[mythtv-users] Australian channel scan

[David Watkins]

On 03/10/05, Jim Householder <nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm making some progress with mythtv.  Using the excellent guidance at
> http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php I have 0.18.1-114 running on FC4.
>
> Hardware:  V-Stream DTV DVB-T, 2.4GHz P4, 1GB ram
>
> I can watch the composite input from a VCR ok, but no digital yet.
>
> I adjusted the permissions on /dev/dvb so the card can be seen and
> identified ok, and the channel scan button is now active in the channel
> editor.
>
> I'm stuck here.  I have no idea how to set up the scan parameters.  I
> suspect 'auto' is sufficient for most.  All I get is 'no lock'.  I've
> tried 571625000 for channel 34 (SBS in my area) and 520000000 (start of
> the UHF band).
>
> What frequency should I use?

I seem to recall that, in the UK, there is at least one other
parameter, apart from the frequency, that has to be entered
explicitly.

I used the tzap utility, part of the dvb-utils package, to generate
all the parameters for me, which I then entered into the mythtv
channel scan window.

Hope this helps.