Oops ... Just realized I didn't cc the list in with the reply back to Brett. CityK wrote: > Brett Taylor wrote: > >> I have gotten this card to work before, but not in amd64, so I know it >> is possible. >> I did not try receiving QAM signals in 32bit. I just read about that >> today actually which spurred me to try and get my card working again, >> since I had neglected it since I changed to 64bit. I will make a >> minimal 32bit install on one of my partitions and give it a try >> though. But, when I was using 2.6.20-gentoo-r3, I was able to grab >> 300+ channels using dvbscan and the >> us-Cable-HRC-center-frequencies-QAM256, which also let me view a few >> channels using Kaffeine (xine) ... And like I said, in search of >> fixing the sound and the mpeg error, I changed to vanilla-sources >> 2.6.20.6 <http://2.6.20.6> (which I am on now). >> > > Ahh. It wasn't clear to me -- I had thought, by what you wrote earlier > (first quote), that you were implying that you were previously using a > 32bit install. In any regard, I wouldn't bother with the 32 bit install > (there should be no difference). My main point was whether you had QAM > support working under Linux with the HDTV Wonder -- which you have > clearly confirmed. > > >> I was able to grab 300+ channels using dvbscan and the >> us-Cable-HRC-center-frequencies-QAM256, which also let me view a few >> channels using Kaffeine (xine), which also let me view a few channels >> using Kaffeine (xine), but I could not get sound. >> > > I get that as well with some cable channels in Kaffeine too. I found > that if you add (ac3) after the audio pid in the channels.dvb file it > takes care of the problem. Example: > TV|[CBC]|192(2)|193(ac3),|0|1738|0|Atsc|843000|0|v|0|-1|256|0|-1|-1|-1|0|472||| > > Strangely, Xine itself works fine for me. You'd think that the same > would hold true for Kaffeine, but.... > > Anyway, earlier you wrote: > >> I was able to get video (no sound in mplayer or xine) >> > > I've never encountered an audio problem with Mplayer, but over time have > seen a number of users report "no sound" posts on different forums & > m/l. One suggestion is to pass the audio pid on the command line (using > my example above I'd append -aid 193). Try doing similar with Xine. > > > >> scanning ATSC was done with the rf antenna that came supplied with the >> card. I live in an apartment building located downtown in a large >> city, so I don't get great reception. with 2.6.20-gentoo-r3 I was >> able to tune one channel with the rf antenna, but now with 2.6.20.6 >> <http://2.6.20.6> vanilla, I can't tune to any channels. >> > > Did you try swithing RF inputs? > > With what input did you use previously with OTA signals? > With what input did you use previously with digital cable signals? _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
