[mythtv-users] (LMs) Partial lock on DVB-S

Nicolas Will nico at youplala.net
Tue Jul 13 06:48:25 UTC 2010


On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 12:15 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have had an issue with scheduled recordings vs. Live recordings on
> a
> > DVB-S channel.
> >
> > After looking at the archives, I determined that I had to reset my
> Input
> > Cards and Sources with a Delete All and start from scratch.
> >
> > So I recreated my input cards:
> >
> > DVB-T 1 (Nova T-500)
> > DVB-T 2 (Nova T-500)
> > DVB-S (Kworld DVB-S 100) and added Universal LNB in Diseq settings -
> On
> > Astra 19.2
> > DVB-T 3 (dual tuner usb stick)
> > DVB-T 4 (dual tuner usb stick)
> >
> > I recreated my sources
> >
> > Freeview-EIT - Only EIT for DVB-T
> > Sat-Kazer - Compilation of XMLTV or something like that, I have a
> cron
> > job inserting data from kazer.org
> >
> > I associated my sources to the input cards.
> >
> > I scanned the DVB-T channels.
> >
> > I created some transports for the Sat-Kazer source.
> >
> > I scanned the transports and added the chosen channels manually
> using
> > the suggested channel number. The scanning worked as expected.
> >
> > I edited the sat-kazer channels in the editor in order to remove EIT
> > scanning and add the relevant XMLTVIDs.
> >
> > I exited the backend setup and ran the Kazer script.
> >
> > I launched the frontend.
> >
> > DVB-T is working flawlessly on all tuners, EIT is coming in.
> >
> > I have the program data for the DVB-S channels, but when I try to
> tune
> > in, I get
> >
> > (LMs) Partial Lock
> >
> >
> > That setup used to work, with proper DVB-S tuning/locking, less than
> an
> > hour before. There was no reboot involved at any moment.
> >
> > What did I miss? What can I provide to debug this situation?
> >
> 
> Double check that the polarity (horiz or vertical) is correct. There
> was a bug at some point whereby the database setting got changed.
> 
> Sites like lyngsat have details to check against. 

Thanks for the help, Nick.

I had looked for this.

I was also looking for off frequencies, that's how I ended up in the
multiplex table and noticed the lack of IDs.

Nico



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