[mythtv-users] DVB Tuning woes

Leighton Brough brough at baremetalsoft.com
Fri Oct 20 07:09:09 UTC 2006


Mlists wrote:
> Using a Twinhan 1020a, myth 0.20+fixes.  Arch Linux custom kernel 
> 2.6.18 on a P-4 2.6Ghz system with 512Mb RAM.  The dish is pointed to 
> 82 and 91 with a 4-port Diseqc switch and a standard circular LNB.
>
> I am consistently getting tuning problems with my DVB.  I could change 
> channels a few times and no problems then for no apparent reason I 
> only will get a partial lock on a channel that I previously viewed. 
>
> I have re-scanned my channels/transponders serveral times in hopes 
> that was the problem but it doesn't seem to be.  In the log file a get 
> a scrolling pages of Program not found in PID or something like that.
>
> Are there any patches out there specifically to DVB tuning?  Has 
> anyone else had this problem and found a resolution?  There were some 
> patches floating around that were to address these issues but none 
> seem to help.
>
Is it possible to upgrade to a newer version of the DVB kernel modules? 
You could try downloading a building the latest version of these from 
www.linuxtv.org. There's no guarantee that this will be an improvement, 
but it might be worth a try.

Leighton


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