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--- computers:server:mythbuntu1004lts_atom [2010/06/26 14:38] – created david
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 I bought this tuner card ([[http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116037| Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner / Encoder 1229 PCI-Express x1 Interface - OEM ]]) to put in my new atom based backend.  It doesn't seem to be as solid as a recorder as my Das Original Air2PC cards... BUT... we'll try again.
+===== Install =====
+==== Base ====
+  - Fresh install of Mythbuntu 10.04 LTS wiping out the original.
+    * Chose the primary backend
+    * Enabled ALL services:  SAMBA, NFS, SSH, Mythtv
+  - Update the packages to the latest and reboot
+  - Install some programs I cannot live without:
+    - jed:  <code> sudo apt-get install jed </code>
+==== Configuration ====
+  - Set the IP address to be static (help found [[http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/change-ubuntu-server-from-dhcp-to-a-static-ip-address/|here]]):  modify **/etc/network/interfaces** to reflect the local IP
+    - remove the network manager stuff <code>
+aptitude remove network-manager
+</code>
+    - remove the DHCP client:  <code>
+sudo apt-get remove dhcp-client
+</code>
+    - set our IP address to what you want: <code>
+# The primary network interface
+auto eth0
+iface eth0 inet static
+        address xx.xx.xx.xx
+        netmask 255.255.255.0
+        network xx.xx.xx.xx
+        broadcast xx.xx.xx.255
+        gateway xx.xx.xx.1
+        # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
+        dns-nameservers xx.xx.xx.xx
+        dns-search some.domain.com
+</code>
+==== HVR-2250 Drivers ====
+  * found this link on this page:  [[http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?page_id=17]]
+  * Here are the Mythtv instructions from whence this came:  [[http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7344302]]
+  * These might actually be the instructions:  [[http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=942403&page=22]]
+Prep:
+<code>
+sudo apt-get install unzip
+</code>
+<code>
+wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/22xxdrv_27086.zip
+wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip
+wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/extract.sh
+chmod 755 extract.sh
+sh extract.sh
+# THIS FW I had to find by googling:
+wget http://steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4038864/v4l-saa7164-1.0.3-3.fw
+# END mods
+sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware
+sudo apt-get install mercurial libncurses5-dev
+hg clone http://kernellabs.com/hg/saa7164-stable/
+cd saa7164-stable
+make CONFIG_DVB_FIREDTV:=n
+sudo make install
+sudo reboot ; exit
+</code>
+==== Re-Install Drivers ====
+Since every time I rebooted, mythtv claimed there was no active tuner... so, again, did this:   --- //[[david@lattice.net|David Lloyd Rabine]] 2010/09/19 22:31//
+  - Remove the installed firmware:  <code>
+sudo rm /lib/firmware/*.fw
+</code>
+  - Repeat the above procedure
+  - Run the mythtv backend setup
+    - Remove all tuners
+    - Add new tuners (find each DVB device and add it)
+    - Connect the "local tv" stations to each tuner card and set the default channel to 2_1
+  - Reboot
+==== Backend Configuration ====
+  * General
+    * [Page 1] IP Address to xx.xx.xx.xx
+    * [Page 1] Master backend IP address to same xx.xx.xx.xx
+    * [Last Page] Automatically run mythfilldatabase
+  * Capture Cards
+    * New Capture Card -> DVB 0
+    * New Capture Care -> DVB 1
+  * Video Source
+    * New Video Source
+      * Video Source name: Local ATSC
+      * Username:
+      * Password:
+      * PRESS Retrieve lineups and pull up our zip code channels
+  * Input Connections
+    * Connect each tuner to the video source
+      * Scan for channels
 ====== Frontend ======
+===== Basics =====
+  - Installed Mythbuntu from CD making this computer just a "front end"
+  - Enabled SSH
+  - Left DHCP as I have my daemon giving out the proper IP based on MAC address
+===== Configuration =====
+  - Modified theme to the one I LIKE!
+  - Modified ALSA mixer so that audio SPDIF is output
+    - Load up the mixer as root<code>
+sudo alsamixer
+</code>
+    - Modify the line:  **Item: S/PDIF Output [Off]** with the 'M' key
+    - Save your configuration with:  <code>
+sudo alsactl store 0
+</code>
+  - Modified the Audio output to use S/PDIF:
+    - Utilities / Setup -> Setup -> General -> Page 4
+      - Speaker Configuration from **Stereo** to **5.1**
+      - Upmix:  **Best**
+      - Audio Processing Capabilities:  Check both **Dolby Digital** AND **DTS**
+  - Set our VIDEO output to VDPAU:
+    - Utilities / Setup -> TV Settings -> Playback -> Page 3/8
+    - Current Video Playback Profile:VDPAU High Quality
+==== Remote Control Configuration ====
+I added the following lines to my **lirc** configuration:  **~/.lirc/mythtv**
+<code>
+### added by david rabine (dlr) 2009.12.28 ###
+# I added the following - dlr 2008/10/18
+# Skip forward (10 min default)
+begin
+    remote = Streamzap_PC_Remote
+    prog = mythtv
+    button = >>
+    repeat = 0
+    config = PgDown
+    delay = 0
+end
+begin
+    remote = Streamzap_PC_Remote
+    prog = mythtv
+    button = <<
+    repeat = 0
+    config = PgUp
+    delay = 0
+end
+# Seek to previous commercial cut point
+begin
+    remote = Streamzap_PC_Remote
+    prog = mythtv
+    button = YELLOW
+    repeat = 0
+    config = Q
+end
+# Seek to next commercial cut point
+begin
+    remote = Streamzap_PC_Remote
+    prog = mythtv
+    button = BLUE
+    repeat = 0
+    config = Z
+end
+</code>
+==== Media Library ====
+=== Audio ===
+  - Add in symbolic links to our libraries
+  - Go to Listen to Music and it will scan for new files
+=== Video ===
+  - Add in symbolic links for all our shares / files
+  - Go to Utilities / Setup -> Setup -> Media Settings -> Video Settings -> General Settings:  /var/lib/mythtv/video as Directories that hold videos
+===== Trouble Shooting =====
+  - The images were "tearing" with some High Definition content, found [[http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU]] this page.  Not sure why disabling the composite output on the card fixes this, but it does.  <code>
+sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite
+</code>