ATI HDTV Wonder

[dmorgan]

I'm starting this thread to track my progress setting up an ATI HDTV Wonder for SageTV in linux. My plans are:
* Use the sagetv gentoo linux base install. At the time of writing this I'm using SageTV V6.1.9.1 installed on Gentoo 2006.1 by using the instructions provided by sagetv for a new installation. http://www.sagetv.com/linuxOEMinstall.html

* Follow either the Gentoo DVB driver instructions at http://www.linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index...too_DVB_driver

or

* Follow and modify the instructions found at the mythtv wiki for setup of the ATI HDTV Wonder http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI_HDTV_Wonder

Notes:
Checking the boot directory my kernel version is 2.6.17.6

Hardware:
Dell 4600 shipped with the craptacular 1st M$ MCE version that doesn't support HD
Intel P4 2.6GHz w/ HyperThreading & 800 MHz FSB
Intel 865 chipset
512MB of 400MHz DDR system memory
Nvidida GeForce 6200 w/ 256MB from PNY
Turtle Beach Riviera Sound Card (currently running analog sound output)
120GB Hard Drive
Memorex DVD-ROM
TDK 440N DVD-RW

[dmorgan]

I'm now trying instructions from linuxtv.org. http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.ph...MD_HDTV_Wonder Here are the steps I've followed.

1. obtain firmware
1.a find out where kernel sources are kept on Gentoo: /usr/src/linux-2.6.17.6
1.b cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.17.6/Documentation/dvb/
1.c perl get_dvb_firmware nxt2004
1.d oops that didn't work so add unzip
1.e emerge unzip
1.f perl get_dvb_firmware nxt2004
2. copy firmware to correct directory
2.a cp dvb-fe-nxt2004.fw /lib/firmware
3. reboot
4. attempt to setup video sources and ... no luck


I think i found the problem. when i type modprobe cx88-dvb the error "module not found" is returned. i need to find/compile/install this module.

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by dmorgan

I'm now trying instructions from linuxtv.org. http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.ph...MD_HDTV_Wonder Here are the steps I've followed.

1. obtain firmware
1.a find out where kernel sources are kept on Gentoo: /usr/src/linux-2.6.17.6
1.b cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.17.6/Documentation/dvb/
1.c perl get_dvb_firmware nxt2004
1.d oops that didn't work so add unzip
1.e emerge unzip
1.f perl get_dvb_firmware nxt2004
2. copy firmware to correct directory
2.a cp dvb-fe-nxt2004.fw /lib/firmware
3. reboot
4. attempt to setup video sources and ... no luck


I think i found the problem. when i type modprobe cx88-dvb the error "module not found" is returned. i need to find/compile/install this module.

It's in the kernel source. You may want to grab the latest kernel emerge gentoo-sources I think.

B

[dmorgan]

Thanks bcjenkins. I'm assuming I need to recompile the kernel so here is what I'm trying now:

emerge gentoo-sources
cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig
copied kernel configuration from http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/ATI_HDTV_Wonder
make && make modules_install

Will post an update if this works.

[dmorgan]

the kernel compile didn't quite work for me so I'm going to try switching to a different linux distribution, ubuntu, that has support for the card ready to go as modules. I've had mythtv working (well not working as I would like it) in ubuntu with the ati hdtv wonder before so maybe i can get sagetv to work on this platform.

steps:
install ubuntu
add firmware and setup the capture card
install sagetv

Hopefully i have more luck here.

[dmorgan]

Installed ubuntu, setup the driver for the card, ati hdtv wonder and verified that the card showed in /dev/dvb/adapter0. I then followed the instructions for installing sage on non-gentoo linux systems. Unfortunately the program didn't present adapter0 as an option to me. I'm not certain if i had missed a step in the setup so i setup mythtv and tested the card to make sure i could get hdtv. it worked in mythtv... so i went back to sage and this time i did see adapter0 as a video source. i configured it and scaned for over the air (OTA) channels and everything seemed to work. I got local and even some more distant channels picked up. WHen i go to watch tv, however, i see nothing but a black screen and no sound. Eventually an error is generated after about a minute.
---------------------------
There was an Playback Error in playback.
Details:
sage.Playback.exception
---------------------------

Not sure what to try next... maybe linuxmce?

[bcjenkins]

Ubuntu desktop or server? If you navigate to /opt/sagetv/server and run:

ldd *

Do you have missing dependencies? I had quite a few when setting up Ubuntu server.

Here's my thread: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...hlight=apt-get

Also, I think think the linux pre-requisites need to be updated to make sure people include all the dependencies.

B

[dmorgan]

B,
That did the trick. ldd * listed a few problems so I went ahead and ran the commands like you suggested.
sudo apt-get install liblame-dev libxvidcore4-dev libraw1394-8 libavc1394-0 libiec61883-0
sudo ln -s /opt/sagetv/server/libTSnative.so /usr/lib/libTSnative.so

Thanks for your help.
Dan