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Author:  marco75 [ Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Hauppage PVR500 MCE (KM R5F1)
It looks like I might have strayed a bit from the Dragon spec., as my Hauppage PVR500 did not get autodetected during installation. (I used "ausdragon2" at the install prompt, but they use the Technisat Airstar 2).

Anyway, I went over to http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=PVR500DualTuner and unfortunately the images that show what values to fill into the fields, don't load.

Can someone please post the settings for the PVR500?

$ mythtv-setup > 2. Capture cards > New capture card

Card type: Analogue V4L capture card
Video device: /dev/video0
Probed info: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1) [ivtv]
VBI device: /dev/vbi0
Audio device: /dev/dsp
Audio sampling rate limit: (None)
Default input: Tuner 1

According to the legible parts of the wiki page, I should make Tuner0 the default input for /dev/video1; However, only the following inputs are available:

Tuner1
S-Video 1
Composite 1
S-Video 2
Composite 2

I think it kind of makes sense, the inputs match the physical sockets.
Anyway, I played around with a few settings, and probably got this part wrong; I then go to Input connections as instructed, and don't understand any of it.

Thanks for reading.

Marco
Author:  cecil [ Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:34 pm ]
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Your card type is inaccurate. The PVR-500 is a hardware MPEG tuner.
Author:  tjc [ Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:38 pm ]
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Unless the BlackScreenWatchingTV page on the wiki has been defaced since I check just now, it tells you that a PVR card needs to be set up as an MPEG-2 encoder not a V4L (BTTV) card....

Quote:
If you have a PVR card (Hauppauge PVR-150, PVR-250, PVR-350, PVR-500 or equivalent) select "MPEG-2 Encoder", your first card will be /dev/video0, the next one /dev/video1, and so on. If the page reports an error scanning your card then see the section about unknown/unrecognized tuner type below.
Author:  marco75 [ Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:27 am ]
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Thank You for your prompt replies. I go $ mythtv-setup > 2. Capture cards > Delete all cards on mythtv, then Add new card (twice)

Card type: MPEG-2 encoder card (PVR-x50, PVR-500)
Video device: /dev/video0
Probed info: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1) [ivtv]
Default input: Tuner 1

Card type: MPEG-2 encoder card (PVR-x50, PVR-500)
Video device: /dev/video1
Probed info: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2) [ivtv]
Default input: Tuner 1

Now the wiki says something about having two Tuners, 0 and 1, and having to change video connections... I guess I can forget about that? What are video connections for? How do I use them?

What are Video sources? Does it mean channels? (Seven, SBS, ABC...) or EPG? (ozTiVo)
Author:  tjc [ Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:53 am ]
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The PVR500DualTuner page is obsolete. The configuration walk through on the BlackScreenWatchingTV page explains all of this.
    - What a Video Source is
    - How to make (and how not to make) Input Connections (not Video Connections)

Please go and read through it. http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=BlackScreenWatchingTV
Author:  marco75 [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:33 am ]
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OK, I have read through http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=BlackScreenWatchingTV. It talks a lot about north american users and zap2it and downloadable program guides.
I have learnt that you should shutdown the backend before starting mythtv-setup, like so:
Exit mythTV, Alt+2, Alt+S, make changes, Alt+3, Alt+M

I set up my EPG through the ozTiVo website, as instructed on this page:

http://better-access.com/movies/epg.htm

Okay, I can log into ozTiVo and see the channels I have selected, and I know that's what KM confusingly calls a 'Video Source'. An 'Input Connection' associates a jack on my capture card with a given Video Source, so:

4. - Input connections -
[ MPEG : /dev/video0 ] (Tuner 1) -> ozTiVo
[ MPEG : /dev/video1 ] (Tuner 1) -> ozTiVo

When I select an input connection, I get the following screen:

- Connect source to input -
Capture device: [MPEG : /dev/video0 ] Input: Tuner 1
Display Name (optional):
Video source: ozTiVo
External channel change command:
Preset tuner to channel:
<Scan for channels> <Fetch channels from listings source>
Starting channel: Please add channels to this source
Input priority: 0

I move to the button marked <Fetch channels from listings source> and press
Enter, but nothing happens. I cannot select 'ABC-Qld' as my Starting channel, for instance. What's wrong?
Author:  marco75 [ Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:28 am ]
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I figured out that you need to scan for channels. After scanning all the free-to-air SDTV stations for Brisbane, I exit mythtv-setup, restart the backend (Alt+3), # mythfilldatabase

I get some python errors and it doesn't retrieve any channel/scheduling information, cause, you know, that would be just too easy.

Except for the PVR500, my machine uses identical parts to the Australian Dragon 2.0... I really expected it to be easier than this.

Thanks for all the help, I'll take this database stuff to another subforum, it doesn't belong in 'Hardware' anymore.
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