[linux-dvb] WinTV Nova-T PCI, debian novice

[Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@bookham.com>]

First, I regret to inform you that, I don't really know what I'm playing at,
but I enjoy the journey. I'm using a WinTV Nova-T PCI and wish to watch
Freeview from the Oxford transmitter.

I tried the following on a clean installation of Debian Woody.
I installed the stable packages;
	dvb-mpegtools_0.9.4.20020321-1_i386.deb
	dvb-dev_0.9.4.20020321-1_i386.deb
and
	dvb-driver-source_0.9.4.20020321-1_i386.deb
from which I built and installed
	dvb-driver-2.4.18-bf2.4_0.9.4.20020321-1_i386.deb.
All went well and "modprobe dvb" installs a bunch of modules without errors.
Hooray!

Next I installed the testing packages;
	dvbtune_0.3-2_i386.deb
	dvbstream_0.4pre2-1_i386.deb.

I tried to get the BBC channels with;
	robert@Watkins:~$ dvbtune -c 0 -f 578000000  -i
	tuning DVB-T to 578000000
	Getting frontend event
	Received failure event
and that's all I got.

I try streaming BBC1 to stdout;
	robert@Watkins:~$ dvbstream -f 578000000 -c 0 -a 600 -v 601 -ps -o
	dvbstream v0.4pre1 - (C) Dave Chapman 2001
	Released under the GPL.
	Latest version available from http://www.linuxstb.org/
	tuning DVB-T to 2474382336
	Channel tuned
	FE_FAILURE_EV
	Event:  iFrequency: 3
	Bit error rate: 65535
	Signal strength: 0
	SNR: 0
	FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_POWER FE_HAS_SIGNAL
	Output to stdout
	Streaming 2 streams
but no output.

I tried tuning to BBC1:
	robert@Watkins:~$ dvbtune -f 578000000 -c 0 -a 600 -v 601 -ps -o
	tuning DVB-T to 578000000
	Getting frontend event
	Received failure event
	Getting frontend event
	Received completion event
	Event:  Frequency: 578000000
	Bit error rate: 63
	Signal strength: 0
	SNR: 0
	FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_POWER FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER
FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC

I tried tuning to the BBC channels:
	robert@Watkins:~$ dvbtune -c 0 -f 578000000  -i
	tuning DVB-T to 578000000
	Getting frontend event
	Received completion event
	Event:  Frequency: 578000000
	Bit error rate: 57
	Signal strength: 0
	SNR: 0
	FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_POWER FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER
FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC
	<transponder type="T" freq="578000000">
	Nothing to read from fd_pat
	Nothing to read from fd_sdt
	</transponder>
and here I give up.

Can I fix what I've got?
Is there a better set of packages to use with a nova-t in the uk?
	(I have an irrational fear of the debian kernel sources.)

 Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Regards and Best Wishes,
Robert W.


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