[clug] Will pay money to get mythtv box working

[dave]

As a general suggestion, the mythtv-users list is not bad. There are
quite a few aussies.

XMLTV Guide data is currently best retrieved by a script written by list
members during the last 3-4 months. I can post it to whoever is
interested. [It just grabs data from NineMSN, but is very reliable and
complete (at least for now)]

As for WIN changing their pids, CVS mythtv as of about 3 weeks ago has a
completely re-written DVB core. Channels are identified by service id
(which does not change) and pid changes will be picked up automatically
(as will any new services on a transponder.) This is pretty new code,
I'm not suggesting you try it, it may break your mythtv box :)

Dave



On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 08:22 +1100, Neill Cox wrote:
> I also have a Nebula DVB-T card.  Working under Xine, not yet working 
> under MyhtTV.
> 
> I'm stuck at the XMLTV stage.  Where are people getting their episode 
> guide data from?
> 
> It would also be nice if WIN stopped randomly changing their video pid.
> 
> Cheers,
> Neill
> On 01/02/2005, at 9:54 PM, Peter Thew wrote:
> 
> > Paul,
> >
> > Have you had a look at the avermedia.txt file in the kernel's
> > Documentation/dvb directory?   The reason I'm asking is that it that
> > mentions loading a bunch of  DVB-related modules which I don't see in
> > your 'lsmod' listing.
> >
> > BTW: I have a Nebula DVB-T card and managed to get it working with
> > mythtv after a similar struggle :^)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > ps.  Here's the 'lsmod' from my system for the DVB modules, etc.
> >
> > dvb_bt8xx               8068  2
> > dvb_core               76328  3 dvb_bt8xx
> > mt352                   4996  1 dvb_bt8xx
> > dst                    12360  1 dvb_bt8xx
> > bt878                   8568  2 dvb_bt8xx,dst
> > bttv                  145488  2 dvb_bt8xx,bt878
> > sp887x                  7492  1 dvb_bt8xx
> > firmware_class          7744  3 dvb_bt8xx,bttv,sp887x
> > nxt6000                 6660  1 dvb_bt8xx
> > i2c_core               18256  7
> > dvb_bt8xx,mt352,dst,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,sp887x,nxt6000
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 12:58 +1100, Paul Wayper wrote:
> >
> >> Hi there!
> >>
> >> I no longer care about the geek credibility that I'm going to lose by
> >> asking this, as I've been bashing my head against this wall for the 
> >> past
> >> week and no longer enjoy the pain.  I'm willing to pay money on a 
> >> per-hour
> >> basis for someone with more experience to come out and get my (future)
> >> mythtv box working.
> >>
> >> The system is described at http://www.mabula.net/mythtv.html, 
> >> including
> >> listings of dmesg, lsmod and lspci, the most recent /var/log/messages 
> >> and
> >> current modprobe.conf settings.  The cards in question are both using 
> >> the
> >> bttv driver; one's a AVerMedia DVB-T, the other's a LeadTek WinFast 
> >> 2000
> >> Expert (with FM radio).
> >>
> >> Basically, tvtime and mythtv don't recognise any TV input from either
> >> card.  They recognise the composite and S-Video inputs, but tvtime 
> >> gives me
> >> a message saying "videoinput: Can't get tuner info: invalid
> >> argument."  mythtvsetup just says it can't get any info from either 
> >> card
> >> (and certainly doesn't recognise the DVB card).  I can't see any 
> >> errors or
> >> other information that might give me a clue what I'm doing wrong.  My
> >> assumption is that I need to feed specific settings to the bttv 
> >> driver to
> >> get it to recognise each card individually (and I've done this in
> >> modprobe.conf and modprobe.d/bttv) but these settings haven't worked 
> >> and I
> >> don't seem to be able to find out what I've done wrong.  I'm only 
> >> guessing
> >> as to whether the settings I've put in (derived from dmesg and web 
> >> pages)
> >> are actually correct or not.
> >>
> >> I've searched through the internet almost exhaustively; I've read the
> >> archives of various groups and read comprehensive howtos that never 
> >> quite
> >> tell me the information I need or deal with having two bttv tuner
> >> cards.  I'm now at the stage of begging for help.  I'm quite happy to 
> >> work
> >> with free advice, but have heard that money is an incentive to some 
> >> people...
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
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