[mythtv-users] TiVo Convert Experience - HDTV Video Card Recommendation

[Brian Walter]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 13:47:12 Jim Shank wrote:
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>> That did it, I am all upgraded. Channel scan isn't instant anymore
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> ...which is the correct behavior. I've seen the instant "scan" myself. :)
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>> *but* it's not locking anything for me either.
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> What exactly are you scanning? OTA or cable?
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>> When I run through setup as described in
>> http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2317, I get a bunch of
>> Timeout Scanning ATSC Channel XX -- No Tables or -- No Signal. The dialog
>> window shows a high signal strength too so it is seeing something. I
>> thought maybe it was an antenna problem
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> Ah, so OTA?
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>> but hdhomerun_config shows some 
>> pretty good signal strength on a lot of channels.
>>
>> [root at myth ~]# hdhomerun_config FFFFFFFF scan 0
>> SCANNING: 55750000 (us-hrc:2)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=88 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 57000000 (us-bcast:2, us-cable:2, us-irc:2)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=73 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 61750000 (us-hrc:3)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=88 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 63000000 (us-bcast:3, us-cable:3, us-irc:3)
>> LOCK: none (ss=82 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 67750000 (us-hrc:4)
>> LOCK: none (ss=78 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 69000000 (us-bcast:4, us-cable:4, us-irc:4)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=86 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 73750000 (us-hrc:1)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=68 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 75000000 (us-cable:1, us-irc:1)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=86 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 79000000 (us-bcast:5, us-cable:5)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=85 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 79750000 (us-hrc:5)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=84 snq=0 seq=0)
>> SCANNING: 81000000 (us-irc:5)
>> LOCK: (ntsc) (ss=84 snq=0 seq=0)
>> ...
>>
>> A quick list search shows this error a few times with no answers except "do
>> it manually". Thanks for all of your help with this, I am so close now.
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> Hrm... Are you running the latest and greatest firmware on your HDHR? That's 
> about all I've got left at the moment...
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Based on what you showed, it's finding NTSC broadcasts (standard 
broadcast).  Have you tried saving the hdhomerun_config <id> scan 0 
scan0.txt and then searching the result for either qam 
signals...or...call signs?