[mythtvnz] Problems with PVR Analog and DVB-S Cards

[David Lowe]

I'm really hoping the experts can help... I can't help with why the analogue
cards aren't recording, but its also my experience that no matter what you
do with priorities, myth always seems to go to the analogue source first,
which can be a real nuisance. It even happens if I select 'prefer input' in
the recording settings. So actually I'm no help at all sorry other than to
tell you you are not alone which can sometimes be comforting :-) ...but I'd
love to know the answer as well...

- David


On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Hamish Tweedie <htweedie at gmail.com> wrote:

>   With the arrival of Freeview I recently dusted off my MythTV hardware and
> reinstalled with Mythbuntu and did an upgrade to the latest repository files
> for Hardy.
>
>   I have installed a couple of Technotrend S-1401 DVB-S cards into the
> machine and they work fine. I have also got my old Hauppage PVR250 and 350
> cards that I was going to use for Analog reception (Prime at this stage but
> maybe Sky if I could muster the enthusiasm to stump up the cash).
>
>   This is where the problems start :-) For the DVB-S cards I am using the
> on air EIT as an EPG Source. I have also set up a seaparte EPG source for
> the analog PVR cards using the XMLTV Python script to pull XML EPG off the
> web. This all works well and the EPG data is all coming down.
>
>   The channel data all scans fine for the DVB-S and analog PVR cards as
> they discover all the relevant channels, and after pruning I have the DVB-s
> cards setup to the EIT EPG source for all channels bar Prime and Trackside.
> The analog channels have the tuner hooked to the Python XMLTV scipts as a
> source (for just Prime and Trackside). So they all appear to be receiving a
> signal and acquiring the relevant EPG data and channels.
>
>   The DVB cards are both set to Priority 5 and hooked into DVB0 and DVB1
> recording groups respectively. The Analog cards are set at recording
> priority 0 and the Generic recording group.
>
>   The DVB-S cards record programmes fine. The problem comes about when I
> add in the Analog PVR cards. If I go to watch Lifve TV I just get a blank
> screen and eventually everything drops back to the menu (if I only have the
> DVB-S cards configured then watching Live TV via the DVB-S cards is fine).
> If I set a recording up via Mythweb then the DVB-S card records it all fine,
> but the analog PVR card appears to do the recording but I get a blank ~80k
> file recorded.
>
>   Given that I appear to have a signal on the analog cards (as they tune
> into channels), does anybody have any suggestions as to why a) the analog
> cards are screwing with the Live TV (I've tried hitting 'n' and a few other
> keys to try and change Tuner, but not sure if this is mapped correctly and
> hasn't done anything anyhow) and even if this was a tuner selection issue in
> Live TV mode, why if still doesn't record a programme if I schedule it to?
>
>
>
>
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