[mythtv-users] mythbackend warnings: frequency out of range

[Gavin Whitehead]

On 22/02/2012 00:49, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 18 February 2012 10:26, Gavin Whitehead
> <gavin at alabastercranium.demon.co.uk>  wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Are these warning messages in my mythbackend.log something to be worried
>> about?  I get them on start up of the backend.
>>
>> 2012-02-18 08:28:02.729 DVBChan(6:/dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0) Warning:
>> Your frequency setting (10773250) is out of range. (min/max:950000/2150000)
>> 2012-02-18 08:28:04.623 DVBChan(7:/dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0) Warning:
>> Unsupported fec_inner parameter.
>> 2012-02-18 08:28:02.906 DVBChan(8:/dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0) Warning:
>> Your frequency setting (11307000) is out of range. (min/max:950000/2150000)
> Don't worry about these - they are incorrect warnings as the
> frequencies being compared are not comparable. This has been in the
> code for a long time - I guess most users just ignore it if things are
> working :)
>
> The mux frequency (i.e. 11,307,000 kHz) is the Ku-band frequency that
> the satellite's transponder is transmitting on and being received by
> the LNB on your dish. The min/max values it is being compared to
> (950,000-2,150,000 kHz) is the range of frequencies received by the
> DVB-S tuner from the LNB on your dish. Apples and oranges.
>
> In Europe, the min/max values being compared should likely be
> 10.70-12.75 GHz for DVB-S/S2 transmissions.
>
> I haven't yet completed any channel scanner testing for the 0.25
> release, so don't know if this issue is already fixed. If I get around
> to such testing I'll check and open a ticket for this issue if
> necessary.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
Nick,

Thanks for taking the time to reply.  It's appreciated.

Gavin