User:Harald
My system is a Mythtv pc installed with Fedora Core 6 following this howto [1]. I use the Technotrend Premium DVB-C 2300 Hybrid dvb-c card[2] bought from Dvb shop in Germany [3]. The video4linux Wiki have a list of supported dvb hardware [4]. This Wiki is a howto for Norwegian dvb-c broadcasting (cable), but some part are general for DVB broadcasting with satelite or terrestial. I can only view the uncrypted tv channels. Grimstad cabeltv use Chinacrypt for encryption method and I have not found any place yet where I can buy a CAM module for viewing these channels (must also have a paycard....). I have used Mythtv with analog tuner card (PVR-350) some time now, but after I moved to dvb-c card the quality from the tv broadcast is much better.
This Wiki is for Mythtv 0.20
Contents
DVB-C Installation [5]
The Linux 2.6 kernel had already support for Technotrend Premium DVB-C 2300 so the card was autodetected after first time boot. The firmware for the card was not in place so you must download the correct dvb-ttpci-01.fw-2622 (or newer) firmware file from this place [6]. Place this file in the hotplug directory /lib/firmware and rename to dvb-ttpci-01.fw. Change the permission on the file. After a reboot you should get some file in /dev/dvb/adapter0/
Scanning for channels [7]
Using Fedora, assume root privileges then install the dvb utilities with
# yum install dvb-apps
Scan will need some idea of where to start searching; for this reasons it takes a file for your location as a starting point. Therefore, you need to find channel information for your locality. Again, the location where they are installed may vary. In the following examples, the directory is /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-t/; other installations also use /usr/share/doc/dvb-apps-1.1.1 or /usr/local/share/dvb/scan/dvb-t/. DVB-S users should use the folders /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-s/, /usr/share/doc/dvb-apps-1.1.1 or /usr/local/share/dvb/scan/dvb-s/. In each case, the name of the file you're looking for is of the form cc-Ttttt, where cc is a two-letter country abbreviation, and Ttttt is the name of the location of the transmitter. So in Adelaide, Australia, you'd look for a file called au-Adelaide; the following example relates to Oxford in the United Kingdom.
I live in Norway and use Grimstad cabeltv. I did not find any channel information file I could use. But I find one for Norwegian UPC which I first take a copy of and then edited it. I got the correct frequency setting, QAM and so on from the cable box Grimstad cabeltv has delivered me.
[mythtv@mythpc ~]$ cat no-oslo-UPC # no-oslo-UPC (cable) C 410000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 418000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 426000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 442000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 450000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 458000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 466000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 474000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 482000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 490000000 6875000 NONE QAM64 C 498000000 6875000 NONE QAM64
After I have edited the file no-oslo-UPC I did a scan.
$ /usr/bin/dvbscan /home/mythtv/no-oslo-UPC
This should produce output saying "WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!" if a signal was not found on that particular frequency. Eventually, a list of services found should be displayed. Here is a sample list:
dumping lists (7 services) NRK mP3:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:706:1515 NRK Stortinget:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:705:1514 NRK Sami Radio:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:49:1510 NRK2:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:525:47:1502 NRK Klassisk:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:703:1507 NRK P3:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:702:1505 NRK P2:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:701:1504 NRK P1:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:0:35:1503 NRK1 sorlandet:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:512:640:3507 ZTV Norway:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:2161:2162:2160 TV3 Norge:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6875000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:1111:1112:1110
This is a list with both radio and tv channels. You have both encrypted and unencrypted channels her also.
Saving to channels.conf
Next try to create a "channels.conf", a file in a hidden (dotted) directory off your "home" directory. I make a directory called .czap because I shall use czap to tune in the channels. Czap is only for cable broadcasting, then you have tzap for terrestial and then szap for satelite.
$ mkdir ~/.czap $ /usr/bin/dvbscan /home/mythtv/no-oslo-UPC > ~/.czap/channels.conf
Next display the contents of the channels.conf file to make sure the file creation proceeded correctly
$ cat ~/.czap/channels.conf
Verifing channel tuning
Then you can try to tune in one of the channels:
$ /usr/bin/czap -r -c ~/.czap/channels.conf "ZTV Norway"
which in turn displays lines similar to (terminate with Ctrl-C)
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 177028615 Hz status 1f | signal 0000 | snr ff28 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK ... (repeated output) ...
Adding channels to database
Importing channels.conf
MythTV 0.20 can import the channels.conf made above into the database.
Editing channels in Mythweb
Not all data will be imported from the channels.conf so you must edit with mythweb the channels after this has been done. You must put in the correct multipex id into every channel imported.
grep "BBC ONE" ~/.tzap/channels.conf | cut -f2 -d:
Importing EPG data with XMLTV
Importing EPG with tv_grab_dvb
One of the DVB-C channels was for EPG data. Mark Bryars have developed a program which dump the dvb epg info into a xmltv format[8]. Download the source from his website. Unpack the tv_grab_dvb.tar.gz file. You don't have to compile the source (i never did). Tune first into a mulitplex:
$ /usr/bin/czap -r -c ~/.czap/channels.conf "ZTV Norway"
then you start opp the tv_grab_dvb program and dump the epg data into the .xml file:
$ tv_grab_dvb > whatson.xml
Then you can import the the epg data into Mythtv. Before you do this the xmltv id must be edited into every channel (more to come here)
$ tv_grab_dvb|mythfilldatabase --no-delete --file 1 0 -
Reference
Howto install DVB [9] First step with a DVB device [10] Adding Digital Cable Channels for ATSC/QAM Tuner Cards -- USA/Canada[11]