[mythtvnz] test tv card

[Steven Ellis]

On Fri, March 20, 2009 7:23 pm, Aaron Pelly wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I've spent most of the afternoon trying to get mythtv to find some DVB-S
> channels on my HVR4000. Sigh.
>
> I'm looking for some command line tools that I can use to configure and
> test
> the card; I have no idea what settings to use and this seems like a quick
> way
> to fool around. The mythtv gui is driving me spare, and I don't know how
> to
> locate any logs/info it might be creating about my problem.
>
> It'd be nice if somebody could link me to a decent howto as well.  I
> haven't
> been able to find a site yet.
>
> Thanks
> Aaron.
>
> Januty 2.6.28-11

Ooo Living in the bleeding edge.. I'll be very interested to hear how well
the HVR4000 behaves with Jaunty.

First take a look at dvbscan, or scan from the dvb-utils package. This
should be able to scan for DVB-S and DVB-T transmissions.

Once you have a valid scan file then a current version of mplayer or xine
should be able to tune and play most channels.

You could also take a look at the following two guides for mythtv,
although some details are myPVR specific

http://support.openmedia.co.nz/mypvr/?page_id=23
http://support.openmedia.co.nz/mypvr/?page_id=24

Steve
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