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Anyone know anything about mythtv?

I have it up and running, but I can't view channels/scan for them etc (it scans and says no signal).

I know the TV card is working as I tested it in windows (am able to get SABC1,2,3 and etv).

Ideas?

Addtional Info:
Code: 
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d0)
 
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hawker said:
Anyone know anything about mythtv?

I have it up and running, but I can't view channels/scan for them etc (it scans and says no signal).

I know the TV card is working as I tested it in windows (am able to get SABC1,2,3 and etv).

Ideas?

Addtional Info:
Code: 
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d0)
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Is that the mustek one?

what implementation of mythtv you using - I've started playing around with mythbuntu - looks pretty neat.
 
orange said:
Is that the mustek one?

what implementation of mythtv you using - I've started playing around with mythbuntu - looks pretty neat.
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Nope its an LG LTT-200 (cost me like R200) haha/

I am running Ubuntu 8.10, with mythtv installed on top of that.;)

It looks really cool, I just can't get it to pick any signal up.
 
You need to setup the backend properly to get channels working, make sure you have pal I and southafrica as your frequency table. But to be sure your tuner card works with linux first, use mplayer or VLC to test it.
 
hawker said:
Nope its an LG LTT-200 (cost me like R200) haha/

I am running Ubuntu 8.10, with mythtv installed on top of that.;)

It looks really cool, I just can't get it to pick any signal up.
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Not sure what you see, but you want to make sure that its PAL (specifically PAL-I I think), along with selecting the southafrican channels. I also found that my aerial made a *huge* difference...

g'luck and let us know if you come right
 
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hawker said:
Nope its an LG LTT-200 (cost me like R200) haha/

I am running Ubuntu 8.10, with mythtv installed on top of that.;)

It looks really cool, I just can't get it to pick any signal up.
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if you do a

sudo rmmod saa7134;sudo modprobe saa7134
what is the output of
dmesg|grep saa
 
Output:
Code: 
speartwo@RUDI ~ $ dmesg|grep saa
[    9.331395] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded
[    9.331780] saa7134 0000:04:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    9.331786] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:04:01.0, rev: 208, irq: 16, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfebff800
[    9.331791] saa7133[0]: subsystem: ffff:ffff, board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC [card=0,autodetected]
[    9.331800] saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 40
[    9.488033] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488044] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488053] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488062] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488071] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488080] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488089] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488098] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488107] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488115] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488124] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488133] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488142] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488151] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488160] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488169] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
[    9.488729] saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
[    9.488771] saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0
[    9.688583] saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded
[    9.688609] saa7133[0]/alsa: saa7133[0] at 0xfebff800 irq 16 registered as card -2

I have set it up for PAL - will try PAL-N and I've tried the SA channels as well as "try-all".

How do I test my tv-tuner with VLC?
 
hawker said:
How do I test my tv-tuner with VLC?
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I realize now that this will only work on ivtv supported cards but this is how you do it:

Install ivtv-util (search repository/package manager and install)

Then in terminal launch:
Code: 
vlc pvr:// :pvr-device="/dev/video0" :pvr-norm=0 :pvr-frequency=-1 :pvr-bitrate=-1

In terminal tune to a channel with command:
Code: 
ivtv-tune -f 0000
(replace 0000 with a frequency)

My frequencies are...
SABC1
183.75

SABC2
207.25

SABC3
799.31

etv
767.31
 
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Have you tried tvtime or xawtv yet? I think these will support your card.
 
Aqua_lung said:
I realize now that this will only work on ivtv supported cards but this is how you do it:

Install ivtv-util (search repository/package manager and install)

Then in terminal launch:
Code: 
vlc pvr:// :pvr-device="/dev/video0" :pvr-norm=0 :pvr-frequency=-1 :pvr-bitrate=-1

In terminal tune to a channel with command:
Code: 
ivtv-tune -f 0000
(replace 0000 with a frequency)

My frequencies are...
SABC1
183.75

SABC2
207.25

SABC3
799.31

etv
767.31
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Thanks, but I am encountering errors:

Output from VLC
Code: 
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file ":pvr-device=/dev/video0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL ':pvr-device=/dev/video0'. Check the log for details.
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file ":pvr-frequency=-1".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL ':pvr-frequency=-1'. Check the log for details.
File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file ":pvr-bitrate=-1".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL ':pvr-bitrate=-1'. Check the log for details.

Is the tv-tuner normally located at:
Code: 
/dev/video0
?

I have tried tvtime but I can figure out how to search for freq/change channels etc.

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys!
 
hawker said:
Is the tv-tuner normally located at:
Code: 
/dev/video0
?
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Depends on your device, you might have to change it but I'm not sure how you figure that out, I have a haupauge so it worked out the box without needing to probe.

Edit:
Just open VLC normally, then go:
media> open capture device> select 'PVR' but test other capture modes (under 'advanced' tell me what device name you have) and press play, I can view TV this way without using terminal to launch VLC. I only need terminal to switch channels.

BTW try the retro theme for mythtv that's my fav.
 
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