = 3 config = quit end # big green start button begin prog = mplayer button = start repeat = 3 config = quit end # Mute begin prog = mplayer button = mute repeat = 3 config = mute end # Seek back 10 seconds begin prog = mplayer button = left repeat = 3 config = seek -10 end # Seek forward 30 seconds begin prog = mplayer button = right repeat = 3 config = seek +30 end # Seek forward 3 minutes begin prog = mplayer button = fastforward repeat = 3 config = seek +180 end # Seek backward 3 minutes begin prog = mplayer button = rewind repeat = 3 config = seek -180 end # Seek forward 10 minutes begin prog = mplayer button = skip repeat = 3 config = seek +600 end # Seek backward 10 minutes begin prog = mplayer button = replay repeat = 3 config = seek -600 end # Toggle full-screen begin prog = mplayer button = fullscreen repeat = 3 config = vo_fullscreen end # Xine begin prog = xine button = playpause repeat = 3 config = Play end begin prog = xine button = stop repeat = 3 config = Pause end begin prog = xine button = back config = Quit end begin prog = xine button = tv_onoff config = Quit end begin prog = xine button = right repeat = 3 config = SeekRelative+10 end begin prog = xine button = left repeat = 3 config = SeekRelative-10 end begin prog = xine button = fastforward repeat = 3 config = SeekRelative+30 end begin prog = xine button = rewind repeat = 3 config = SeekRelative-30 end begin prog = xine button = skip repeat = 3 config = SeekRelative+300 end begin prog = xine button = replay repeat = 3 config = SeekRelative-300 end begin prog = xine button = up repeat = 1 config = EventUp end begin prog = xine button = down repeat = 1 config = EventDown end begin prog = xine button = ok repeat = 0 config = EventSelect end begin prog = xine button = guide repeat = 0 config = Menu end begin prog = xine button = setup repeat = 0 config = Menu end begin prog = xine button = vol_up repeat = 1 config = Volume+ end begin prog = xine button = vol_down repeat = 1 config = Volume- end
reboot.