Tvheadend

Didier Larose wrote:

Hi, I'm just a complete beginner and I may have missed something crucial but I haven't found any topic in relation to my problem. It's simple:

- my ubuntu version is 14.04
- my TV card is a Hauppauge winTV Nova T 500
- when I run w-scan, it works fine ans I can use VLC to watch my programs
- Then I add hts in the video group

You don't need to do this if you're using the pre-built packages, but doing it won't hurt.

- and I setup TVHeadend: I get no error and when I start it I can see my TV adapter and I can see 40 muxes on my channel
- when I scan them: they all fail!

Not surprising the mux list in Tvheadend is seriously out of date, you've already confirmed that the tuner is working, you just need to make sure Tvheadend has an updated mux list. Generally you only need to add one mux for it to find the rest (if you have mux discovery enabled).

- when I go back to w-scan here is what I get:

main:3228: FATAL: * NO USEABLE TERRESTRIAL CARD FOUND. *
Please check wether dvb driver is loaded and
verify that no dvb application (i.e. vdr) is running.

You need to make sure that Tvheadend isn't running as it will lock the tuners & prevent other apps from using them.

I'm sure one of you will fine see immediately the obvious problem I'm having but I still need to learn a lot for the moment. Thanks for your help

elstem - France

The Dibcom tuners can be a bit picky when it comes to what mux info is required for it to be able to tune. If you already know a live mux freq try manually adding it yourself providing as much freq info as possible avoiding the use of AUTO (dibcoms do not like AUTO!)

Indeed, a complete beginner...
Thanks: focusing on the different parameters of each mux helped... I'am a bit less ignorant now

and thanks for your quick answer too!