Ubuntu 6.06 streaming from wintv 878 and dvb card (skystar2)

[movigeo]

i have install ubuntu 6.06 on a server IBM cpu 1ghz 512 RAMM video 8mb onboard Hdd 30GB SCSI but i can't install my wintv 878 and skystar 2 card to stream on network ... i'm new in linux and i don't know to much ....thanks!

[movigeo]

i have install the tv tuner card but i don't know how to install the skystar card....

[Albert]

Hello,
you have to have loaded modules for your dvb card (according to the kernel version it could differ).
Try to use google first (e.g. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-60549.html), make your cards working and then move forward to VLC streaming.
Albert

[movigeo]

thanks Albert i will take a look on the site ,and i will post with what i did thanks again!

[movigeo]

i have try to install the skystar 2 card from this url : http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-60549.html but ... do like this : i type this command in the console : modprobe budget
modprobe stv0299 after that i type this command nano /etc/init.d/dvb i create the that document ... dvb and i write in it :

#!/bin/bash
#/etc/init.d/dvb
# get rid of old DVB API devices; do it twice for good measure...

rm -rf /dev/ost
rm -rf /dev/ost
rm -rf /dev/dvb
rm -rf /dev/dvb

#for major and minor devicenumber see here
#vi /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt

cd /dev
mkdir dvb
chmod 755 /dev/dvb
cd dvb
mkdir adapter0
cd adapter0
mknod -m 0660 frontend0 c 212 3
mknod -m 0660 demux0 c 212 4
mknod -m 0660 dvr0 c 212 5
mknod -m 0660 ca0 c 212 6
chown root.video /dev/dvb/adapter0/*''
chmod 744 /etc/init.d/dvb



after that i type the command update-rc.d dvb defaults in the console ,then i type the command : sudo apt-get install xine-ui dvb-utils
there are downloaded but i don't know where .... and from here i don't know what tot do ... how i can make the channels.conf ? i don't understand ... what i must do ... next ... [/b]