[mythtv-users] unable to find any channels....

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi PlainFaceBoy,

Monday, May 4, 2015, 1:42:33 AM, you wrote:

> I'd tried powering off/on - in fact before I did that it didn't recognise
> the card in Mythtv - after restart it did.
> I know the signal for both DVB-T and DVB-S are ok, as both work respectively
> with TV, and separate/old Skybox.
> DVB-T signal strength when scanning on mythtv occasionally flickers upto 30%
> max, but never finds any channels.
> DVB-S scan shows signal strength 85%, but timesout after first scan with no
> channels found - doesn't go through all list of transponders etc.

> I've installed dvb-apps, but not tried anything - does anyone have a Noddy's
> guide!?

> Maybe coincidentally, my DVD drive (old IDE drive) has also disappeared. It
> is there in BIOS, but in Ubuntu can't see it. Put a disk in but nothing!
> All this has happened in the last few days.


>>If you have power cycled the box and it's still not working try using
>>dvb-apps to see if the card is seeing channels in a non myth
>>environment.
>>
>>http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/LinuxTV_dvb-apps
>>
>>On 3 May 2015 at 10:57, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> 
>>wrote:
>>> Sorry to ask the obvious 'IT Crowd' question first but have you power
>>> cycled the unit?
>>>
>>>> On 3 May 2015 at 10:03, PlainFaceBoy <plainfaceboy at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I've had Mythtv 0.28 working for some time with Ubuntu 14.04, but 
>>>> suddenly
>>>> it seems to have lost all channels.
>>>> I noticed this when a scheduled recording didn't exist ie was 0GB.
>>>> I've got a dual DVB-T and DVB-S (freeview and freesat) card (HVR4000), 
>>>> but
>>>> neither are working.
>>>> I've tried deleting the card and re-adding, but when it comes to scan 
>>>> for
>>>> channels, it doesn't find anything on either satellite or terrestrial.
>>>> The leads seem fine and the signal strenth is ok. Freeview works ok on
>>>> normal TV etc.
>>>>
>>>> Could any recent Mythtv updates have done something? What might have
>>>> changed?
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> Thanks.


Maybe your motherboard is slowly dying?
And please don't top-post!


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