Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all, > > Have received my Hauppauge Nova-T card, but as it is of the newer one > with a Conexant chipset, I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get it > to work, and got the kernel driver to work, then followed Martin Smith's > excellent DVB howto (http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/) - but am > stuck at one point, and I can't google for the solution as there's no > error message! I would like to see what I'm doing wrong... > > I am using Debian Sid with the 2.6.11 kernel, with the default debian > config file but patched with > http://dl.bytesex.org/patches/2.6.11-2/All-2.6.11.diff.gz and all the > DVB options selected. The kernel compiles fine and the module loads > without any problems. > > I've used scan to create my channel.conf file, and here's the snippet > for BBC1: > > BBC > ONE:778166670:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_3_4:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1__32:HIERARCHY_NONE:600:601:4161 > > > then tried tzap "BBC ONE" and got: > > piers@desire:~$ tzap "BBC ONE" > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > tuning to 778166670 Hz > video pid 0x0258, audio pid 0x0259 > status 00 | signal ffff | snr c000 | ber 00003fff | unc 00000000 | > status 01 | signal 3737 | snr c000 | ber 00003fff | unc 00000000 | > status 1f | signal 3737 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal 3737 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | > FE_HAS_LOCK > piers@desire:~$ > > So it works just fine. So that's everything I've done everything in his > guide right up until to this point: > > ==================================== > The last two numbers are the IDs of the video and audio stream within > the multiplex. We also need the transmission parameters to feed to > dvbstream. The command I would use for the channel above is this: > > # dvbstream -o -ps -qam 16 -cr 3_4 600 601 | mplayer - > ==================================== > > So I try: > > dvbstream -o -ps -qam 16 -cr 3_4 600 601 | mplayer - > > I have used 600 and 601 as my line seemed similar to Martin's example, > but my line had an extra set of numbers at the end - 4161 - I've also > tried the following: > > dvbstream -o -ps -qam 16 -cr 3_4 601 4161 | mplayer - > > but the output from tzap - "video pid 0x0258, audio pid 0x0259" - does > seem to suggest 600 and 601 are the right numbers. Anyway, trying > "dvbstream -o -ps -qam 16 -cr 3_4 600 601 | mplayer -" outputs: > > ==================================== > piers@desire:~$ dvbstream -o -ps -qam 16 -cr 3_4 600 601 | mplayer - > dvbstream v0.5 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001-2004 > Released under the GPL. > Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/ > Setting filter for PID 600 > Setting filter for PID 601 > Output to stdout > Streaming 2 streams > MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team > CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred (Family: 6, > Stepping: 1) > Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE > > > Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (it should be readable by the > user.) > Playing -. > Reading from stdin... > Caught signal 2 - closing cleanly. > > > MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: demux_open > piers@desire:~$ > ==================================== > > Seems to be working just fine... the "signal 2" errors are related to me > pressing ctrl+c - but my problem is that I can't see *any* picture at > all! Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here? > > Thanks very much for your help in advance > > Cheers - Piers > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > I went through a similar loop. For a quick test, something like this.... tzap -r -c /channels.conf-dvbt-SuttonColdfield "BBC ONE" & xine stdin://mpeg2 < /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 For a better way, use kaffeine. Up till yesterday I used March 2005 cvs version and yesterday upgraded to the latest cvs version which has a smarter layout. kaffeine also has a scan feature which will present you with a full list of stations so you can select which ones you need permanently. The 2.6.12-rc4 kernel is complete, you won't need any patches -- AT LAST!. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
