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

[Gregor Lawatscheck <gpel@mpex.net>]

At 09:43 03/03/2003, you wrote:
> 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.)

Hi Robert,
dvbtune 0.42 which works with the 0.9.4 driver doesn't support setting the 
Modulation (QAM) or FEC on the command line. All but the ITV (oxf: 850000) 
and C5 (oxf: 713833) Transmitter went to FEC 3_4 and QAM 16 sometime late 
in 2002.

If you intend to stream / pipe to watch TV with Mplayer dvbstream is 
probably the best tool available. Try using cvs dvbtune / dvbstream ( 
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=50669) where you can specify these 
settings on the command line with DVB driver 1.0.0-pre1 ( 
http://www.linuxtv.org/news/js/dvbrelease1.xml ).

Other than that, something that appears to become popular with UK DVB-T 
folk these days is to ebay a cheap DXR3 MPEG2 decoder card with TV-out for 
10 quid and use it with vdr ( http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr ) to 
watch telly. For more about this see the vdr mailinglist archives at 
http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/

Hope that helps,
Gregor 


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