[linux-dvb] Re: DVB-s Card - no picture

[Blackmessage <blackmessage@gmx.net>]

Hi Niklas,
thx for your answer.
With szap -r -n 003 I get the same result, I already tried that before.

Benedikt


On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:23:16 +0100
Niklas Peinecke <peinecke@gdv.uni-hannover.de> wrote:

> Benedikt wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > After searching in the list, I couldn't find a thread matching my problem, so I am going to ask you.
> > I just bought a Hauppauge WinTV Nova-s Card with a budget saa7146 chip.
> > And I use it in a system consisting of:
> >  Athlon Barton XP 2500+ Processor, 
> >  Asus A7N8X-X Mainboard,
> >  NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 from Asus
> >  Creative SoundBlaster Live!
> > 
> > Because of the new Hardware I use the kernel 2.6.0-test9 on a debian system.
> > In the kernel configuration I chose the kernel modules for v4l and dvb support.
> > The dvb-utils and libs I downloaded with apt-get and after some tests I could load the dvb modules and run szab. According to some sites and to szap the card uses the devices in /dev/dvb/adapter0/.
> > And here my problem begins. When I start szap with szap -n channelnumber, I get an output which seems to be ok: 
> >  szap -n 003
> >  reading channels from file '/home/blackmessage/.szap/channels.conf'
> >  zapping to '3sat':
> >  sat 0, frequency = 11954 MHz H, symbolrate 27500000, vpid = 0x00d2, apid = 0x00dc
> >  using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> >  status 1f | signal aa19 | snr c68d | ber 00007000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
> >  status 1f | signal ab3b | snr c6bd | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
> > 
> > So far, so good. But now when I try to start tvtime pointing to the device /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 I get no picture. The same result I get with mplayer - < /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 (mplayer message is: "... Playing - Reading from stdin..." Then it hangs) 
> > I also tried xawtv which crashes with a seg fault and xine, which brings a similar result as mplayer.
> > If I am right /dev/video0 isn't the right device for dvb-s cards, if I it should run, it doesn't.
> > 
> > In conclusion it seems to me that the dvb card is working and able to play but I can't play any channels with a play back application.
> > I hope anybody can tell me what else I can do...
> > 
> 
> Try
> 
> szap -r -n 003
> 
> instead.
> 
> Niklas
> 


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