[mythtv-users] Strange DVB-S Behavour
alex at apics.co.uk
alex at apics.co.uk
Sun Mar 8 16:39:56 UTC 2009
Hi All,
I just wanted to pick peoples brains, to see if anyone has come
across the below before..... I have recently bought a Hauppauge
NOVA-HD-S2 (DVB-S) card.... I've 'borrowed' a normal Sky Mini Dish, and
set it up, and using a satellite finder it appears to have a good signal.
I've pulled the latest v4l drivers, and installed them, and all appears to
be well, upto a point:
When I scan for channels, they appear to be found, but in the
output I don't get channels names, just 4 'random' characters:
fiesta:~/scan# scan ./Astra-28.2E |tee channels6.conf
scanning ./Astra-28.2E
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
initial transponder 10773000 H 22000000 5
initial transponder 10788000 V 22000000 5
initial transponder 10803000 H 22000000 5
initial transponder 10818000 V 22000000 5
initial transponder 10832000 H 22000000 5
initial transponder 10847000 V 22000000 5
>>> tune to: 10773:h:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1023000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0100
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x010e
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0108
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0107
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0106
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x010a
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x010f
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0105
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0010
>>> tune to: 10788:v:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1038000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0106
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0104
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0102
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0100
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0105
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0101
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0103
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0010
>>> tune to: 10803:h:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1053000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0010
>>> tune to: 10818:v:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1068000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0106
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0104
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0102
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0100
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0105
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0101
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0103
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0010
>>> tune to: 10832:h:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1082000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0010
>>> tune to: 10847:v:0:22000
DVB-S IF freq is 1097000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0011
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0000
WARNING: filter timeout pid 0x0010
dumping lists (22 services)
Done.
[189d]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6301
[189e]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6302
[18a2]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6306
[18ab]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6315
[18ad]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6317
[18ae]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6318
[18bb]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6331
[18bf]:10773:h:0:22000:0:0:6335
[283d]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10301
[283e]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10302
[283f]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10303
[2840]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10304
[2841]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10305
[2842]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10306
[2851]:10788:v:0:22000:0:0:10321
[286f]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10351
[2870]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10352
[2871]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10353
[2872]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10354
[2873]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10355
[2874]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10356
[2883]:10818:v:0:22000:0:0:10371
Note I'm using a cut down version of the Astra-28.2E file, just to
speed up debugging, I've left in the transponders I care about.....
Could it be poor signal strength causing this? At some points
during my struggles I have occasionally got some channel names.....
If I szap to one of the above channels I get a lock, but if I cat
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 I get nothing out of it:
fiesta:~/scan# szap "[189d]" -c channels6.conf -r
reading channels from file 'channels6.conf'
zapping to 1 '[189d]':
sat 0, frequency = 10773 MHz H, symbolrate 22000000, vpid = 0x1fff, apid =
0x1fff sid = 0x189d
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
status 1f | signal d840 | snr e000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e199 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d940 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e199 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e199 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d940 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e199 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e199 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e333 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal d8c0 | snr e199 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
FE_HAS_LOCK
Also whilst the above is running dvbtraffic gives:
fiesta:/dev/dvb/adapter0# dvbtraffic
0011 4 p/s 0 kb/s 6 kbit
0012 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0032 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
0055 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0060 5 p/s 0 kb/s 7 kbit
00c0 2 p/s 0 kb/s 3 kbit
0105 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0107 1 p/s 0 kb/s 2 kbit
0610 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
071a 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
08a8 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0904 27 p/s 4 kb/s 40 kbit
0909 6 p/s 1 kb/s 10 kbit
090e 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
092f 5 p/s 0 kb/s 7 kbit
0a1f 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0a69 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0ee8 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0f02 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0f03 2 p/s 0 kb/s 3 kbit
0f05 1 p/s 0 kb/s 2 kbit
0f06 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
0f07 10 p/s 1 kb/s 15 kbit
0f08 5 p/s 0 kb/s 7 kbit
1388 54 p/s 9 kb/s 81 kbit
1389 2 p/s 0 kb/s 3 kbit
138a 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
13ec 53 p/s 9 kb/s 80 kbit
13ed 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
13ee 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
13ef 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
1450 38 p/s 6 kb/s 57 kbit
1451 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
1452 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
14b4 55 p/s 10 kb/s 82 kbit
14b5 4 p/s 0 kb/s 6 kbit
14b6 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
1518 27 p/s 4 kb/s 41 kbit
1519 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
151a 1 p/s 0 kb/s 2 kbit
151c 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
157c 66 p/s 12 kb/s 99 kbit
157d 3 p/s 0 kb/s 5 kbit
157f 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
1580 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
17cd 0 p/s 0 kb/s 1 kbit
1fff 23 p/s 4 kb/s 35 kbit
2000 447 p/s 82 kb/s 672 kbit
-PID--FREQ-----BANDWIDTH-BANDWIDTH-
So I guess some things are working?
I may have completely missed something.... I've been using DVB-T
for ages, and only want DVB-S so I can get some HD channels..... Any help
really would be appreciated
I've included the output of the dvb commands above as they're
easier to document, but I get just the same symptoms in mythtv, I end up
with channels with random 4 letter names, no channel numbers, which I
can't watch ;-(
Thanks in advance
Alex
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