[mythtv-users] Australian TV station show times... OT: Alittle

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Tue Jan 15 22:08:04 UTC 2008


>
>
> Anthony Giggins wrote:
>>> I too have been noticing they are getting worse. I get my signal from
>>> the Woolongong area of Sydney and am only seeing pretty close to
>>> start/end times from ABC and SBS. Prime (7), WIN (9) and Southern Cross
>>> (10) are abysmal - WIN especially. I too have 5 in front and 15 behind
>>> and I missed at least half of the shows recorded off WIN. I am talking
>>> a
>>> programmed start time of say 7pm and the actual show I am after
>>> starting
>>> 15 to 20 mins *after* that. I don't know what they are playing at but
>>> thank goodness for Myth where I can just adjust and edit later if need
>>> be.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> I'm also in the Wollongong area and I'd like to ask you a few questions?
>> 1. What Tuners are you using?
>> and
>> 2. Can I get a copy of your dtv_multiplex settings for SBS (I currently
>> have intermittent issues recording SBS on my Dvico HDTV DVB-T Plus Pci)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Anthony
> Hi Anthony
>
> I have 3 tuners in my machine:
>
> 1. DNTV Live!
> 2. Tevion DVB-T220 (from Aldi) - basically a KWorld
> 3. Airstar 2 DVB
>
> 1 & 3 were from DigitalNow
>
> And here is the SQL for my dtv_multiplex table. I get ABC, SBS, WIN,
> Prime & SC10.
>
>
> INSERT INTO `dtv_multiplex` (`mplexid`, `sourceid`, `transportid`,
> `networkid`, `frequency`, `inversion`, `symbolrate`, `fec`, `polarity`,
> `modulation`, `bandwidth`, `lp_code_rate`, `transmission_mode`,
> `guard_interval`, `visible`, `constellation`, `hierarchy`,
> `hp_code_rate`, `sistandard`, `serviceversion`, `updatetimestamp`) VALUES
> (1, 1, NULL, NULL, 690500000, 'a', 0, 'auto', 'v', 'auto', '7', 'auto',
> '8', '1/16', 0, 'qam_64', 'n', '3/4', 'mpeg', 33, '2008-01-02 13:17:02'),
> (2, 1, NULL, NULL, 599500000, 'a', 0, 'auto', 'v', 'auto', '7', '3/4',
> '8', '1/16', 0, 'qam_64', 'n', '3/4', 'mpeg', 33, '2008-01-02 13:17:02'),
> (3, 1, NULL, NULL, 585500000, 'a', 0, 'auto', 'v', 'auto', '7', '1/2',
> '8', '1/16', 0, 'qam_64', 'n', '3/4', 'mpeg', 33, '2008-01-02 13:17:02'),
> (4, 1, NULL, NULL, 592500000, 'a', 0, 'auto', 'v', 'auto', '7', '1/2',
> '8', '1/16', 0, 'qam_64', 'n', '3/4', 'mpeg', 33, '2008-01-02 13:17:02'),
> (5, 1, NULL, NULL, 711625000, 'a', 0, 'auto', 'v', 'auto', '7', 'auto',
> '8', '1/8', 0, 'qam_64', 'n', '2/3', 'mpeg', 33, '2008-01-02 13:17:02');
>
>
> I had all sorts of problems when doing a scan inside Myth. It totally
> picked the wrong frequency for SBS that resulted in rubbish reception.
> This is from my old install back in June last year. All of these give me
> perfect pictures. I am in Riverstone (up by Windsor) and grab my signal
> from Wollongong as I mentioned before as there is too much in my way ro
> get North Sydney.
>
> Cheers
> Bruce

Hmmmm I tried your settings all except the sistandard which for all other
transports were set to 'dvb' and in the last week I've maybe had 2 or 3
out of 12 or so recordings fail. When watching them you get garble and the
file size is only a few hundred MB instead of a GB or 2.

This is about the only issue I have with my myth setup, I have a feeling
its related to the signal strength or the Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T Plus
tuner being fussy on signal strength. SBS works fine on built in tuner in
my Grundig LCD TV.

Anyone else got any suggestions?

Cheers,

Anthony


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