Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:59:16 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with PVR 250 and MythTV Message-ID: <5929B349-AE63-4896-B1ED-9A263997A2C7@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <20070228020908.GB2159@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20070228020908.GB2159@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:09 PM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > * Before you can use the card, you need to tune to a signal. > Currently the program pvr250-setchannel does that; effectively the > same program exists in 7-CURRENT as setchannel, and I'll MFC it when > I'm happy with the rest. > > Tune like this: > > $ setchannel -m <channel-set> channel-no > > If you're in the USA using terrestial TV, <channel-set> is 1. Cable > is 2. If you're using a satellite connection, you'll need some kind > of converter. > > I'm not sure about the status of the man page for setchannel, but if > you run it without arguments you should get a help message. Getting some TV now, and Myth is working! Yeeaaahhh!!! I don't have a "setchannel" tool, but I have a pvr250-setchannel which seems identical in design. Just FYI, all my PC is doing is receiving a signal from my satellite box via a connection split between my TV and PC from my satellite receiver - a very crude setup jerry-rigged with a little $20 splitter doohickey you can buy from just about anywhere. It cannot change channels and does not manipulate the signal at all - it is basically a "line in" for the raw signal sent from my satellite receiver - the same signal my TV receives. I just got everything working by typing: pvr250-setchannel -m 1 4 I was entering both the wrong channel before and using the -t flag. I guess it is understandable that I don't want to try to actually change the channel by invoking the tuner, just want to set the card to listen in on the right channel, or something like that. My only remaining problem is that my remote doesn't work. Have you guys gotten yours to? I can't rule out it shipping DOA or with dead batteries though, as I'm not even getting lights on the tip of the remote when I press anything, like I probably should. My next step will be to get myself an IR blaster, get a MediaMVP, and get the remote working. I'll probably bug the Myth list about this, since this seems well outside of the realm of FreeBSD =) What a learning experience for me, thank you! Thanks all for your incredible patience and awesome work. Please let me know how I can help with further testing and documentation! - ----------- Joe Auty NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians http://www.netmusician.org joe@netmusician.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iD8DBQFF5PAFCgdfeCwsL5ERAktMAKCLaNYBeCUw46xdqR+XAczsZgOGBwCeMsQl QZR5tflKv5pdlEWyRqxctko= =RcZu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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