[mythtv-users] Card "Still Tuning"

[John Pilkington]

On 01/11/11 20:18, Stephen Kitchener wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Nov 2011, John Pilkington wrote:
>  > On 01/11/11 14:00, John Pilkington wrote:
>  > > On 01/11/11 13:27, Stephen Kitchener wrote:
>  >
>  > <snip>
>  >
>  > >> I have a problem in that one card shows the error "still tuning"
> when a
>  > >> recording starts and this of course results in a 0b length recording.
>  >
>  > <snip>
>  >
>  > >> Any suggestions please ??
>  > >>
>  > >> --
>  > >>
>  > >> Regards
>  > >>
>  > >>
>  > >> Stephen Kitchener
>  > >
>  > > There have been some small changes at several transmitters to
> squeeze in
>  > > a new channel in the near future. Have you deleted all
>  > > channels/rescanned within Myth recently?
>  >
>  > Returning to this : I was in a hurry to get out earlier.
>  >
>  > I've had a "Still tuning" failure and another failure for reasons that I
>  > didn't chase up in the last few days, from cards that don't normally
>  > show problems. So I poked about a bit on the ukfree site:
>  >
>  >
> http://www.ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051919&utm_source=twitterfee
>  >d&utm_medium=twitter
>  >
>  > I don't know if this was the cause, but I rescanned and got slightly
>  > different results from those after the 'final' retune a couple of months
>  > ago. eg
>  >
>  > On Aug 31:
>  > qam_64:754000000:Gems TV:43:12418:9018:24448:20544=20544:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:4Music:18:12418:9018:25664:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:VIVA:21:12418:9018:25728:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:Yesterday:12:12418:9018:25792:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:Ideal World:22:12418:9018:25920:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  >
>  > Oct 31:
>  > qam_64:754000000:Gems TV:43:12323:9018:24448:20544=20544:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:4Music:18:12323:9018:25664:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:VIVA:21:12323:9018:25728:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:Yesterday:12:12323:9018:25792:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  > qam_64:762000000:Ideal World:22:12323:9018:25920:24640=24640:dvb
>  > 0:cnt(pnum:1,channum:1)
>  >
>  > The rescan was quick and troublefree. I deleted all dvb-t channels and
>  > all but one transport. I left the BBC one, in my case on 794 MHz.
>  > Scanned that transport for all services with the link to others enabled
>  > - for some reason I had to do this twice - and the full set of five SD
>  > transports was populated. 101 DVB channels and 1 MPEG channel, no
>  > confusion. I get a good signal from Waltham, using a roof aerial. YMMV.
>  > Then rescan for icons, exiting when it starts getting tedious about
>  > alternatives.
>  >
>  > HTH
>  >
>  > John P
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>
> Hi John,
>
>
> I do have an additional question - why would it effect one card and not
> the other ??
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
>
> Stephen Kitchener
>
I don't really have any idea on this.  They're different cards, 
presumably with different drivers.  A linked page in the weblink above 
says the changes aren't expected to affect reception 'but if they do, do 
a full factory reset' or words to that effect.  It's less than a day 
since I rescanned my box, but since then no missed recordings.  The ones 
I missed earlier were from 'Yesterday' and 'ITV4' and I've used both 
those today.  As I said, on my 0.24-fixes box the scans were painless, 
and they were done in a 'window' of less than 30 minutes.  'Full Scans' 
can probably get confused if they see more than one transmitter.  The 
way I suggested should stop that. In the end you've just got to decide 
yes or no :-)

Cheers,

John