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Updated: 2008-11-23 01:45:20 (15)

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

Is there an ea 1f40 sy TV tuner software out there? I mean come on.. MythTV might end up nice - but I've been trying to get it going for 2 hours and honestly I'm shot.

Is there anything in the repo out there I can grab and get my Hauppauge HVR-950 going? I was trying to get things working out of the box.. But MythTV clearly isn't an out-of-the-box install.

I'm using 8.10 Ubuntu beta 64bit. Its running smooth no issues. Thanks for your help!

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[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

It would scan for over the air atsc HD channels.If you were using an external cabble box I think you would have to set the HVR-950 to channel 3.

fenian

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

Well I followed all your instructions.. made 2 two steps from the end.. while scanning for channels I get an error.

Code:

>>> tune to: 57028615:8VSB
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
>>> tune to: 57028615:8VSB (tuning failed)

It kept going so i stopped it.. Does ATSC mean its going to tune to over the air HD channels or does that scan for cable channels also? Not sure whats wrong any ideas?

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

just google for "V4L install" (the drivers you need) then you can use any tv viewer.

wolfen69

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

I have Technisat skystar 1ci and drivers are in core of UBUNTU 8.04. But you must replace 1 byte in eeprom, what I wrote here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=820505.:)

Saiph

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

I guess something is wrong.. even after following the easy direction on the first post when I goto "make" the driver it fails out. I'm just gonna past where it fails.. not the whole thing.

Code:

c:41:
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h:365: error: field 'class_dev' has incomplete type
In file included from /home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-common.h:29,
                 from /home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttvp.h:37,
                 from /home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:41:
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h:394: warning: 'struct class_device_attribute' declared inside parameter list
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h:394: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h: In function 'video_device_create_file':
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h:396: error: implicit declaration of function 'class_device_create_file'
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h: At top level:
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h:403: warning: 'struct class_device_attribute' declared inside parameter list
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h: In function 'video_device_remove_file':
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/../linux/include/media/v4l2-dev.h:405: error: implicit declaration of function 'class_device_remove_file'
In file included from /home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:41:
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttvp.h:94:1: warning: "clamp" redefined
In file included from include/linux/cache.h:4,
                 from include/asm/pda.h:7,
                 from include/asm/current.h:19,
                 from include/asm/processor.h:15,
                 from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
                 from include/linux/list.h:6,
                 from include/linux/module.h:9,
                 from /home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:32:
include/linux/kernel.h:376:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c: In function 'show_card':
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:172: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '__mptr'
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:172: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c: At top level:
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:176: error: expected ')' before '(' token
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c: In function 'bttv_register_video':
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:4637: error: 'class_device_attr_card' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:4637: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.c:4637: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[3]: *** [/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l/bttv-driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-4-generic'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/nate/firmware/driver/v4l-dvb-kernel/v4l'
make: *** [all] Error 2

any ideas?

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

bump... sorry I'm getting bored.. my tv is broken and my tv tuner doesn't work.. google doesn't help me much either

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

First remove the default V4L drivers,in a terminal enter...

Quote:

sudo mv /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/media /root/`uname -r`-kernel-drivers-media-backup

(This doesnt really remove them but moves them to a different location)

Next Install mplayer if you don't have it...

Quote:

sudo apt-get install mplayer

Next Install the firmware,in a terminal enter these lines (seperately)...

Quote:

cd /tmp
wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc50...25271_WHQL.zip
wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/extract.sh
sh extract.sh
sudo cp dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw /lib/firmware/`uname -r`

NextInstall newer V4L drivers,in a terminal enter these lines (seperately)
...

Quote:

wget http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2
tar jxf tip.tar.bz2
cd v4l-dvb-49ea64868f0c/
make all
sudo make install

Reboot

Open a terminal and enter...

Quote:

dmesg | less

you should see something like this...

Quote:

[ 35.391481] tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 72001, rev B2F0, serial# NNNNNNN
[ 35.391485] tveeprom 2-0050: MAC address is NN-NN-NN-NN-NN-NN
[ 35.391487] tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Xceive XC5000 (idx 150, type 4)
[ 35.391490] tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x8
[ 35.391492] tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is AU8522 (idx 44)
[ 35.391494] tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is AU8522 (idx 42)

Scan for chanels in the terminal enter...

Quote:

sudo apt-get install dvb-utils
scan -U /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB > ~/.mplayer/channels.conf.atsc

Watch TV with mplayer ,in the terminal enter...

Quote:

mplayer dvb://

(change channels with h and k change volume with 0 and 9)

Mythtv should also detect the card now.

fenian

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

I have a Pinnacle USB tv tuner, using the em28xx driver. This is how I got it going: http://www.2nrds.com/digital-tv-in-l...em28xx-devices
Do you have a driver for the tuner installed?
I try to avoid kde apps, but I cant beat kaffeine as a tv viewer.

Just looking at the website above, your tv tuner is supported. Just follow the tutorial to install the firmware and v4l (video for linux) module, and using kaffeine you should be on your way. Also, MythTV will work fine once you have the driver installed.

keplerspeed

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

I use TVtime and Xawtv myself. TVtime for watching most things and Xaw for converting VHS to DVD or recording shows.

Brandel Valico

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

bump ... can anyone tell me how to uninstall and start over on my drivers? Maybe theres some easy way to just use the regular embeded kernel one since that seems to work with TVTime.

Thanks a bunch!

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

Did some digging, looks like the card should be supported out of the box. Have you tried TVtime, it worked with my Hauppauge-150.

tweakedenigma

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

Quote:

Originally Posted by tweakedenigma

Did some digging, looks like the card should be supported out of the box. Have you tried TVtime, it worked with my Hauppauge-150.

Well I tried TVtime - but it just tells me No Signal on screen.. It will scan for channels and allow me to change settings between HRC, NTSC and all that stuff.. But still just a big blue screen

I have a feeling I broke the drivers or something after doing that install in this thread. Is there some way to revert back to the old stuff?

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

Is there anyway to just tell it to scan my cable? I don't have digital cable, so I don't have a set-top box.. I don't live in a place where people steal much cable either so they don't require set-top boxes for regular cable.

I guess that error is because of the HD scan not a driver issue?

I my reason I used Ubuntu 8.10 is because it is the supported version in the next 3 weeks.. I didn't want to waste the time with an upgrade later.

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

bump.. Anyone able to help me figure out where the problem is on my tuner? I simply want to watch regular cable with no set top box. I'm so lost looking at half these threads about this card because theres like 3 different ways to install it.

I followed the directions in this thread but I can't seem to get things going. Is there anyway to simply double check my self to see if the tuner is installed? Once I check that how do I check the software to see if its talking with the tuner? Thanks for the help everyone.

Snipersnest

[all variants] EASY TV Tuner software that works

Try using a version of Ubuntu that is supported by the community and Ubutnu and maybe...just maybe... things will work

http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php

LowSky

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