[mythtvnz] New list member - Hardware recommendations

[Nick Rout]

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> Back on the problem with the HVR-2200.I haven't been able to actually test
> it
> yet,but I did go through the set up on a Myth backend.Initially it wasn't
> recognised and did not appear in the capture cards section.I followed some
> driver firmware install instructions on ubuntu forums and MythTV.org.It is
> now
> recognised.It appears as a VL4 analog capture card instead of a DVB DTV
> capture card which one post said it should be.

The gui is fooling you, the v4l label is in fact a list. Scroll
through it with left & right arrow to find dvb.

>I don't know if this is
> correct.
> My thread on ubuntu forums is here:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1907689
> This is the output of demsg | grep saa:
> paul at myth:~$ dmesg | grep saa
> \[ 14.200625] saa7164 driver loaded
> [ 14.200660] saa7164 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ
> 17
> [ 14.201242] CORE saa7164[0]: subsystem: 0070:8940, board: Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR2200 [card=4,insmod option]
> [ 14.201246] saa7164[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 129, irq: 17,
> latency: 0, mmio: 0xfb800000
> [ 14.201253] saa7164 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [ 14.359232] saa7164_downloadfirmware() no first image
> [ 14.359243] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Waiting for firmware upload
> (NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw)
> [ 14.788012] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware read 4019072 bytes.
> [ 14.788014] saa7164_downloadfirmware() firmware loaded.
> [ 14.788022] saa7164_downloadfirmware() SecBootLoader.FileSize = 4019072
> [ 14.788028] saa7164_downloadfirmware() FirmwareSize = 0x1fd6
> [ 14.788030] saa7164_downloadfirmware() BSLSize = 0x0
> [ 14.788031] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Reserved = 0x0
> [ 14.788032] saa7164_downloadfirmware() Version = 0x1661c00
> [ 21.635726] saa7164_downloadimage() Image downloaded, booting...
> [ 21.739620] saa7164_downloadimage() Image booted successfully.
> [ 23.857542] saa7164_downloadimage() Image downloaded, booting...
> [ 25.519905] saa7164_downloadimage() Image booted successfully.
> [ 25.564461] saa7164[0]: Hauppauge eeprom: model=89619
> [ 25.925131] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7164)
> [ 28.555614] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7164)
> [ 28.555839] saa7164[0]: registered device video0 [mpeg]
> [ 28.786961] saa7164[0]: registered device video1 [mpeg]
> [ 28.997134] saa7164[0]: registered device vbi0 [vbi]
> [ 28.997156] saa7164[0]: registered device vbi1 [vbi]
>
> Are there any good guides to using/setting up MythTV?
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
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