[mythtv-users] UK FreeSAT and ITV-HD

Robert RobertCL at iname.com
Mon Jan 26 15:43:24 UTC 2009


On Mon, January 26, 2009 3:18 pm, Bradley Kite wrote:
> 2009/1/26 Robert <RobertCL at iname.com>:
>> On Mon, January 26, 2009 9:24 am, Bradley Kite wrote:
>>> 2009/1/26 Robert <RobertCL at iname.com>:
>>>> On Mon, January 26, 2009 7:16 am, Bradley Kite wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Has any body had success with ITV-HD on FreeSAT?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried scanning (with both MythTV and dvbscan) but cannot find
>>>>> the
>>>>> channel?
>>>>>
>>>>> I can get BBC-HD just fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>> --
>>>>> Brad.
>>>>
>>>> It's on 11428h, symbolrate 27500.
>>>>
>>>> You need to patch Myth to make it play back
>>>> (http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5388) and even then I still get
>>>> some
>>>> front-end crashes if I seek around too much, but it's watchable.
>>>>
>>>> Robert.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the info. I'm running 0.21-fixes at the moment so will need
>>> to pick a good (ie stable) time to move to trunk in order to use the
>>> latest of the patches mentioned in that ticket (otherwise my wife
>>> might get upset). Can any one recommend a reasonably stable revision
>>> of trunk, or is it a "finger in the air" type thing?
>>>
>>
>> I've just applied that patch to 0.21-fixes and it seems to work ok.  No
>> need to move to trunk.
>>
>>> I tried a scan last night using dvbscan - and it didnt find any channel
>>> 10510.
>>>
>>> Maybe my /usr/share/dvb/dvb-s/Astra-28.2E file needs updating - it
>>> doesnt mention 11428h/27500 (closest is: S 11426000 H 27500000 2/3)
>>
>> Just create a file with that in and manually dvb-scan.  I can't remember
>> the command line options, but it can be done.
>>
>> Robert.
>
> Hi Robert, there's a comment from robert.mcnamara on the ticket that says:
>
> ... please apply to current trunk as there is another fix to the mpeg
> TS parser that is relies on...

Ah, I'd not read that - it's been a while since I set it up and tbh
there's not that much on ITV-HD!  Maybe thats why I get the occasional
crash when watching ITV-HD material.

> Thats what made me think I'll need to move to trunk. I've been wanting
> to move to trunk since VDPAU was added so this may as well be my
> motivation. I'll just have to make sure I have a roll-back plan :-)

I like my (relatively) stable build for now :-)

Robert.




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