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System specs:
kernel 2.6.33.6-147.fc13,x86_64
Fedora 13
KDE 4.4.5
WinTV-HVR-22000
nVidia proprietry drivers (195.36.31)
Location: Christchurch
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200
I followed the instructions in the link above to get the necessary drivers set up. The relevant /dev/ structure should look like this:
/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
/dev/dvb/adapter0/net0
/dev/dvb/adapter1/demux0
/dev/dvb/adapter1/dvr0
/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0
/dev/dvb/adapter1/net0
me-TV and Kaffeine will show the video but with no sound. VideoLAN (vlc) is the only media-player I could find that recognises and decodes Freeviews's HE-AAC mp4a audio stream.
In vlc select Media-->"Open Capture Device"
Capture Mode: DVB
Adapter Card to Tune: /dev/dvb/adapter0
DVB Type: DVB-T
Finally, click on Play.
The downside with vlc is that it only picked up a few channels, but you can easily plug into the playlist the ones it has missed.
Here is the full playlist for the Christchurch region.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/">
<title>Playlist</title>
<trackList>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=682000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TV ONE</title>
<duration>1500000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1200</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=682000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TV2</title>
<duration>9900000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>1</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1201</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=698000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TV3</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>2</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1300</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=698000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>C4</title>
<duration>18000000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>3</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1301</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=698000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>C42</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>4</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1303</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Prime(SKY)</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>5</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1404</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=682000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TVNZ 6</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>6</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1202</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=682000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TVNZ 7</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>7</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1203</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>tvCentral</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>8</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1408</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>ChineseTV</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>9</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1403</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TV33</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>10</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1405</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Maori Television</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>11</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1400</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Parliament TV</title>
<duration>43200000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>12</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1401</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=698000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>TV3 PLUS1</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>13</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1302</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Freeview HD</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>14</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1406</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Test Channel</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>15</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=1402</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Radio NZ National</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>16</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=2000</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>Radio NZ Concert</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>17</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=2001</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=706000000:bandwidth=8</location>
<title>BaseFM</title>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>18</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>program=2002</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<location>dvb://frequency=0</location>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:id>19</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-adapter=0</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-srate=0</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
</trackList>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
<vlc:item tid="0" />
<vlc:item tid="1" />
<vlc:item tid="2" />
<vlc:item tid="3" />
<vlc:item tid="4" />
<vlc:item tid="5" />
<vlc:item tid="6" />
<vlc:item tid="7" />
<vlc:item tid="8" />
<vlc:item tid="9" />
<vlc:item tid="10" />
<vlc:item tid="11" />
<vlc:item tid="12" />
<vlc:item tid="13" />
<vlc:item tid="14" />
<vlc:item tid="15" />
<vlc:item tid="16" />
<vlc:item tid="17" />
<vlc:item tid="18" />
<vlc:item tid="19" />
</vlc:node>
</vlc:node>
</extension>
</playlist>
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Tony.
