Rats - forgot to say: I'm using Debian kernel 2.6.10 Riviere Informatique SARL wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to this group and I've got a few problems. > > It took me quite some time to make my SAA1746 card (Hauppauge Nexus-S) > work and be recognized a bit, because I had all the driver software > installed in the kernel. That didn't work. Once I moved it to modules > it worked. Sort of. > > I can get to a free-to-air channel, which I use for testing, when > using dvbtune and xawtv. I can see the channel (Though I have no > sound, but that's not so important for now). > However, the channel turns black after a few seconds. When I relaunch > dvbtume with the same parameters I get an image again. > Any ideas on what's going on here? The channel is NOT encrypted. > > Second problem: How can I scan for channels and build a channel list? > scantv doesn't work. If ends with the following display: > [defaults] > input = Television > norm = PAL > > device has no tuner, exiting > > But the default input is DVB, not 'Television' as per: > # v4lctl list > attribute | type | current | default | comment > -----------+--------+---------+---------+------------------------------------- > > norm | choice | PAL | PAL | PAL NTSC > input | choice | DVB | DVB | DVB > bright | int | 128 | 128 | range is 0 => 255 > contrast | int | 64 | 64 | range is 0 => 127 > color | int | 64 | 64 | range is 0 => 127 > Horizontal | bool | off | off | > Vertical f | bool | off | off | > > I read I could use 'vdr' to scan channels, somewhere, so I tried to > start 'vdr' and I get the following. > $ vdr > vdr: no primary device found - using first device! > > There's only 1 device - yet the error value = 2, so there's some problem. > > > I've come some way on my own, but hopefully someone can help me along > a bit more, to fix some of the problems. Or at least point me to the > right document that can help out. > > Thanks, > Steven. > >
