[mythtv-users] Air2PC Rev .2
I recently bought 4 of the Air2PC cards off of Ebay for $49 each, to replace 2 HD-2000 cards. It took me a an hour or so to figure out what was needed to get these cards to work correctly. I thought I would quickly document that to save other people time. Currently the drivers for air2pc Rev.2 are not incorporated in the official 2.6.12 kernel. The card will be recognized, but will not work. Only half of its chipset will be recognized. I will briefly talk about what I needed to do to get this card working. Its not meant to be a howto or tutorial. Its meant for someone that already understands Linux well. You must patch and recompile your kernel. Download the 2.6.12.3 kernel from kernel.org. Untar to your correct /usr/src/ location. It will untar to something like linux-2.6.12.3. Rename the directory linux-2.6.12 Download the 2.16.12 kernel patches from linuxtv.org. Patch the kernel, when it asks to swap source and destination answer yes. Rename the directory linux-2.6.12.3 Import your latest working config. Do a make menuconfig. Look under DVB drivers and make sure the Broadcom chipset is listed. Make sure that driver is compiled in modular. Recompile kernel. Download correct firmware from CVS tree of linuxtv.org and copy into /lib/firmware or your proper spot. Reboot, do a modprobe and make sure it inserts. Thats all it took for me. I havent had any difficulty with these cards. I think I may even get better reception on my weak NBC channel than with my HD-2000. I used all of the DVB tools without issue and mythsetup ran without a hitch. I'm currently running three simultaneously, I'll add the fourth real soon. Havent had any issues yet. Hope this helps. I believe the seller on Ebay is the manufacturer. They were real easy to deal with and shipped the same day. At $49 per card, I dont think this deal can be beat for OTA HDTV. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] ALSA Sound
Funny, that was one of the least painless parts for me. I got it working quickly and it worked great when I used that card. Look in Jarod's guide for some tips. But here are some rough tips. Make sure you disabled ARTS in KDE. Download gnome-alsamixer. Run gnome-alsamixer. Make sure the IEC958 box is checked. Adjust the volume control all the way up or all the way down for the IEC958 mixer. Test with aplay. Test with xine using the -aALSA and -HWAC3, flags (thats probably not the exact syntax read the man page). If you are using HDTV enable AC3 out in the mythfrontend setup screen. If you want to get more advanced follow the Mythtv WIKI howto for digital sound. When IEC958 is enabled you should see the port on the card light up. On 7/31/05, Brandon Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All, > > I know this has probably been talked about before, but since > after 2 days of searching Google and trying "solutions" others have posted, > I will come back and ask a question (which has probably already been asked > 1000 times). I have the Chaintech AV710 soundcard which seems like a > popular card due to its price/performance. How do I get this card's optical > out to work with my Surround Sound Amplifier? Does it output 5.1 Surround? > If so, what do I need to do to get it to work? I've read the MythTV Fedora > HowTO and the links off that page in attempt to get the sound to work. I've > replaced a zillion alsa sound files, but still doesn't work. If I route the > sound to PCM out, I can hear it off the Line Out port. > > > > Thanks for your help! > > Brandon > > > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
