[mythtv-users] How to set Active EIT Scan

[George]

On 04/02/2010 16:39, Nick Morrott wrote:
> On 4 February 2010 15:21, George<george.news at gmx.net>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 04/02/2010 14:35, Nick Morrott wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4 February 2010 11:41, George<george.news at gmx.net>    wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The problem is that for a couple of channels (all under the same main
>>>> multiplex channel) that the EPG is not retrieved. It is left to Unknown.
>>>> I don't know if it is due to expiration date on database or because it is
>>>> unable to get it.
>>>>
>>>> I think is the latter. When trying to watch these problematic channels,
>>>> sometimes the system is not able to get the lock on the channel and
>>>> others I
>>>> get this error:
>>>> "Error opening jump program filebuffer"
>>>>
>>>> Any further idea. What can be the cause of such an error?
>>>
>>> An inability to tune to a particular mux could indicate borderline
>>> signal strength if the mux is broadcast at low power, or that the
>>> stored tuning information is not correct.
>>>
>> The problematic one is the multiplex of the public TV in my country. And I
>> get a signal strength of 65% or more, the same or bigger than in the rest.
>
> You could try rescanning the existing multiplex in the channel scanner
> to update its channels and see if this improves things, or carry out a
> full rescan to update all mux settings. You could also check to make
> sure all channels on the bad mux have the 'useonairguide' flag
> enabled.

I did that last night and it didn't work. The useonairguide I have to 
check it out again but I remember is was on.

> Adding 'channel,record' logging options to the backend logfile might
> also provide additional information as to why the backend is not
> tuning to these channels correctly.

Ok.

> Outside of MythTV, you can use tzap with a valid channels.conf for
> your local transmitter to test whether you can successfully lock to
> the channels you are having problems with. If you can tune these
> channels, you could use dvbsnoop to see whether you can see the EIT
> data.

That sounds more complicated. But I will investigate how to do it during 
the weekend if I have time.

Thanks a lot

> Cheers,
> Nick
>