[mythtv-users] Card "Still Tuning"

[Stephen Kitchener]

On Tuesday 01 Nov 2011, John Pilkington wrote:
> 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=twitterf
> >ee
> >
> >  >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
>
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Hi John and list,

Just an update - fully removed the cards definitions, the channels and etc. and 
started again, all well now and both cards (they are of the same type and 
manufacture) are working well.

Still mystified as to why one card was working and the other not as they are of 
the same type completely, but not bothered now as they seem to be working 
now...

-- 

Regards

Stephen Kitchener

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