[mythtv-users] DVB channel woes

[Yan Seiner]

Nick wrote:

>On 14/02/06, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>Could someone please clue me in....  I am really starting to get
>>frustrated.....
>>
>>I have a pcHDTV3000.  I can't for the life of me figure out how to tune
>>in the channels.
>>
>>I'm pretty sure the problem comes from different names from zap2it and
>>scanning.  Based on some comments from this list, I tried various ways
>>of renaming and moving channel IDs but no matter what I do I get this on
>>startup:
>>
>>2006-02-13 20:26:21.262 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend Oren
>>OR51132 VSB/QAM Frontend.
>>2006-02-13 20:26:21.263 DVB#0 Trying to tune to channel 28_1.
>>2006-02-13 20:26:21.265 SIParser: Starting SIScanner
>>2006-02-13 20:26:21.267 New DB connection, total: 3
>>2006-02-13 20:26:21.269 DVB#0 ERROR - Could not find dvb tuning
>>parameters for transport 0
>>2006-02-13 20:26:21.269 DVB#0 ERROR - Failed to get channel options for
>>channel 28_1.
>>
>>Basically, zap2it has the channel this way (from http://.../mythweb):
>>
>>28_1 KEPBDT "KEPBDT (KEPB-DT)" 29-1
>>
>>and scanning gives me this:
>>
>>281 KEPB-HD KEPB-HD [empty]
>>
>>What do I need to do to reconcile these?  This is driving me nuts!
>>
>>I've looked at the mysql database, and dvb_channels is empty.....
>>
>>/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `dvb_channel` DISABLE KEYS */;
>>LOCK TABLES `dvb_channel` WRITE;
>>UNLOCK TABLES;
>>/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `dvb_channel` ENABLE KEYS */;
>>    
>>
>
>What about dtv_multiplex?
>
>Here in the UK, the DVB channel definitions contain fields mplexid and
>serviceid, which tie in to dtv_multiplex. The mplexid gets the tuning
>data for the multiplex that the channel is part of, and the serviceid
>represents the id of the channel within that particular multiplex.
>
>Please post the full channel entries for the 28_1 KEPBDT  and 281
>KEPB-HD from the database and also the contents of dtv_multiplex.
>  
>
 From table channel:

scanned -> 
(2003,'281','29-1',2,'KEPB-HD','KEPB-HD','none',0,'','',0,32768,32768,32768,32768,'ATSC',0,1,'',1,3,3,2)

zap2it -> (2028,'28_1','29-1',2,'KEPBDT','KEPBDT 
(KEPB-DT)','none',0,'','43519',0,32768,32768,32768,32768,'Default',0,1,'',0,NULL,NULL,NULL)

and table dtv_multiplex

/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `dtv_multiplex` DISABLE KEYS */;
LOCK TABLES `dtv_multiplex` WRITE;
INSERT INTO `dtv_multiplex` VALUES 
(1,2,2395,0,491000000,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'8vsb','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',0,'2006-02-13 
18:42:11'),(2,2,2393,0,539000000,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'8vsb','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',0,'2006-02-13 
18:42:49'),(3,2,2389,0,563000000,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'8vsb','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',10,'2006-02-13 
18:43:07'),(4,2,NULL,NULL,575000000,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'8vsb','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',4,'2006-02-13 
18:43:15'),(5,2,NULL,NULL,623000000,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'8vsb','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',33,'2006-02-13 
18:43:54'),(6,2,2391,0,653000000,'a',NULL,'auto',NULL,'8vsb','a','auto','a','auto',0,'auto','auto','auto','atsc',0,'2006-02-13 
18:44:22');
UNLOCK TABLES;
/*!40000 ALTER TABLE `dtv_multiplex` ENABLE KEYS */;

I've posted the entire mythconverg database at 
http://www.seiner.com/mythconverg20060442012.  I can provide access to 
mythweb if anyone wants it....

--Yan