On Sat, 26 Jul 2008, Yusik Kim wrote: > On Saturday 26 July 2008 08:39:16 Steven Toth wrote: > > Yusik Kim wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone got the digital part of this device to work properly? > > > > > > Modules are compiled from the latest (7/26) v4l-dvb snapshot with a > > > 2.6.25.4 kernel. The modules seem to load properly and the analog part > > > works in mythtv. The digital part kind of works. > > > The problems I can observe are: > > > 1. Can only scan 3 digital channels using both the command line scan and > > > mythtv. My other PCI TV card scans 36 of them. > > > 2. Only occasionally locks in to a channel. > > > 3. Takes 5 minutes to lock in to a channel when it actually does succeed. > > > > > > I saw from another mailing list that people were trying to get the remote > > > control to work so I'm guessing the core of the device functions > > > properly. If this is the current state of support, I'd be glad to help > > > testing. > > > > What steps did you take to prove your hardware is function properly, or > > your digital cable feed is reliable? > > > > The drivers works for me, it sounds like you have an environmental issue. > > > > - Steve > > Thank you for replying Steve. > I have a windows partition on the same machine and it works perfectly there. > So I don't think there is a problem with the cable feed or hardware itself. > > Not sure if it has any relevance but I noticed in windows, the red LED light > in the front is always on whereas in linux, it only turns on right before it > tries to lock in to a channel. While I can't vouch for what the Windows driver is doing, the Linux driver (pvrusb2) for this device deliberately only lights the LED when actual streaming is being attempted. Basically the LED becomes a "busy" indicator. It's a feature not a bug :-) > > I should add that the 3 channels that were successfully scaned do not always > get picked up in subsequent attempts. It seems like it has trouble tuning. At > least it's good to know it's a problem on my end. Just have to find a way to > fix it. > Sounds a lot like there's a significant tuning problem. Unfortunately I'm not seeing the issue here :-( -Mike -- Mike Isely isely @ pobox (dot) com PGP: 03 54 43 4D 75 E5 CC 92 71 16 01 E2 B5 F5 C1 E8 _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
