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WinTV-HVR-950Q- ubuntu linux... how to install tv tuner

ok I bought this tv tuner. I cannot get it to work however.

can anyone help me get this set up. here is my dmesg log

http://pastebin.ca/1794108

I have read this post at TV linux and it says that it should work out the box with karmic, my kernel is 2.6.31-17-generic

I scanned channels using this command tvtime-scanner and it found some channels here is the output

it shows channels picking up

Code:

xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$ tvtime-scanner

Reading configuration from /etc/tvtime/tvtime.xml

Reading configuration from /home/xbmc/.tvtime/tvtime.xml

Scanning using TV standard NTSC.

Scanning from  44.00 MHz to 958.00 MHz.

Found a channel at 176.50 MHz (176.25 - 176.50 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 184.00 MHz (183.75 - 184.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 212.00 MHz (211.75 - 212.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 511.75 MHz (511.50 - 511.75 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 514.50 MHz (514.25 - 514.50 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 538.00 MHz (537.75 - 538.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 614.25 MHz (614.00 - 614.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 731.00 MHz (730.75 - 731.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 766.25 MHz (766.00 - 766.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 794.25 MHz (794.00 - 794.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 852.25 MHz (852.00 - 852.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 867.00 MHz (866.50 - 867.50 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 868.00 MHz (867.75 - 868.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 881.50 MHz (881.25 - 881.50 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 929.25 MHz (929.00 - 929.25 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 932.50 MHz (932.25 - 932.50 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 939.00 MHz (938.75 - 939.00 MHz), adding to channel list.

Found a channel at 939.75 MHz (939.50 - 939.75 MHz), adding to channel list.

xbmc@xbmc-desktop:~$  - No signal

how do I configure tv time to work? it just comes up with a no signal

http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/42247...002_ZfHFEF.png

after I get this working I want to get the tvheadend working from this XBMC thread

Pls help as I need help on this I dont know what to do as I am new to this and thought this would work out the box.

hi welcome to LQ

you dont say what area your from the reason i ask is your scanning in ntsc but if your in uk or eu then you need to be in pal

i did find an eaSY way with a win nova usb stick on ubuntu 9.10 on the synaptic i downloaded me tv and then went google for w-scan which covers most countries and masts because you need to know your local mast ie belmont or west ridge etc with those 2 packages i was up and running freeview dvbt in 10 mins good luck

For the record, I have been struggling with this card for a month to get it and mythtv playing livetv from analog NTSC cable (Canada). No luck yet, and it seems to be a timeout issue.

What does work...
tvtime and analog NTSC cable with this command:
# tvtime | arecord -D hw:1,0 -r 32000 -c 2 -f S16_LE | aplay -

If anyone out there is having ANY luck with Mythtv and NTSC cable please post!!!!!

I got it working! Again Feww (with Ubuntu, MythTV and TVtime)

I got it working! Again Feww

"Brendan.

Sorry it took do long to get back to you (1 week). Yes I just got the hvr-950q completely working again yesterday with tvtime and MythTV, after trying the new Ubuntu 11.10 beta and going back to 11.04 after too much aggravation. Your request prompted me to start a website (my first attempt ever !) www.ubuntubut.com Do me the favor of visiting it where I put my notes of how to install the hvr-950q using MythTV, and a lot more. I have google tracking and I would love to see more visitors.

I got it working YEAH!

Feel free to advise me of how to make it better or how it worked well for you. I hope it helps.

www.ubuntubut.com

Mark Ackerman
www.ubuntubut.com"

Quote:

Originally Posted by markackerman8@gmail. (Post 4496778)

Try putting something on your website? A blank white page is quite useless. Tried it in both Firefox and IE9. I have a hvr-950q and I was hoping your page would give me some insights.