[mythtv-users] In current master cannot receive HD DVB without resetting up card

[jksjdevelop]

Great just checked again :-

You are right - works fine over resets and power ups but after restoring 
a v30 database I have to set the Delivery System in setup.

Many thanks for the good work.

On 03/04/2019 11:24, Klaas de Waal wrote:
> Current behavior of master is that the backend starts with the state
> that the tuner has. After power on this is the first delivery system
> in the list. If it is set with dvb-fe-tool to another delivery system
> then that is used. However, as it looks that the delivery system
> selection now works OK a next step can be to add defaults so that it
> works as expected with a v30 database.
>
> Klaas.
>
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 23:42, John Pilkington <johnpilk222 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 02/04/2019 16:54, jksjdevelop wrote:
>>> The bottom line is that, you have to run mythsetup and in the field now
>>> called Delivery System select DVB-S2 or DVB-T2 as appropriate. Otherwise
>>> only DVB-T or DVB-S can be received. Once initialised the system works
>>> as expected across restarts.
>>>
>>> Possibly not acceptable when v31 pops out.
>>>
>>> I have two DVB tuners.
>>>
>>> an USB stick
>>>
>>> em28xx 3-2:1.0: Identified as Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD DVB
>>> for which dvb-fe-tool -a4  <snipped>
>>> and a dvbsky PCIE satellite card  DVBSky S950 V3
>>>
>>> dvb-fe-tool -a6  <snipped>
>>> These both work fine in mythtv version 30 but not in current master
>>> MythTV Version : v31-Pre-366-g62adc17c72
>>>
>>> Both cards seem to be stuck in SD modes ie DVB-T or DVB-S.
>> "The bottom line" - see above :-) suggests that this stuckness has now
>> gone away.
>>
>>> In setup the Deliver System field (in its previous incarnation) had been
>>> set by me. The previous options were blank or DVBinput, maybe blank was
>>> OK but I had previously selected DVBinput.
>> I had similar experiences with recent master on two systems; one with
>> two DVB-T-only devices and one with 1xDVB-T-only + 1xDVB-T/T2.  Part of
>> this might have been caused by aiming at a moving target, but both
>> systems are now working as expected - although the channel names of old
>> recordings are no longer displayed.  Ticket #13014 has more details.
>>
>> I have another comment about the DVB-T2 services in the UK.  I got my
>> first device quite early, but didn't record much in HD because the
>> benefit seemed not usually worth the disadvantages.  Then the device
>> started giving overcurrent warnings...
>>
>> But recently I needed a new usb tuner, and got a MyGica T230.  My
>> location now has 3 DVB-T2 muxes, and some of the channels have content
>> that isn't available via DVB-T;  in particular, PBS-America and the
>> Smithsonian channel look to me like worthwhile additions.  Some of the
>> content is old, and the format is 544x576, but it's different window on
>> the world.  And my h264-cutting script, neglected since last year and
>> now with minor tweaks, seems to let me cut out the ads...
>>
>> John P
>>
>>
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