[mythtv-users] FreeviewHD (UK) scanning/partial lock problem

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 21:04:21 UTC 2011


On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:39 AM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:
> I've just connected a PCTVnanoStick T2 to my laptop running 0.24-fixes
> under SL6 with the driver package created by the media_build script.
> This was done shortly before similar kmdls became available for Fedora
> and RHEL6-near-clones from ATrpms.
>
> I'm lacking HD display and processing capability at present, but I've
> seen both SD and HD channels with VLC;  Myth is OK with SD but gets only
> partial lock on HD.
>
> For vlc the procedure is:  Media > Open Capture Device > DVB >
> DVB-T/Transponder Frequency (769666kHz for Waltham)/Bandwidth 8MHz >
> Watch the pretty pictures - in my case sometimes a bit pixellated.
> This gives BBC HD: other programs are selected from Playback > Program.
>  The same procedure gives SD if an appropriate mux frequency is
> specified.  HD Codec info reported 1920*1080 resolution.
>
> In Mythtvsetup the identification of the right options for the device
> was confusing: several card types and chips were offered as
> possibilities but only the DVB-T option seems to do anything useful.
>
> For Mythtvsetup use the Transport Editor to define frequency
> (769666666Hz),

shouldn't that be 769666000?


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