[mythtv-users] Channel scan for DVB-S

Peter Osterberg Peter at supergirl.se
Fri Nov 25 18:17:52 EST 2005


Thank you,

some digging did it for me and you pointed me to the right pile... =o)

Managed to find starting values for each satellite in 
/usr/shar/dvb/dvb-s/ on my gentoo system after merging linuxtv-dvb-apps

Jakob Fix wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for Astra 19 I am using the frequency for ZDF or ARD (German telly). 
> Do a search for "astra channels.conf" to get some recent frequencies. 
> For example, you may be using 11837000 (ARD) and 27500000 in the scan
> dialog.
>
> HTH
>
> On 25/11/05, Peter Osterberg <Peter at supergirl.se> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> just got a new NOVA-CI-S card today and have succesfully installed it in
>> my MythTV server.
>>
>> I managed to get as far as to channel scanning and got stuck there.
>>
>> I found out in some earlier thread that I need to have starting values
>> for frequency and symbolrate to be able to start the scan.
>> Before I knew that I just got errors. I picked up two values used for
>> Astra 28 and found out that it actually initiated the scan and got
>> readings for SNR etc. Fine!
>> But it didn't do the trick all the way. So I guess that I'll need
>> specific starting values for the satellites that I'm trying to scan..
>>
>> I want to scan Sirius 1W, Thor 5E, Hotbird 13E and Astra 19E.
>>
>> Could someone help me with starting values for those satellites or help
>> me with a URL to look them up myself?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>     
>
> --
> cheers,
> Jakob.
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