[mythtv-users] PCTV nanoStick T2 290e dvb-scan

[Michael Watson]

Or you can use w_scan to generate your own frequency table.
on ubuntu -
     apt-get install w_scan


On 15/09/2011 08:51, PJR wrote:
> Good to hear it worked out.  You can find the transport data and which 
> is your 'local' transmitter from here <http://www.ukfree.tv/>.  Just 
> put in your postcode and you'll get most of the info you need.
>
>
> On 14/09/11 14:09, Robert Logan wrote:
>> Excellent hint there. I checked the tables in mythconverg and voila! A
>> 'select frequency from dtv_multiplex' showed a frequency I wasnt trying
>> and the associated settings I used for CrystalPalace produced the result
>> I was looking for:
>>
>> So in uk-CrystaPalace, I added:
>> T 554000000 8MHz 2/3 AUTO QAM256 AUTO 1/32 AUTO
>>
>> Now a './scan  -a2 dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace' produces:
>> initial transponder 554000000 0 2 9 5 2 0 4
>>   >>>  tune to:
>> 554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_256:TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_AUTO
>> 0x0000 0x4440: pmt_pid 0x0064 BBC -- BBC HD (running)
>> 0x0000 0x44c4: pmt_pid 0x00c8 ITV -- ITV1 HD (running)
>> 0x0000 0x4500: pmt_pid 0x012c CHANNEL FOUR -- Channel 4 HD (running)
>> 0x0000 0x4484: pmt_pid 0x19c8 BBC -- BBC One HD (running)
>> Network Name 'London.'
>>
>> ...
>> with the normal dvb channels as well.
>>
>> Many thanks for the thoughts.
>>
>>
>> On 09/14/2011 09:22 AM, PJR wrote:
>>> It could be that mythtv uses a different set of transports to that used
>>> by scan.  I've not tried the 290e yet with my production mythtv system
>>> (the driver won't build on ubuntu 8.10). To get scan to work with the
>>> 290e on my other non-myth system (ubuntu 10.04) I had to modify the
>>> transport tables for my local transmitter. Do you know which transmitter
>>> you are using and hence it's transport values, especially for the HD
>>> channels?  It could be that scan and myth use the transport tables
>>> supplied in a slightly different way.  I've been told that the signal
>>> from the transmitters includes data on the full set of transports it is
>>> broadcasting on.  I understand myth uses this data to modify the
>>> transports it uses (I've seen this happen), in which case myth could
>>> find the T2 transports even though not in its original transport
>>> tables.  However it could be that scan only uses the transport values
>>> supplied and hence if these do not include the T2 channels these will
>>> not be found.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13/09/11 19:20, Robert Logan wrote:
>>>> I have just got one of these for my myth box and was wondering why I
>>>> cannot do a dvb scan using the dvb-apps 'scan' tool to pick up the hidef
>>>> channels.
>>>>
>>>> Inside MythTV it finds the card and detects the HD channels on a scan ..
>>>> what is myth doing that 'scan' isnt?
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any experience of this? I downloaded the latest dvb-apps to
>>>> check all was ok.
>>>>
>>>> Nb. Im running a 3.1.0rc5 kernel, mythtv 0.24fixes, modules install fine
>>>> and the card tunes with 'scan' to get the SD channels ok, just not the
>>>> HD channels.
>>>>
>>>> (dmesg output for the module is also fine).
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