SKY-HDTV on Ubuntu

Ubuntu 8.04 can detect cx23881 chipset automatically.
but It doesn't have tuner information.

so, let ubuntu know which tuner is used.

sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/options

add following

# set sky HDTV
options cx88xx card=31 tuner=64


reboot and now you can use your tv card.

sudo modprobe cx88-dvb
sudo apt-get install dvb-utils

scan /usr/share/doc/dvb-utils/examples/scan/atsc/us-Cable-Standard-center-frequencies-QAM256 > channels.conf

if you want to use kaffeine as tv viewer

sudo apt-get install kaffeine

and convert channels.conf file in your home directory into kaffeine's channels.dvb file.

http://websvn.kde.org/branches/work/~pfister

download all the files in this url.
and compile it using make

you can get atsc-converter .

in your home directory atsc-converter channels.conf channels.dvb

you now can have channels.dvb
cp ./channels.dvb .kde/share/apps/kaffeine/channels.dvb