[mythtv-users] PCTV 292e DVB-T2

[Mike Perkins]

On 25/11/14 15:46, David Matthews wrote:
> I have a DVBSky T9580 which has the same SI2168 tuner chip as the PCTV 292e.
> Myth worked with the closed-source driver on DVB-T and DVB-T2 but I found a
> problem when I tried the open-source driver.  It would work only on DVB-T.
>
> I'm testing some patches to support DVB-T2 and it now works for me.  I followed
> the same approach as Myth currently uses to switch between DVB-S and DVB-S2.  If
> the "mod_sys" field in the dtv_multiplex table contains "DVB-T2" the driver is
> set to use DVB-T2 otherwise it is set to DVB-T.
>
> I haven't submitted the patches yet for two reasons.  First, the only way to set
> a multiplex to DVB-T2 is to manually enter the multiplex in the database.  I
> haven't done anything yet about mythtv-setup.  It needs some way to set the
> modulation to either DVB-T or DVB-T2 when entering a multiplex manually and also
> a way to do a full scan with DVB-T2. Secondly, I'm using the fixes-0.27 branch
> and I'd need to test with master before submitting the patches.  If anyone wants
> to test what I've done so far or take it over and finish it please let me know.
>
This sounds all very interesting, but the standard software seems to work with a 
PCTV-290e. I can tune both DVB-T and DVB-T2 multiplexes with one, so what is 
different?

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Mike Perkins