[mythtv-users] QAM64 + TimeWarner SoCal

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/27/06, Scott Clark <sccloatrtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a pcHD-3000 tuner card hooked up directly to the digital cable feed.
>
> With mythtv-setup I am unable to get signal on anything other than
> QAM64(I get 9 channels which I assume are my basic CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX,
> etc. plus a few misc. HD channels such as TNT or whatever)
>
> I've seen very little about QAM64 and US-cable on this mailing list
> and via google so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong and I
> should be using QAM256. If anyone has QAM64 with us-cable did you use
> a custom frequency table with dvb-tools(atscscan) or just edited your
> database manually with what mythtv-setup provided. I get channels like
> 106#1, 106#2, etc. and those are my 9 signals I got via the QAM64
> scan.

Have you tried QAM256 to see what you get?

> Also -- with regards to Firewire, I have a second recording source and
> I can control it perfectly with the sa3250ch channel changer. I can
> grab the basic HDTV channels over firewire, but I run into one
> problem. Sometimes, and I don't know what causes the fix, I have to
> reload the modules, reset the STB, or a combination of the two in who
> knows what order to get it working properly again. Has anyone had any
> similar problems with the firewire being somewhat flaky?

Do you have the firewire connection set for Broadcast@=>200mbps?

--
Steve