[mythtv-users] UK Problem recording Fifth Gear

Tue Apr 26 10:26:26 UTC 2005

On 26/04/05, Neale Swinnerton <mythtv-users.spam at isismanor.com> wrote:
> Allan Stirling wrote:
> 
> > services. You could try recording QVC and see if you have the same
> > issues, but that's a diagnostic I'd rather not do ;)
> 
> Just tried tuning in QVC and it doesn't work, can't understand how I've
> never noticed that before :-)
> 
> >
> > Try another antenna, try looking at the signal level (with femon from
> > the DVB-Apps stuff)
> 
> I'm on a shared antenna in a block of flats, so I've got no chance of
> getting it changed, but it turns out that I've got some useful info in
> the backend log.  the signal looks low at 3232, but is an snr of c000
> ok? Also are the
> 
> Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 
> lines indicative of signal dropout?
> 
> Here's the log, Note that another program (University Challenge) started
> recording at the same time.
> 
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.721 Started recording "Fifth Gear" on channel: 1011
> on cardid: 1, sourceid 1
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.725 DVB#1 DVB SI Table Parser Started
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.726 scheduler: Last message repeated 1 times
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.731 scheduler: Schedule Change
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.779 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend Hauppauge
> Nova-T DVB-T.
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.781 DVB#1 Trying to tune to channel 5.
> 2005-04-25 20:26:02.820 DVB#1 Frequency: 561833330. BW:8MHz HP:2/3
> LP:1/2 C:64 TM:2K H:No
> ne GI:1/32
> 2005-04-25 20:26:03.735 DVB#1 Waiting for frontend event after tune.
> 2005-04-25 20:26:03.751 DVB#1 DVB signal 3232 | snr c000 | ber 3fff |
> unc    0
> 2005-04-25 20:26:04.682 DVB#1 DVB signal 3232 | snr c000 | ber 3fff |
> unc    a
> 2005-04-25 20:26:04.682 DVB#1 Status: LOCK.
> 2005-04-25 20:26:04.682 DVB#1 Multiplex Locked
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.236 DVB#1 Successfully tuned to channel 5.
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.298 Changing from None to RecordingOnly
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.335 Using profile 'Default' to record
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.338 DVB#1 Recorder: Card opened successfully (using
> TS mode).
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.339 DVB#1 AutoPID for ServiceID=12866, PCRPID=6022
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.340 DVB#1 AutoPID selecting PID 6017, MPEG-2 Video
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.341 DVB#1 AutoPID selecting PID 6018, MPEG-2 Audio (eng
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.341 DVB#1 AutoPID skipping PID 6019, MPEG-2 Audio (eng
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.341 DVB#1 AutoPID selecting PID 6022, Subtitle
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.342 DVB#1 AutoPID Complete - PAT/PMT Loaded for service
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.342 DVB#1 Service is FTA
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.342 DVB#1 Adding pid 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.342 DVB#1 Adding pid 6022
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.343 DVB#1 Adding pid 6018
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.343 DVB#1 Adding pid 6022
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.347 DVB#1 Data read from DMX - This is for debugging
> with transform.c
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.922 DVB#1 Found keyframe
> 2005-04-25 20:26:05.922 DVB#1 Found PUSI for PID 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:26:06.025 DVB#1 Found PUSI for PID 6018
> 2005-04-25 20:26:09.089 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:26:09.090 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:26:09.090 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 4 cc 5
> 2005-04-25 20:26:48.807 DVB#1 Found PUSI for PID 6022
> 2005-04-25 20:28:02.974 Started recording "University Challenge" on
> channel: 1001 on card
> id: 2, sourceid 1
> 2005-04-25 20:28:02.976 DVB#0 DVB SI Table Parser Started
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.029 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Hauppauge
> Nova-T DVB-T.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.031 DVB#0 Trying to tune to channel 2.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.033 DVB#0 Frequency: 505833330. BW:8MHz HP:3/4
> LP:2/3 C:16 TM:2K H:No
> ne GI:1/32
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.064 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.064 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 15 cc 0
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.064 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.065 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.065 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.065 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.065 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.067 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.067 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.067 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.067 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.068 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.073 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.073 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 2 cc 0
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.073 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.074 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.080 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6018
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.081 DVB#1 PID 6018 _continuity_count 4 cc 9
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.081 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.081 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 1 cc 3
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.232 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.233 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.233 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.233 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 15 cc 1
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.233 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.234 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.234 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 7 cc 8
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.234 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.234 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.234 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.235 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.235 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 11 cc 13
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.235 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6018
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.235 DVB#1 PID 6018 _continuity_count 2 cc 3
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.256 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.256 Transport Stream Continuity Error. PID = 6017
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.257 DVB#1 PID 6017 _continuity_count 8 cc 9
> 
> 2005-04-25 20:28:03.066 Uncorrectable error in packet, dropped.
> 
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Um, in a word, yes I would think so ;) ... You could try a signal booster?

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