[linux-dvb] Re: Hauppauge DVB-T

[davep <davep@cyw.uklinux.net>]

On Tuesday 13 November 2001 13:18, you wrote:
> Holger Waechtler writes:
>  >  > I've been lurking here for a few weeks hoping to get my DVB-T card
>  >  > working under Linux. Now the driver is working I'm giving it a try.
>  >  >
>  >  > I've built and installed the driver, and I can use 'tzap' to tune the
>  >  > card, getting a lock on the local FTA channels. However I now have a
>  >  > dumb newbie question: what do I need to do to watch television?
>  >  > tuxview doesn't do anything (it just freezes). The utilities in
>  >  > mpegtools don't give any useful information, though I'm not sure
>  >  > where the video data should be coming from - there is mention of a
>  >  > dvb0 device but I don't have one of those.
>  >
>  > You can use xawtv under X11 or the DVB/apps/test/video.c program from
>  > the DVB-CVS. It just starts grabbing into the framebuffer; you have to
>  >
>  > set the videomode to something like 768x576x16bit using fbset first and
>  > can then execute the program (remote or local).
>
> Dave, please note that what Holger is describing above only is valid
> for the DVB-T card with AV7110, not the Nova card.
> AFAIK, only the Nova card is sold by Hauppauge in the UK.
> (Can anybody deny or confirm this?)
> What kind of card do you have?
>
> With the Nova card you will get no picture from xawtv or other V4L
> programs. You will have to use a software decoder for decoding the
> MPEG2 stream.

Yes it is the Nova card, which AFAIK is the only one available in the UK.

With a lot of help from Ian Rickards I've now got the card working and I'm 
getting some idea of how the various bits fit together.

Thaks

Dave


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