PcHDTV HD5500

2008-03-13T08:10:17Z

Thoth: Just noting my experience with the HD-3000 using this set of instructions

[[Category: Hardware]]
[[Category: Video]]
[[Category: TV Cards]]

(Adapted from "Installation Issues" forum post [http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=2546.msg23775#msg23775 Re: My LinuxMCE Problems].)

I ([http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?action=profile;u=40104 chuckfox]) currently have the latest beta (at February 03, 2008, 04:43:53 am 0710b3) running as a hybrid with a PCHDTV-5500 installed. I am by no means a linux expert, but playing with linuxmce has helped me alot.

=Hardware=
Cheap ECS MOBO + intel dual core + 1 gig mem + 120gig PATA hard drive + PCHDTV-5500

=Installation=
# After a fresh install I navigate to the KDE desktop, then open up a terminal to add a line to '''/etc/modules''' to load the cx88-dvb module on startup.
#: Heres the line to type into the terminal to bring the file up for modification.
#: <pre>kate /etc/modules</pre>
#: This will bring up /etc/modules which is mostly empty. Add the line below on a new line and save the file.
#: <pre>cx88-dvb</pre>
# After saving the file I then goto settings and click on MythTV Backend Setup -mythtv-setup.
#: This will get you a dialog box that will tell you that you need to be added to a user group(Not sure of the exact wording here).
#: Click OK. At this point reboot your machine. (You can use "sudo reboot" without the quotes, at the command line.)
# After reboot navigate to the KDE desktop and goto settings and click on MythTV Backend Setup -mythtv-setup.
#:You should be able to enter mythtvsetup at this point and set up capture cards.
# Set up capture card -You want to pick DVB DTV capture card(v3.x) '''NOT''' pcHDTV DTV capture card(w/V4L drivers).
#: When done you should see a capture card [DVB:0] listed.
# Set up a video source. I have two video sources, one is Digital and one is analog. I subscride to SchedulesDirect to grab the channel data. For both, the Channel frequency table is set to us-cable. (I'm not sure about the PCHDTV-3000, but the 5500 has digital and analog tuners).
# Set up Input Connections. I set up two connections Digital and analog.
#: '''Digital''': choose [DVB:0](DVBInput) -> Digital, add the digital video source you created earlier. Click scan for channels. Select; full scan, cable high, Cable (QAM-256) [If you are connected to cable, otherwise pick the one that applies to you], I like the period to seperate channels and Minimal Updates as the last option.
#: Click next and you should see Scan progress with a mostly(hopefully) full signal meter. Let the scan finish and move on to the analog channels.
#: '''Analog''': choose [V4L:dev/video0](Televison) ->analog, add the analog video source you created earlier. Same process as digital, only scan for cable instead of cable high. This scan should run alot quicker. After both scans I click Fetch channels from listing source, to add the channel data.
# This should get your card working if there are no other conflicts. Here are some things that caught me up along the way.
#: The admin password for the latest beta is linuxmce. You will need to input this a few times, it took me a few minutes of RTFM to find this one.
#: For some reason when exiting myth backend setup the dialog box that asks if I would like to run mythfilldatabase, would not run mythfilldatabase when clicking OK. To resolve this, open a command line and type sudo mythfilldatabase to run the program.

Edit (by Thoth): Just like to note that I got this working on LinuxMCE for my PCHDTV HD-3000, and I just reseated all cards, after a dustbunny blow-out and did a clean install of beta4 and followed these instruction exactly. Just about everything on the digital side appears to be working flawlessly, but upon first inspection I don't see analog to be working but the spec page for it says it has it:

[http://www.pchdtv.com/hd_3000_right_down.html]

Oh well, digital looks great though. Maybe the title should be changed to "PcHDTV HD-5500/3000", wonder how the HD-2000 owners are getting on?

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