[pvrusb2] Trapped on Fox

[roger]

You need a program that will scan for channels on the pvrusb2 box using
an MPEG2 stream.

To my knowledge, MythTV is the only real solution.  Once setup and the
user interface is learned, it tends to work well.

(There are some simple scripts out there, but I never really spent much
time using them except during my initial experimentation.  I believe
there's one within the pvrusb2 download tarball.  It just changes
channels -- no scanning or detection.)



On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 19:58 -0600, David Rush wrote:
> I've got a new WinTV-PVR-USB2 (24xxx series), and am trying to get it working right under Ubuntu
> 7.10 (Gutsy).
> 
> Without having to explicitly install the driver, I can:
> use mplayer /dev/video0 to watch TV
> use totem /dev/video0 to watch TV
> use "cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg" to record video
> 
> However, I've not been able to change channels at all - I'm stuck on the local Fox station.
> Ultimately the primary purpose of this box will be to encode from the composite (RCA) input.
> 
> tvtime says "pvrusb2: Invalid argument", "Cannot open capture device /dev/video0", "No signal", and
> "No video source" in various places around the screen.
> 
> Suggestions on where to go now?
> 
> David
> 
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