[linux-dvb] Re: DVB Newbie

[Gavin Hamill <gdh@acentral.co.uk>]

On Thursday 05 June 2003 21:02, you wrote:
> Hi:
>
> DVB: registering new adapter (TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T  PCI).
> DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (Grundig 29504-401)...
>
> What do I need to do now to test the card and try and get a image?

You've passed the first stage, at least =)

Now, get hold of 'dvbtune' from the CVS repository

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dvbtools login 
(press Enter when asked for a password)
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dvbtools co dvbtune

cd dvbtune; make

You need to know the frequencies to use for dvbtune- where in the UK are you?

If you know them, you can try

dvbtune -f 123456

and see if you get something like this:
gdh@eddie:~$ dvbtune -f 754167
Using DVB card "Grundig 29504-401"
tuning DVB-T (in United Kingdom) to 754167000 Hz
polling....
Getting frontend event
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC
Bit error rate: 12535
Signal strength: 10023
SNR: 45232
FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI FE_HAS_SYNC

That should be enough for starters..

Cheers,
Gavin.



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