wintv dvb-t pci nova

bakerboy26 · #1 18th July 2005, 01:56 PM

Hi all,

I am trying to run the above card in FC4. The card is detected and I can use Kaffeine to scan for channels but when I go to try and view the channel Kaffeine crashes without showing any errors :-(
Anyone else have this problem and how to solve it?

Can someone recommend another package for me to view the channels with this card?

Thanks in advance,

Gordy

brahms · #2 18th July 2005, 02:08 PM

I have this card and use xine to view tv. You need to generate a channels.conf file using the scan utility from http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/LinuxTV_dvb-apps

Let me know if you're using the London Crystal Palace transmitter and I'll post my channels.conf to save you the hassle.

bakerboy26 · #3 18th July 2005, 02:25 PM

thanks for that... but how doe I use the scan utility? I am quite new to Linux I will be using the Oxford transmitter as I am near there...

Thanks in advance,

Gordy

bakerboy26 · #4 18th July 2005, 02:54 PM

Update... managed to create a channels.conf file. I get the error message in Xine saying that there is no input plugin to handle dvb://BBC ONE.. What plugins do I need to install?

Thanks in advance

Gordy

brahms · #5 19th July 2005, 11:59 AM

Well done on creating the channels file. The input error is usually related to xine not being able to access the device. You'll need to make sure you have permission to access your device nodes. What is the result of

Code:

ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/

You will need rw access as a user to these nodes for it to work.

markkuk · #6 19th July 2005, 12:06 PM

To make the DVB adapter accessible to the current console user, edit or create the file "/etc/security/console.perms.d/99-local.perms" and add the following:

Code:

<dvb>=/dev/dvb/adapter?/*

<console> 0600 <dvb> 0660 root

IMHO, this should be done by default (Bug 158124), but Fedora chooses to discriminate against DVB users.

brahms · #7 19th July 2005, 01:37 PM

Thanks for that - I actually got around the problem with a udev permissions file, but this way is more elegant.

Xenon · #8 22nd July 2005, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markkuk

To make the DVB adapter accessible to the current console user, edit or create the file "/etc/security/console.perms.d/99-local.perms" and add the following:

Code:

<dvb>=/dev/dvb/adapter?/*

<console> 0600 <dvb> 0660 root

IMHO, this should be done by default (Bug 158124), but Fedora chooses to discriminate against DVB users.

I was having a lot of problems setting up my card but this has sorted it. Thanks very much

bakerboy26 · #9 22nd July 2005, 06:27 PM

Thanks to everyone who has gave me advice for running my DVB TV card. I am now using Xine to watch tv and it is working great.

Thanks once again,

Gordy

bakerboy26 · #10 6th May 2006, 10:53 PM

thanks once again in helping me get my wintv pci nova-t card working last time in FC4. This time I can't get it to work in FC5.

when I run this command:

ls -l /dev/dvb/adapter0/

I get ls: /dev/dvb/adapter0/: No such file or directory

any help please?

thanks in advance,

Gordy