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ok i'm tying to build another xbmc machine and i'm running into problems. first off im pretty new to linux.
i installed ubuntu on a old pc i had laying around (amd x4 3.2 with 8g of ram)
i tried to install the drivers for my wintv 2250
and installed the tvheadend
first off i tried like 100 ways to get the drivers installed before i could see it in tvheadend, and when i finally got it to see the 2250 i couldn't set it up to scan for atsc.
i got really mad after messing with it for two days and started to build a windows server, now after setting that up i want to get it to work on linux. can some one help me out and point me to some good step by step guides.
also is that all i need or is there other software allso that i just don't know about to get all of this to work.
as far as distro i don't really care, i just need this box to run xbmc, run tv backend and media sever
thanks
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yes but he doesn't give a driver install how to and i think that is where my problem is
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ok thank you i will give it a whirl
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ok i think im getting some where,
how do i do this in the terminal though, im using ubuntu server
Create a file named options in the /etc/modprobe.d folder , the first line should have : options saa7164 card=8
i need it to say card=7
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sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/options
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I am going through this right now as well. I am finding that the /lib/firmware is missing a couple of firmwares:
v4l-saa7164-1.0.2-3.fw
v4l-saa7164-1.0.3-3.fw
the fact that these are missing might be a part of the problem or the whole problem.
Also, in the /etc/modprobe.d folder there is a filer or folder called options.conf. Is that what we need to put card=7 in or do we need to make a separate folder?
Some folks have mentioned that the tv card itself takes forever to register and the PVR Client(tvheadend in my case) initializes before it has a chance to load correctly. There is a setting in the tvheadend service to "wait for frontend" and "number of adapters to wait for". This might help. Im gonna apply some of these fixes tonight and if I have any success i will report back. The crazy part is that my dmesg output seems to be what is needed. PITA
Openelec Fusion 3.2.4
Hauppauge 2250
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if you figure it out please post a step by step. i'm pulling my hair out
im learning alot about using the terminal! just not what i need to do haha fun stuff
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ok yeah i changed the card #
the FW will download
but when i do:
sh extract.sh
cp *fw /lib/firmware
it comes back and says:
extract.sh: 23: extract.sh: unzip: not found
failed to extract file, aborting
also says cp *fw /lib/firmware
cp: cannot stat *fw': no such file or directory
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well i think i'm almost there i went to set it up with xbmc and it just keeps saying its getting disconnected and i have now idea what thats about, i have the UN and PW right. at first i used the default host name and just got the connection err and when i put in the same ip i use for the config browser it goes between that err and denied access, or something like that