On 21/12/05, Joacim J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/21/05, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21/12/05, Joacim J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 12/21/05, David Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 21/12/05, Joacim J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks anyway ;-) > > > > > > > > > > Do you have any idea about the questions I wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I don't have the /dev/dvb/... or the adapter/frontend aren't > > > > > registered...is it because the /dev/dvb/...isn't created?? When/Where > > > > > are /dev/dvb/... created? > > > > > > > > > > > > > I missed the beginning of this thread, but have you looked at which > > > > dvb modules are being loaded? > > > > > > > > /sbin/lsmod > > > > > > > > For my Nova-t card I had to manually modprobe cx88_dvb (I think that's > > > > the correct name) because the wrong [blackbird] module was being > > > > automatically loaded. > > > > > > > > It was the > > > > > > > > /sbin/modprobe cx88_dvb > > > > > > > > command that created the /dev/dvb/adapter stuff > > > > > > > > ( look in dmesg for errors / success messages) > > > > > > > > I'm not saying that this is the module for you (though it's worth a > > > > try) but you need to find out which module it is you need, and check > > > > that it is being loaded. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > David, > > > > > > Here I got something interesting. > > > > > > 1. Fresh booted machine and the dmesg is not showing any DVB info > > > 2. Result of /sbin/lsmod command is below > > > 3. Executed "/sbin/modprobe cx88_dvb" > > > 4. dmesg now show som interesting output, see below at the end. And I get: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -al /dev/dvb/adapter0/ > > > total 0 > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 Dec 21 12:26 . > > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Dec 21 12:26 .. > > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 212, 4 Dec 21 12:26 demux0 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 212, 5 Dec 21 12:26 dvr0 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 212, 3 Dec 21 12:26 frontend0 > > > crw-rw---- 1 root root 212, 7 Dec 21 12:26 net0 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# > > > > > > Now, how can I make persistent? I mean so the module 'cx88_dvb' is > > > loaded every time. > > > > Well for me, all I had to do was prevent the cx88_blackbird module > > loading, and then my system automatically loaded the cx88_dvb instead. > > > > I notice that you've also got the blackbird module in there so maybe > > that would work for you too. > > > > As you've found out loading the cx88_dvb on top doesn't seem to cause > > any problems so you can just force it to load. > > > > As for how to do either of the above, I'm afraid I'd have to look up > > the way I did it tonight and I suspect it's distribution dependent > > anyway. I'm running Fedora Core 3, so if you don't get any joy before > > I get home tonight I can let you know my solution. > > > > Post back with the flavour of linux that you are using, and I suspect > > someone else here will be able to help you. > > > > In the meantime you could look at using /etc/modprobe.conf or rc.local > > or rc.sysinit (as described in Jarod Wilson's guide to mythtv on > > Fedora) > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > I have Fedora Core 4 with kernel 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4. > > I have tried to add the following in /etc/rc.d/rc.local > /sbin/modprobe --remove cx88_blackbird > /sbin/modeprobe cx88_dvb > > It seems that the cx88_dvb module is loaded and blackbird is not, at boot > time. > > Is this the correct way of doing this?? > > Earlier I did som testing with dvbscan, tzap and dvbstream and I get > some result that I haven't got before but no picture. > > When running dvbstream with command: > > ./dvbstream -o -ps -qam 64 -cr 2_3 1018 1010 | mplayer - > it says: > Reading from stdin... > and nothing happens > > If I have started > tzap "SVT1" > before (that puts out some data every second that says FE_HAS_LOCK) > and then run dvbstream with: > ./dvbstream -o -ps -qam 64 -cr 2_3 1018 1010 | mplayer - > it also says: > Audiostream: Layer: 2 BRate: 256 kb/s Freq: 48 kHz > but no mplayer appears.
Hmm, sounds like you're close. Are you sure mplayer is installed properly. It might be worth skipping the mplayer stage and trying to do a channel scan in mythtv? _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users