Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
Steven - Thanks for all the driver work. Do you want bug reports for the -stable branch on the list, or both to you and the list? (looked around a bit, couldn't find a community "how to report a bug") I've recently installed an HVR-2250 (to replace an HVR-1800 that had some surface mount componen

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
Additional info: This system is an HP 'Media Center' m9040n, came with the HVR-1800 mentioned, I also have an pcHDTV-2000 (yes, the original) in there. Motherboard is an ASUS IPIBL-LA, w/ an nVidia GeForce 8400GS. Ross MB specs at: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01077641&t

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
Nope, Intel: processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPUQ6600 @ 2.40GHz stepping: 11 [...] Ross On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 03:58:28PM -0400, Steven Toth wrote: > > Is this useful info? I've g

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread Steven Toth
> Is this useful info? I've got the whole log, and haven't updated the > code yet. I'm willing to do tests, compile other changesets, etc. Hi Ross, Thanks for writing. Do you have an AMD based system? -- Steven Toth - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread Steven Toth
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:19 PM, dan wrote: > I sort of hinted that I would like to try that and he didn't seem very > excited about the idea.  I think I'll just RMA the card and hope I > have better luck with the replacement. Fair enough. > Thanks again for all your help! You're welcome. - St

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread dan
I sort of hinted that I would like to try that and he didn't seem very excited about the idea. I think I'll just RMA the card and hope I have better luck with the replacement. Thanks again for all your help! --dan On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Steven Toth wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread Steven Toth
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:43 PM, dan wrote: > Steven, > > I tried adding some 2 way splitters for attenuation.  Each one was > -3dB, and I got up to about 5 total, with no change. > > I didn't get a chance to try under windows (for various reasons mostly > related to time and lack of a Windows ins

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-30 Thread dan
Steven, I tried adding some 2 way splitters for attenuation. Each one was -3dB, and I got up to about 5 total, with no change. I didn't get a chance to try under windows (for various reasons mostly related to time and lack of a Windows install CD), but I did get some evidence that it might be th

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-28 Thread Steven Toth
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Steven Toth wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:44 AM, dan wrote: >> I do have 2 2-way splitters between the card in the wall.  I tried >> hooking the card straight to the cable outlet on the wall and ran some >> more tests.  It's a little difficult, because there

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-28 Thread Steven Toth
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:44 AM, dan wrote: > I do have 2 2-way splitters between the card in the wall.  I tried > hooking the card straight to the cable outlet on the wall and ran some > more tests.  It's a little difficult, because there's only one cable > outlet in my whole apartment, and it me

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-27 Thread dan
I do have 2 2-way splitters between the card in the wall. I tried hooking the card straight to the cable outlet on the wall and ran some more tests. It's a little difficult, because there's only one cable outlet in my whole apartment, and it means doing some re-arranging and being offline while I

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-27 Thread Steven Toth
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:55 AM, dan wrote: > Steve, > > Thanks for responding.  I created the channels.conf file and ran the > azap command you suggested.  In both cases I get something that looks > like this: > > $ azap -r c112 > using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-27 Thread dan
Steve, Thanks for responding. I created the channels.conf file and ran the azap command you suggested. In both cases I get something that looks like this: $ azap -r c112 using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 72300 Hz video pid 0x0120, audio pid 0x0121

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-27 Thread Steven Toth
> Steven Toth wrote the driver and has a status page here... > > http://www.steventoth.net/blog/products/hvr-2250/ > > you may want to contact him directly, keeping in mind he does this out > of love and doesn't get paid for support :) (Although Hauppauge should > pay him something for the amount o

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-27 Thread Steven Toth
>> I have done some searching online, and that's what led me to scan, >> dvbscan and scte65scan, but none of the suggestions I've found so far >> seem to help.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can go >> from here?  Could there be something wrong with the card itself?  Are >> there an

Re: Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-26 Thread Another Sillyname
2009/10/26 dan : > I can't seem to get my HVR-2250 (rev. 88061) card to tune any > channels.  I have Comcast digital cable, and my VIZIO VL370M > television is able to tune all of the QAM channels, so I know that the > signal is present and is usable (in theory).  I have tried scanning > for channe

Hauppage HVR-2250 Tuning problems

2009-10-26 Thread dan
I can't seem to get my HVR-2250 (rev. 88061) card to tune any channels. I have Comcast digital cable, and my VIZIO VL370M television is able to tune all of the QAM channels, so I know that the signal is present and is usable (in theory). I have tried scanning for channels in Mythbuntu 9.10 RC (2.