I've finally struggled through the mysql (no prior experience) portion of setting up a MythTV system and am now having issues with a new Hauppauge PVR-250. I have the program guide working, can run mythtvsetup, access all the menus, etc. Unfortunately, if I choose "Watch TV" all I get is channel 4. Any attempt to change channels fails, which causes me to suspect that my tuner is incorrectly defined... or the module is not loading correctly... Anyone?
Yeah Curt Just a few days ago I got mine working after many attempts with fedora and mandrake. If you bought yours at microcenter like I did and it is model 980 like it says on the box your tuner type is not phillips like most the other I guess. if you peel back the sticker on the tuner you will likely see an LG stamped on it. That is tuner 39. So unlike what the instructions say on www.wilsonet.com/mythtv it does not auto-detect tuner type. You do have to have this line in your modprobe.conf like so.
They show you only needing--- alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
You also need after this--- options ivtv tuner=39
That cleared my problem right up.
If you want my source for my fix I got it off another site where a guy was doing a mandrake 10.1 install with almost the exact same hardware. I had better success though using fedora core 3 personally.
http://www.byopvr.com/Sections +index-req-viewarticle-artid-13-page-1.html
Hope this helps. Adrian
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 16:58 -0600, Curt Box wrote:
I've finally struggled through the mysql (no prior experience) portion of setting up a MythTV system and am now having issues with a new Hauppauge PVR-250. I have the program guide working, can run mythtvsetup, access all the menus, etc. Unfortunately, if I choose "Watch TV" all I get is channel 4. Any attempt to change channels fails, which causes me to suspect that my tuner is incorrectly defined... or the module is not loading correctly... Anyone?
On Thursday 20 January 2005 09:28 pm, you wrote:
Yeah Curt Just a few days ago I got mine working after many attempts with fedora and mandrake. If you bought yours at microcenter like I did and it is model 980 like it says on the box your tuner type is not phillips like most the other I guess. if you peel back the sticker on the tuner you will likely see an LG stamped on it. That is tuner 39. So unlike what the instructions say on www.wilsonet.com/mythtv it does not auto-detect tuner type. You do have to have this line in your modprobe.conf like so.
They show you only needing--- alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv
You also need after this--- options ivtv tuner=39
That cleared my problem right up.
Added the above and nothing has changed, already had a script that sets the tuner type=39. I've googled for hours and can only find others seeking a solution to the "I can't change channels with my PVR-250/350 problem."
If you want my source for my fix I got it off another site where a guy was doing a mandrake 10.1 install with almost the exact same hardware. I had better success though using fedora core 3 personally.
http://www.byopvr.com/Sections +index-req-viewarticle-artid-13-page-1.html
The above url is what I printed out and used as my guide in installing Mythtv Rats.... :'(
Hope this helps. Adrian
On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 16:58 -0600, Curt Box wrote:
I've finally struggled through the mysql (no prior experience) portion of setting up a MythTV system and am now having issues with a new Hauppauge PVR-250. I have the program guide working, can run mythtvsetup, access all the menus, etc. Unfortunately, if I choose "Watch TV" all I get is channel 4. Any attempt to change channels fails, which causes me to suspect that my tuner is incorrectly defined... or the module is not loading correctly... Anyone?
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Curt Box