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Author:  sisk [ Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:39 am ]
Post subject:  'Watch TV' does nothing
When I go to watch TV, I get a black screen for about 20 seconds then MythTV's menu comes back up. When I scan for channels, it works just fine. I run it through my digital cable box before it gets to the media center because I don't think my hardware can handle digital cable (my TV tuner card is a Hauppauge that I got second hand....never have been able to figure out exactly what model it is) so I only need one channel for now. Sill, I'd like to be able to record that one channel, and eventually I'm going to pick up a card that can handle the digital signal. Anyway, anyone have any idea what could cause this?
Author:  slowtolearn [ Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 'Watch TV' does nothing
sisk wrote:
When I go to watch TV, I get a black screen for about 20 seconds then MythTV's menu comes back up.
See http://wiki.knoppmyth.net/index.php?page=BlackScreenWatchingTV What type of tuner did you select in mythtv-setup?

sisk wrote:
When I scan for channels, it works just fine.
Don't do that. See my post in http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13332&highlight= (Ignore the stuff about the HDTV tuner)

sisk wrote:
I run it through my digital cable box before it gets to the media center because I don't think my hardware can handle digital cable (my TV tuner card is a Hauppauge that I got second hand....never have been able to figure out exactly what model it is) so I only need one channel for now. Sill, I'd like to be able to record that one channel, and eventually I'm going to pick up a card that can handle the digital signal. Anyway, anyone have any idea what could cause this?
No analog tuner will handle digital signals. There are plenty of folks here using their KM boxen with a digital STB, search the forum for your particular unit.

BTW, try running dmesg | grep -i hauppauge from the command prompt for a hint on what type of Hauppauge tuner you have. You'll need to know what it is to resolve #1
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