[mythtv] [PATCH] Experimental full DVB-T scan

[John Pullan]

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 14:38 +1000, Andrew Dennison wrote:
> John Pullan wrote:
> > All,
> > 	The attached patch attempts to do a full scan for channels, i.e no
> > entering of tuning parameters. I've got it working for the UK, on my box
> > using a Nova-T :). I've also tried to enter some information for Finland
> > and Sweden, but I'm looking for information/feedback for more countries.
> 
> With the attached patch for Australian frequencies fullscan worked for me.
> 

Great.

> The patch should cover all AU frequencies, including the +125kHz offset 
> that some channels use. I've left most parameters as AUTO except QAM 
> (due to cut'n'paste:) as that worked for me. FYI all transports I can 
> see are also TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K.
> 
> Both my cards (old Nova-T and DVICO lite) seem to be happy with auto 
> everything - infact If I remember correctly the driver for my old nova-T 
> card igmores any parameters you specify and just uses auto anyway.
> 
> Only issue I had was scanning on my second card failed - seemed like it 
> was  still trying the first card which wasn't working at the time? 
> Console messages indicated it was using the second card but the scan 
> never progressed.

I'll look into this.

> 
> Once I got the first card working again the scan completed successfully.

Anyway, I've updated the patch on http://www.digitalregime.com/mythdvb/
to include your changes.

Thanks for your help.

-- 
John Pullan <jmp at tarantella.com>