boatman9 Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 I have a WinTV HVR-850 (usb TV receiver) connected and it was recognized by my computer. (BTW I am in North America in case that matters for TV viewing) I have briefly tried MythTV and TVtime but no success at first try, but I can probably get them both working later. In MythTV didn't get past database configuration, (I don't know why a database is needed to watch TV). Attached is the output from dmesg showing the HVR-850 was installed as /dev/video0 and /dev/vbi0, as well as activation of v4l2 driver. Anyone have any suggestions for me? What software should I use to view TV programs and change channels? Thanks! win-tv-850-dmesg.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatman9 Posted February 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 I got this receiver to work, but want to advise everyone that there is some required firmware missing from the Mandriva repository. Apparently this firmware is needed for any USB TV receiver which uses xc3028 tuner. There are some bug reports about it, so I expect this issue will be fixed. I found the firmware, thanks to linuxtv.org. http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xceive_XC3028/XC2028#How_to_Obtain_the_Firmware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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