[mythtv-users] Problem with DVB-C setup in germany

[Joachim Zettler]

Dear Mark,

thx a lot for your suggestions. I will give it a try and hopefully
this time it will work :)

Best regards,

Joachim

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Mark Wormgoor<mark at wormgoor.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Joachim Zettler wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am currently setting up a mythtv (mythbuntu) system with two dvb-c
>> cards in germany.
>>
>> After I setup the two DVB-C cards and defined the video sources I am
>> currently defining the Input Connections and wanted to generate the
>> initial scan to get my channels. Here is already the problem. Do I
>> somehow have to define a starting frequency for the scan to work or
>> how can I get my channels for each of my DVB cards?
>>
>> I have already read numerous tutorials but it seems that this is
>> definitely no problem for most of the people (except myself :( )
>
> Take a look at this guide:
> http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html
>
> I've found that scanning from the command-line using the scan utility is
> much easier to troubleshoot than doing it all in MythTV. You can import the
> resulting channels.conf into myth later on after you've done a successful
> scan.
>
> The DVB scan utility does needs some starting frequency, just like mythtv.
> My system (CentOS 5.3 / ATRpms) actually contains an input file for the scan
> utility to work with under /usr/share/dvb/dvb-c/. They're part of the
> linuxtv-dvb-apps package. It also contains files for Germany (de-Berlin,
> de-iesy, de-Kabel_BW, de-Muenchen, de-neftv).
>
> My scan command looks like this:
> /usr/bin/scan -q -t 1 -A 2 -n /usr/share/dvb/dvb-c/nl-Casema
> (scan, q=quiet, -t 1 = tv only, -A 2 = DVB-C, -n = evaluate NIT-other which
> is slower, but I need it for Casema/Ziggo)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark Wormgoor
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark Wormgoor
>
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