Can't get live TV to work in openelec

I am struggling trying to get Live TV working under openelec 3.2.0. I am using a Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-950Q tuner card, and it works under Windows 8 using the bundled software.

However, tvheadend plugin isn't finding any channels.

I also attempted running w_scan -c US -a N /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -A2 and got the following output. I'd appreciate any help, I've been trying to get this working for days.

w_scan version 20121111 (compiled for DVB API 5.10)
WARNING: VDR up to version 1.7.13 doesn't support ATSC.
        Changing output format to 'vdr-1.7.x'
using settings for UNITED STATES
ATSC
QAM US/CA
scan type TERRCABLE_ATSC, channellist 2
output format vdr-1.7
WARNING: could not guess your codepage. Falling back to 'UTF-8'
output charset 'UTF-8', use -C <charset> to override
Info: using DVB adapter auto detection.
        /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -> TERRCABLE_ATSC "Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend": good :-)
Using TERRCABLE_ATSC frontend (adapter /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0)
-_-_-_-_ Getting frontend capabilities-_-_-_-_
Using DVB API 5.a
frontend 'Auvitek AU8522 QAM/8VSB Frontend' supports
INVERSION_AUTO
8VSB
QAM_64
QAM_256
FREQ (54.00MHz ... 858.00MHz)
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
57000: QAM256(time: 00:00)
63000: QAM256(time: 00:03)
69000: QAM256(time: 00:05)
...
...
...
831000: QAM256(time: 06:46)
837000: QAM256(time: 06:48)
843000: QAM256(time: 06:51)
849000: QAM256(time: 06:53)

ERROR: Sorry - i couldn't get any working frequency/transponder
Nothing to scan!!

PBG

Posted 2013-09-28T17:30:12.757

Reputation: 417

1"I am using a Hauppauge 1191 WinTV-HVR-950Q tuner card" -- That isn't a "card"; it's a USB adapter. Before you can run w_scan you need to ensure that the tuner was properly recognized and installed. Check the syslog: use the dmesg command. The tuner might need a firmware download. – sawdust – 2013-09-28T19:13:20.050

I am not seeing anything in the log that indicates it might be failing. Here's the log http://pastebin.com/FpdeUzXm

– PBG – 2013-09-29T15:46:04.183

1"I am not seeing anything in the log that indicates it might be failing." -- But I see something. There's a line "xc5000: Firmware has not been loaded previously" that is repeating at least twice. Rather unusual that there is no attempt to actually request/load the firmware! Did you run the w_scan and then check the syslog for new messages? Check out the LinuxTV page for your USB tuner on needed firmware. – sawdust – 2013-09-29T22:23:04.840

Thanks! It looks like lack of firmware was to blame. I ended up building an Ubuntu VM to test this, and finally got w_scan working after copying the first firmware to /lib/firmware folder. Now, I just need to figure out how to do this on openelec. /lib/ appears to be read-only and I struggling trying to figure out how to make it writable. – PBG – 2013-09-30T02:37:47.170

Can't get live TV to work in openelec

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