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 _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
