[mythtv-users] QAM64 + TimeWarner SoCal

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/27/06, Scott Clark <scott at myaddiction.org> wrote:
> On 2/27/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/27/06, Scott Clark <scott at myaddiction.org> wrote:
> > > On 2/27/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 2/27/06, Scott Clark <scott at myaddiction.org> wrote:
> > > > > On 2/27/06, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On 2/27/06, Scott Clark <sccloatrtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > I have a pcHD-3000 tuner card hooked up directly to the digital cable feed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > With mythtv-setup I am unable to get signal on anything other than
> > > > > > > QAM64(I get 9 channels which I assume are my basic CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX,
> > > > > > > etc. plus a few misc. HD channels such as TNT or whatever)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've seen very little about QAM64 and US-cable on this mailing list
> > > > > > > and via google so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong and I
> > > > > > > should be using QAM256. If anyone has QAM64 with us-cable did you use
> > > > > > > a custom frequency table with dvb-tools(atscscan) or just edited your
> > > > > > > database manually with what mythtv-setup provided. I get channels like
> > > > > > > 106#1, 106#2, etc. and those are my 9 signals I got via the QAM64
> > > > > > > scan.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Have you tried QAM256 to see what you get?
> > > > > Yes, with QAM256 I get no signals whatsoever.
> > > >
> > > > Did you try both HRC and IRC frequencies?
> > > Yes I tried all frequency tables in the atsc dvb-tools folder and
> > > couldn't get any signal, all time outs. Either I don't have something
> > > configured correctly or TimeWarner SoCal uses QAM64.
> >
> > Ok, just want to make sure you exhausted all the options I can think
> > of. Your right, its not unlikely that the case is they are using QAM64
> > and that those are the only channels you will be able to receive. The
> > other option is they are using a completely different frequency table
> > for the other channels. Are the ABC/CBS/etc channels you are receiving
> > in HD or just the digital versions of the SD channel?
> >
> > --
> > Steve
> I haven't been able to view anything from my HD-3000 card yet, the
> furthest I've taken it is that QAM64 scan in mythtv-setup, I was
> hoping to find someone on this list that could possibly point me to a
> resource where I could find a QAM64 frequency table or instructions on
> how to create my own so I could fine tune the channels, get the
> call-signs, and edit the database manually.
>
> In other EXCELLENT news, mythtv can now use firewire to record HDTV!
> It didn't like the Broadcast option, however setting the firewire
> settings to P2P and 200Mbps did the trick. I read in numerous places
> people saying "set the speed to 100Mbps, that is more than plenty, and
> mythtv will auto set the transmission rate blah blah"
>
> Project HDTV = 40% complete now :)

have you done any of the scans with azap instead of MythTV? myth's
scans don't work properly for QAM.

--
Steve