[mythtv-users] EIT update of EPG via satellite

[Jens.Peder.Terjesen at devoteam.com]

Hi.

I have used EIT update of EPG via satellite for about a year without any
major problems. The update has stopped a few times but deleting the
contents of the program and/or eit_cache has got it started again.

The last four or five weeks the active scan has not worked. I could see in
the backend log that the active scan was started with the correct number of
transponders and that it said it was adding events, but nothing entered the
database. Probably some time after I deleted all channels, cards etc. with
mythtv-setup this behavior changed. Now it starts active scan with the
correct number of transponders, but seems to complain that it is unable to
tune to the channel/transponder and then starts passive scan on the
channels the two cards are tune to at the moment.

This first happened on a resent version of 0.20 (openSUSE 10.3 binary
package downloaded from Packman). After upgrade to 0.21 I have the same
problem. I dropped the database before upgrading and then configured
everything from scratch.

Passive scan when watching live TV on a channel on the transponder carrying
the long time EPG worked reliably for some time, but probably some time
after I deleted all channels, cards etc. with mythtv-setup this seems to
work unreliably.

Kaffeine is able to collect EPG data without any problem when I tune to one
of the channels on the EPG transponder. Also my STB can collect the EPG
data without my subscription card in it, so I don't think the EPG data is
encrypted.

Is there any information available regarding the default values that are
inserted into the dtv_privatetypes table?
I see that information connected to sitype:dvb and networkid: 70 is
inserted when running mythtv-setup I guess. My provider (Canal Digital on
1W) uses networkid: 70. Is it possible that this default information is the
source of the problem?

Jens