[mythtvnz] Hauppauge Windham not working (DVB-T)

[worik]

On 08/03/15 16:27, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 2:03 PM, worik <worik.stanton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > My system is not going flawlessly.  Only one of my tuners is working.
>> >
>> > I have "2040:7070 Hauppauge Nova-T Stick 3" DVB-T stick working well
>> >
>> > My "2040:c000 Hauppauge Windham" DVB-T stick is not.
>> >
>> > I am running MythBuntu 14.04
>> >
>> > I have installed linux-firmware-nonfree (thus the firmware
>> > /lib/firmware/sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw is installed)
>> >
>> > In mythtv-setup in the screen for capture cards I have
>> > /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 and /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 but when I
>> > edit them they both have /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0.  When I edit the
>> > path for the tuner  to /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 it has an error.
>> >
>> > In /dev/dvb/ there is only adapter0
>> >
>> >
>> > "dmesg' is reporting that the Nova-T stick is being used...
>> >
>> > ~$ sudo dmesg |grep dvb
>> > [   14.801916] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in cold state,
>> > will try to load a firmware
>> > [   15.111021] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file
>> > 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw'
>> > [   15.816121] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge Nova-T Stick' in warm state.
>> > [   15.816282] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
>> > the software demuxer.
>> > [   16.260352] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 50 msecs.
>> > [   16.260355] dvb-usb: Hauppauge Nova-T Stick successfully initialized
>> > and connected.
>> > [   16.260588] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
>> >
>> >
>> > I have had this stick working in the past so I am a bit perplexed.
> The first and most obvious question is : What has changed since "the past".
> 
> New kernel?

Yes.  Gone from Ubuntu 12.10  to Mythbuntu 14.10.  Gone from an Intel
"NuPC" with discs on NFS to a more traditional  SATA II desktop.

I have since tried a WinTV stick and it worked.  The picture was very
pixelated.

Worik
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