<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Ma Begaj <derliebegott@gmail.com><br>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org><br>Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:28:47 PM<br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Pinnicale PCTV HD pci card<br><br>
2007/12/27, Muppet Man <<a ymailto="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com" href="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com">muppetman4662@yahoo.com</a>>:<br>><br>> Ok, I think I might be able to figure this out. I downloaded the
file that<br>> was attached. I going to assume that I have to compile this, but
after<br>> that, I am pretty lost. Hopefully I can figure this out..<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Ma Begaj <<a ymailto="mailto:derliebegott@gmail.com" href="mailto:derliebegott@gmail.com">derliebegott@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: Discussion about mythtv <<a ymailto="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:11:03 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Pinnicale PCTV HD pci card<br>><br>> 2007/12/27, Muppet Man <<a ymailto="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com" href="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com">muppetman4662@yahoo.com</a>>:<br>> ><br>> > Wow!! Thanks for the response! You are correct about the card, I
am<br>> going<br>> > to guess that is<br>> > Pinnacle PCTV HD Card (800i)<br>> ><br>> ><br>>
<a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_%28800i%29" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Pinnacle_PCTV_HD_Card_%28800i%29</a><br>> ><br>> > So, with this information, is there any way I can get myth tv to
work with<br>> > this card?<br>> > Thanks again<br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message ----<br>> > From: Ma Begaj <<a ymailto="mailto:derliebegott@gmail.com" href="mailto:derliebegott@gmail.com">derliebegott@gmail.com</a>><br>> > To: Discussion about mythtv <<a ymailto="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>> > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:24:44 PM<br>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Pinnicale PCTV HD pci card<br>> ><br>> > 2007/12/26, Muppet Man <<a ymailto="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com" href="mailto:muppetman4662@yahoo.com">muppetman4662@yahoo.com</a>>:<br>> > ><br>> > > Greetings all,<br>> > > I recently received a pinnicale pctv pci card from my family for
X-mas.<br>> I<br>> > > was wondering if there is any way I can get this up and running
with<br>> myth<br>> > > tv.<br>> > ><br>> > > I am running ubuntu 7.10, and I've been with linux for about 2
months.<br>> I<br>> > am<br>> > > still trying to find my way around with linux, but I am will to
try<br>> > anything<br>> > > to get this up and running.<br>> > ><br>> > > Thanks...<br>> ><br>> > check out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/">www.linuxtv.org/wiki/</a> or directly<br>> ><br>>
<a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=pctv&go=Go" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=pctv&go=Go</a><br>> ><br>> > your card has probably a model number, not only "pctv pci card".<br>> ><br>> > and it is pinnacle, not pinnicale... just cracking wise :)<br>><br>><br>> as wiki says:<br>> "The chips used by this card are mostly supported by the linux V4L
and<br>> DVB drivers with the exception of the XC5000 which is being<br>> developed."<br>><br>> I am not using ubuntu, but there are probably some packages with<br>> modules for this card.<br>><br>> but I would download<br>> <a href="http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2" target="_blank">http://www.linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.bz2</a><br>> (latest<br>> repository checkout) and compile it: unpack the file, cd in the<br>> unpacked folder, run make menuconfig, select corresponding modules or<br>> all modules, exit the menu, run make && make install and reboot.<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users"
target="_blank">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>><br>><br><br>do not top post.<br><br>when you run "make && make install", it will create modules and put<br>them in /lib/modules/your_kernel_version ...<br><br>you can see the list of all modules with "modprobe -l" ... you can run<br>"modprobe cx2388" right after running "make && make install" ... I<br>think that this module is one of yours.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users" target="_blank">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br></div><br><br>Ok, I finally got a chance to mess around with the make and make install, but I still can't get the modprobe cx2388 to work.<br><br>This is what I am getting for an
error<br><br>make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ed/v4l-dvb-99c5e68c4cbd/v4l'<br>ed@ed-desktop:~/v4l-dvb-99c5e68c4cbd$ modprobe cx2388<br>FATAL: Module cx2388 not found.<br>ed@ed-desktop:~/v4l-dvb-99c5e68c4cbd$ module<br>bash: module: command not found<br>ed@ed-desktop:~/v4l-dvb-99c5e68c4cbd$ <br><br>I tried to set up mythtv backend to see the card, but that did not work either. I am sure it's something minor that I am doing wrong, but I am still new to the linux thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>Thanks!<br></div></div><br>
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