Re: Pinnacle HDTV PCI issues

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On Mar 16, 2008, at 3:40 AM, Jon wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with my capture device.
>
> First a little history. I'm running a openSUSE 10.3 system with  
> mythtv and have had a frame-grabber (bt878) in it until recently. I  
> just upgraded to a pair of pinnacle HDTV pci cards. I just  
> downloaded the source and compiled it this afternoon, following the  
> instructions on the wiki. I have a large antenna on the roof, and I  
> get channels 3, 6, 10, 13, 31, 40 and 58 all clearly with SD.
>
> So, the problem is, I am trying to scan for HD channels using the  
> following command:
>
> scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB >  
> channels.conf
>
> ...and it starts scanning. It doesn't find any channels until it  
> gets to 31.1, and then it says service is running, gives me the  
> channel information, and then the thing freezes. I can't ctrl+C out  
> of it, and I can't even kill the process from the root account.
>
> This is my schedulesdirect lineup, so I have 2 questions: Why is my  
> computer locking up when I scan channels? Interestingly, it isn't  
> locking the computer up, just the console that the app is running  
> in, and capture card it's connected to. The second question has to  
> do with my channels. I have my antenna pointed right at the towers,  
> they're all in the same general location, and as I said, the SD  
> comes in clear.
>

Well, I hooked up one of the pinnacle cards up in a winXP system, and  
scanned all the channels, and the ones I expected to get come in  
crystal clear. So now that I've eliminated the signal strength as a  
question... how can I troubleshoot the drivers? I have the install  
CD, perhaps the firmware I downloaded isn't suitable? I followed the  
instructions here http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/ 
Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_%28800i%29 which basically told me to download  
the firmware, extract it, using included script, and then get the  
source and do a make and make install. I do that, and everything  
appears to be working, the card is detected... it just freezes when  
it's scanning channels. I also managed to copy all the channel  
frequencies down while I was in windows, so is there a template I can  
put those into in order to test my card without scanning?

~Jon

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