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| − | The main article for this category is '''[[DVB]]'''. Please add any information on any hardware you have tried with LinuxMCE to the appropriate sub-category.
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| − | [[Category:DVB Cards]]
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| − | == Description of DVB Cards:==
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| − | LMCE uses mythtv as media player and some people use DVB cards as input in Mythtv.
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| − | (I will write a tuto for vdr if i manage to put my hands on vdr wrappers.)
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| − | There are different types of DVB cards they differ in the kind of signal / band / compression algorythms and some have mpeg decoders that allow the card to process all the video so the processor is free to do the rest on your host.
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| − | - The DVB-S cards are used to receive satellite signals K Band / PSK QPSK 8PSK etc...
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| − | - The DVB-T cards are used to receive terestrial signals VHF/UHF
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| − | - The DVB-C cards are used to receive coaxial cable tv
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| − | Those cards should work with lmce as long as they are supported by the Linux kernel.
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| − | First check dmesg | grep dvb should tell you if the card is seen properly and also tell you wich device the card uses (/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 and so forth.)
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| − | In order to use the card you will need to scan for channels.
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| − | To do so you will need to install dvb-utils packages:
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| − | sudo apt-get install dvb-utils
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| − | sudo scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-s/Astra-19.2 >channels.conf
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| − | If you dont want any radio or encrypted channels:
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| − | sudo scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-s/Astra-19.2 -x0 -t1 >channels.conf
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| − | If you are getting to few channels:
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| − | sudo scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/dvb-s/Astra-19.2 -x0 -t1 -n >channels.conf
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| − | Hint: if you can't get any signal lock try to get the frequencies looking on your tv or satellite receiver then input them in the /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/../..........
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| − | You can even make your own file copying the model in the dvb-x category.
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| − | Once you have populated the channels.conf file you can setup mythtv tu use your card
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| − | (mythtv will tell you if it sees the DVB card)
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| − | Then in the channel scan section use the channels.conf method and put the path to your file.
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| − | If mythtv finishes the scan then you can fire up your MD to watch tv.
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| − | Please feel free to drop suggestions if you feel something is wrong here.
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