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I have been tring to get the PCTV HD Pro Stick to work as a tv turner for vlc 8.6d and vlc 9.0 (I have compiled myself ) on
opensuse 10.3. But i get not picture. Th command I am using is vlc dvb: --dvb-frequency=509028615 --dvb-adapter=0 --dvb-modulation=8 and the output i get is

[00000350] main input debug: waiting for thread completion
[00000350] main input debug: thread 2992634768 (input) created at priority 0 (input/input.c:340)
[00000350] main input debug: `dvb:' gives access `dvb' demux `' path `'
[00000350] main input debug: creating demux: access='dvb' demux='' path=''
[00000351] main demuxer debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
[00000351] main demuxer warning: no access_demux module matched "dvb"
[00000350] main input debug: creating access 'dvb' path=''
[00000352] main access debug: looking for access2 module: 1 candidate
[00000352] dvb access debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0
[00000352] dvb access debug: Frontend Info:
[00000352] dvb access debug: name = LG Electronics LGDT3303 VSB/QAM Frontend
[00000352] dvb access debug: type = ATSC (USA)
[00000352] dvb access debug: frequency_min = 54000000 (kHz)
[00000352] dvb access debug: frequency_max = 858000000 (kHz)
[00000352] dvb access debug: frequency_stepsize = 62500
[00000352] dvb access debug: frequency_tolerance = 0
[00000352] dvb access debug: symbol_rate_min = 5056941 (kHz)
[00000352] dvb access debug: symbol_rate_max = 10762000 (kHz)
[00000352] dvb access debug: symbol_rate_tolerance (ppm) = 0
[00000352] dvb access debug: notifier_delay (ms) = 0
[00000352] dvb access debug: Frontend Info capability list:
[00000352] dvb access debug: inversion auto
[00000352] dvb access debug: card can do QAM 64
[00000352] dvb access debug: card can do QAM 256
[00000352] dvb access debug: card can do 8vsb
[00000352] dvb access debug: End of capability list
[00000352] dvb access debug: trying to tune the frontend...
[00000352] dvb access debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
[00000352] dvb access debug: setting filter on PAT
[00000352] dvb access debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
[00000352] dvb access debug: DMXSetFilter: DMX_PES_OTHER for PID 0
[00000352] dvb access debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/ca0
[00000352] dvb access warning: CAMInit: opening CAM device failed (No such file or directory)
[00000352] main access debug: using access2 module "dvb"
[00000354] main private debug: pre buffering
[00000347] qt4 interface debug: updateTitle called
[00000352] dvb access debug: frontend has acquired carrier
[00000352] dvb access debug: frontend has acquired stable FEC
[00000352] dvb access debug: frontend has acquired sync
[00000352] dvb access debug: frontend has acquired lock
[00000352] dvb access debug: - Bit error rate: 0
[00000352] dvb access debug: - Signal strength: 9405
[00000352] dvb access debug: - SNR: 1285
[00000354] main private debug: received first data for our buffer
[00000354] main private debug: prebuffering done 564 bytes in 1s - 0 kbytes/s
[00000350] main input debug: creating demux: access='dvb' demux='' path=''
[00000355] main demuxer debug: looking for demux2 module: 46 candidates
[00000352] dvb access debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
[00000352] dvb access debug: DMXSetFilter: DMX_PES_OTHER for PID 17
[00000352] dvb access debug: Opening device /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
[00000352] dvb access debug: DMXSetFilter: DMX_PES_OTHER for PID 18
[00000355] main demuxer debug: using demux2 module "ts"
[00000350] main input debug: looking for a subtitle file in /data1/src/vlc-trunk/
[00000355] ts demuxer debug: DEMUX_SET_GROUP 0 (nil)
[00000352] dvb access warning: unimplemented query in control
[00000350] main input debug: `dvb:' successfully opened
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 0) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 14, expected 3) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 2, expected 15) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): PSI section too long
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): TS discontinuity (received 13, expected 3) for PID 0
libdvbpsi error (PSI decoder): PSI section too long

Does this tuner work with vlc? If so, what can I do to get working.

My computer is AMD 64 dual-core 3400+

Thanks for any help,

Carl

Are you sure about that frequency ?

It is the one returned using the scan command for atsc stations in the
US, Grand Rapids, MI. (FOX178DT).

Carl

I got vlc to view a us atsc signal using the following command.

./vlc -vvv --vout=opengl dvb: --program=5 --dvb-adapter=0 --dvb-frequency=201000000 --dvb-srate=68000

Carl