[mythtv-users] BBC HD Trial

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/15/06, Ryan Duffy <dusteur at excite.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> The trial is on a previously unused multiplex - details below. Plug the
> >>>> correct values into the channel scanner and you should get BBC HD1.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> INSERT INTO `dtv_multiplex` VALUES (112, 1, 36868, 9018, 554167000, 'a',
> >>>> NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '8', '1/2', '8', '1/32', 0, 'qam_64', 'n',
> >>>> '2/3', 'dvb', 0, '2006-05-12 10:13:30');
> >>>>
> >>> Okay, I've tried that, but Myth tells me that BBC HD1 is not a television or radio service when I try and scan for it.
> >>> I commented out that bit of code, and recompiled Myth, which allowed me to add the channel to my list, but when I tune into it I just get a blank screen.
> >>>
> >>> I also tried using the dvb scan program, which gave me the following for my channels.conf file:
> >>>
> >>> BBC HD1:554167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:0:36932
> >>>
> >>> I can get a signal lock using tzap "BBC HD1", but when I try to use dvbstream e.g.
> >>>
> >>> dvbstream -o -ps -qam 64 0 0 | mplayer -
> >>>
> >>> it tells me: "ERROR: PS requires exactly two PIDS - video and audio."
> >>> Presumably because I am specifying 0 0 for these and they are the same, but 0 0 is what scan gave me.
> >> Yeah I got to here too.  I presume 0 isn't a valid pid number, so
> >> either there are no audio or  video pids in the stream or dvbscan
> >> isn't able to detect them.
> >>
> >> I'll post back if I make any meaningful progress.
> >
> >
> > have you guys tried DVBSnoop with the stream?
> >
>
> I'm not sure I understand all the options for dvbsnoop, so I tried this one which seems to be telling me that the video stream is on pid 1502 and no mention of an audio stream. I seem to need a video stream and an audio stream together so this doesn't seem sufficient.
>
> #dvbsnoop -s pidscan
> dvbsnoop V1.4.00 -- http://dvbsnoop.sourceforge.net/
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Transponder PID-Scan...
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> PID found:    0 (0x0000)  [SECTION: Program Association Table (PAT)]
> PID found:   16 (0x0010)  [SECTION: Network Information Table (NIT) - actual network]
> PID found:   17 (0x0011)  [SECTION: Service Description Table (SDT) - actual transport stream]
> PID found:   18 (0x0012)  [SECTION: Event Information Table (EIT) - actual transport stream, present/following]
> PID found:   20 (0x0014)  [SECTION: Time Date Table (TDT)]
> PID found:  600 (0x0258)  [SECTION: Program Map Table (PMT)]
> PID found: 1502 (0x05de)  [PES: ITU-T Rec. H.262 | ISO/IEC 13818-2 or ISO/IEC 11172-2 video stream]
> PID found: 1505 (0x05e1)  [PES: private_stream_1]
> PID found: 8094 (0x1f9e)  [unknown]
> PID found: 8155 (0x1fdb)  [unknown]
> PID found: 8191 (0x1fff)

1505 isn't the audio? have you tried using mplayer with the -nosound option?


-- 
Steve
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