<div dir="ltr">I have an old Pinnacle Dazzle PCTV USB that I used for capturing video. Its been gathering dust for a couple of years because it wasn't supported in Linux. So I fired up this package and hey presto it burst into life using XawTV. Amazing.<br>
<br>Maybe a silly question but if I install these drivers on Ubuntu 7.10 (my MythTV box) will I break anything? I'm running kernel 2.6.22 so I figure it should all be fine.<br><br>- D<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Steve Hodge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevehodge@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevehodge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div><div></div><div>On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr">I remember seeing a while ago that someone was packaging very up to date versions of v4l/dvb drivers for ubuntu, with a nice repo and everything. In fact I may have even posted about it myself. Now I can't remember where I saw it or find the b****y post I was thinking of. <br>
<br>(I have a Pinnacle 73e USB device that I read will work with the newer DVB drivers. I also know that none of my machines will decode the streams, but I have to start somewhere. The device was on special do I grabbed one, figuring I could 'trademe' it if it doesn't work on linux).<br>
<br>Help?</div></blockquote></div></div><div><br>Is this what you're thinking of:<br><a href="http://martinpitt.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/packaged-dvb-t-drivers-for-ubuntu-804/" target="_blank">http://martinpitt.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/packaged-dvb-t-drivers-for-ubuntu-804/</a><br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Steve<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><br>Was indeed! I just installed, with the device plugged in. To my amazement, after the new v4l-dvb package was built, the kernel recognised it. No reboot, no taking it out of the usb slot and plugging it back in, here is dmesg:<br>
<br>[100334.522428] usb 3-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5<br>[100334.662256] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice<br><br>********** above here the output from pluggin the device in before installing the new modules, below here generated automatically after the LKMS had instaled the new v4l-dvb tree.<br>
<br><br>[100787.749593] dib0700: loaded with support for 7 different device-types<br>[100787.752050] dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV 73e' in cold state, will try to load a firmware<br>[100791.713941] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'<br>
[100791.935665] dib0700: firmware started successfully.<br>[100792.436028] dvb-usb: found a 'Pinnacle PCTV 73e' in warm state.<br>[100792.436172] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.<br>
[100792.437709] DVB: registering new adapter (Pinnacle PCTV 73e)<br>[100792.678699] DVB: registering frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...<br>[100792.884908] DiB0070: successfully identified<br>[100792.885132] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb3/3-1/input/input9<br>
[100792.912018] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 150 msecs.<br>[100792.912035] dvb-usb: Pinnacle PCTV 73e successfully initialized and connected.<br>[100792.912759] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700<br>
<br>Even seems to have recognised the IR receiver for the tiny losedownthesofa remote!<br><br>I applaud whoever developed LKMS, what a sweet result. I expeected to at least unplug it and plug it back in, or even a reboot.</div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br></div></div>It seems to be close to tuning in kaffeine too. Using the supplied indoor aerial you could see the strength going up to 14 to 17 % but never locked to a station. Could be the concrete block flats i live in. I'll try it in the park with no real obstructions to sugarloaf and see what I get. Good thing I got a new battery for the lappie a couple of weeks ago.<br>
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