Not sure but on pci version you have to enable the builtin amp. Check linuxtv.org for modprobe instructions. (lna activation) 2009/9/2 Thomas Rokamp <thomas@xxxxxxxxx>: > (sorry if you already got this mail, I think I had sent it to the wrong list to begin with) > > Hi > > I have found my old Hauppauge Nova-T USB2 box. It's the old revision, with and USB ID 9301. > I'm struggling to get it to work correctly under linux (Ubuntu Intrepid 2.6.27-11-server). So far all I have read and tried has been without success. > > I'm running the latest checked out v4l-dvb drivers (using hg). > > I have tested the box on the same location using windows, and "everything works fine". > > My setup is a bit odd though. I have TV supplied from my local cable company, yet they have decided to supply the DVB signal using DVB-T. I guess it's because most of the TV's where I live supports DVB-T only. The signal is provided through the same plu in the wall as the old analog signal, though this should not be a problem, it works in windows. > > I have tried various tools from dvb-apps, the output supplied further down... > > dmesg | grep dvb: > (I'm quite sure the MAC address it suggest is random upon each boot, which sounds like trouble to me) > > dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T usb2' in cold state, will try to load a firmware > firmware: requesting dvb-usb-nova-t-usb2-02.fw > dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-nova-t-usb2-02.fw' > usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_nova_t_usb2 > dvb-usb: generic DVB-USB module successfully deinitialized and disconnected. > dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T usb2' in warm state. > dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. > dvb-usb: MAC address: f5c9c8e4 > dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 100 msecs. > dvb-usb: Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T usb2 successfully initialized and connected. > > Using 'scan' I have come to a channel.conf file, out of which I have added just one line to channels.conf: > X:722000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_5_6:FEC_5_6:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:513:644:905 > > Using the above channels.conf file as input to tzap, I get the following lines: > > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' > reading channels from file '.tzap/channels.conf' > tuning to 722000000 Hz > video pid 0x0201, audio pid 0x0284 > status 1f | signal 7bd3 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal 7b94 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal 7b7d | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal 7b77 | snr 0000 | ber 00000090 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal 7b79 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK > status 1f | signal 7b70 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK > > As you can see from above, the signal-to-noise ratio is, well... bad. I was hoping (according to my readings) a value much higher. > > Trying to record something with dvbstream: > dvbstream -n 5 -qam 64 -gi 16 -cr 5_6 -crlp 5_6 -bw 8 -tm 2 -hy NONE -f 722000000 513 644 -o > test.mpg > dvbstream v0.6 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001-2004 > Released under the GPL. > Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/ > Tuning to 722000000 Hz > Using DVB card "DiBcom 3000MC/P", freq=722000000 > tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 722000000 Hz, Bandwidth: 8 > Getting frontend status > Event: Frequency: 722000000 > Bit error rate: 2097151 > Signal strength: 31503 > SNR: 0 > UNC: 0 > FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC > dvbstream will stop after 5 seconds (0 minutes) > Output to stdout > Streaming 3 streams > Caught signal 1 - closing cleanly. > > > This 'test.mpg' output file, however, shows no video at all, despite it actually containing data. VLC reports 'nothing to play'. > > > Any help at this point would be highly appreciated :-) > > Best regards, > Thomas Rokamp > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb users mailing list > For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
