[ubuntu-za] Video (TV) capture card

[Dale Marshall]

Hey, I recently built an HTPC using mythbuntu and a Hauppage PVR-150
tuner. It too defaulted as analog V4L capture card which, when following
the mythbuntu install guide, is wrong. I changed this to MPEG-2 Encoder
Card. In the manual however it indicates this only for the Hauppage
cards and I can't see if you indicated which card you are using.

Quoted from the mythbuntu manual:
"When choosing a capture source, it’s important to choose the correct
type. A very common error is when choosing the Hauppauge PVR Cards.
There is an option for MPEG-2 Encoder Card (PVR-X50, PVR-500) as well as
for standard V4L card. Be sure to choose the MPEG-2 encoder option here
if you use a Hauppauge card."

   "If you are confused about any of the options, see the mythtv
documentation, mailing list, MythTV wiki
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Video_capture_card, or LinuxTV wiki
http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/"

The build I did was with an onboard ATI graphics card - this required a
specific option in xorg.conf. I can't remember it off hand but it had to
do with an overlay option - if this wasn't enabled video and tv playback
was delayed/jerky (unwatchable). Once I get the entire machine working
100% (I chose an antec fusion black case with lcd display and volume
knob - nightmare!) I intend posting all the configurations I made and
hardware used.

Just keep going at it, you'll get there.

Dale

On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 17:28 +0200, Robert Holm wrote:
> The card is working fine under windows. I am running ubuntu 8.04 and I
> installed the mythtv package from the repositories.
> 
> In the backupend setup the card is shown as Analog V4L capture card -
> Video device /dev/video) - Probed info Unknown/Generic [saa7134], and it
> found this on its own, but the System Status still shows "Tuner 1 is
> unavailable", while the backend log file includes the following:
> 
> Starting up as the master server.
> 2008-08-25 17:15:18.894 TVRec(1) Error: Problem finding starting
> channel, setting to default of '3'.
> 2008-08-25 17:15:18.896 ChannelBase(1) Error: InitializeInputs(): 
> 			Could not get inputs for the capturecard.
> 			Perhaps you have forgotten to bind video
> 			sources to your card's inputs?
> ERROR: no valid capture cards are defined in the database.
> Perhaps you should read the installation instructions?
> 
> In fact I've read the installation instructions until I can recite them
> by heart!
> I'm rapidly approaching my wit's end.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Robert
> 
>