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Trying to get Me TV working with 950Q

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Infraction Jack

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It is suppose to have it's own channel scanning utility but for some reason it is not recognizing my usb tuner. When I do a lsusb the tuner shows up just fine.
 
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Are all modules loaded, and did you install the firmware?

Code: 
lsmod | grep au

You should see au0828, au8522 and snd_usb_audio modules loaded.
 
The firmware is installed and au0828, au8522 and snd_usb_audio modules are loaded.

Code: 
[snd_usb_audio         122982  1 
snd_usbmidi_lib        25395  1 snd_usb_audio
au8522                 27916  2 
au0828                 48294  0 
dvb_core              110619  1 au0828
videobuf_vmalloc       13589  1 au0828
videobuf_core          26390  2 au0828,videobuf_vmalloc
tveeprom               21249  1 au0828
v4l2_common            16454  3 tuner,au8522,au0828
videodev               98259  5 uvcvideo,tuner,au8522,au0828,v4l2_common
snd_hwdep              13668  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                97188  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd                    78855  24 snd_usb_audio,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
 
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A google search nets this:

I use mplayer to watch tv since it works and is more configurable than tvtime. I had to use dvb tools to scan for channels, generate a channel configuration for mplayer, and finally copy that into mplayer's configuration directory.
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Give dvb tools a shot and see if it will scan. Another user reports that Kaffeine will scan and work with that tuner.
 
I get failed to open front end when I try the following.
dvbscan /usr/share/dvb-apps/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB

With w_scan I get this error.
Fatal no usable atsc cards found.
 
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Code: 
[    6.070229] xc5000 0-0061: creating new instance
[    6.075796] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[    6.075801] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[    6.088677] xc5000 0-0061: attaching existing instance
[    6.106167] xc5000: Device not found at addr 0x61 (0x704)
 
Infraction Jack said:
Code: 
[    6.070229] xc5000 0-0061: creating new instance
[    6.075796] xc5000: Successfully identified at address 0x61
[    6.075801] xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously
[    6.088677] xc5000 0-0061: attaching existing instance
[B][    6.106167] xc5000: Device not found at addr 0x61 (0x704)[/B]
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This is where it's failing, though I don't know why or how to fix it. Can you try the card on a Windows machine to rule out hardware error? Are you sure the USB port is 2.0 and not 1.1?
 
It was working on windows before I installed Mint. The ports are usb 2.0 it is a Lenovo Z575. I googled the error and am trying this solution now.

under /etc/modprobe.d
create a file named
sudo vi xc5000.conf
and add this line
options xc5000 no_poweroff=1 #avoid reload
reboot.

w_scan is actually scanning for channels now.
It is still not finding any channels but it is scanning for them now.
 
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Infraction Jack said:
It was working on windows before I installed Mint. The ports are usb 2.0 it is a Lenovo Z575. I googled the error and am trying this solution now.

under /etc/modprobe.d
create a file named
sudo vi xc5000.conf
and add this line
options xc5000 no_poweroff=1 #avoid reload
reboot.

w_scan is actually scanning for channels now.
It is still not finding any channels but it is scanning for them now.
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Making progress... Have you tried all switches with w_scan (for Analog, Digital, QAM)? Does anything work in Kaffeine, dvb tools, mplayer, or Me TV?
 
I am getting closer. I am now getting tuning errors.
I got w_scan to work by using the following.
Code: 
w_scan -fa -a0 -c us -x -o7 > channels.conf
dvbscan did not work for me so I had to use scan instead.
tune to: 189000000:8VSB (tuning failed)
WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!
 
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I am wondering if the wrong front end is being used. it should be atsc I believe. It shows up as the following when I scan though.
Code: 
frontend 'Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend' supports
INVERSION_AUTO
 
I have a HVR950 (no Q) on LMDE 12. I managed to get it working, but I believe I had to install firmware first, and it only works with w_scan and VLC - not Kaffeine.

I see you've already installed the firmware and got w_scan working. If you use
Code: 
w_scan -fa -c US -X > channels.conf
and then
Code: 
vlc channels.conf
that ought to show some channel. You can re-order the channels in channels.conf and rename the file so you can see different channels.
 
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