[mythtv-users] Cant tune SBS and Nine in Melbourne, AU with Hauppauge HVR2200

[blind_Pete]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Anthony Hill wrote:
> Hey John,
> 
> I think you are right. (not that it does me any good at this point).
> 
> I suspect that if you delete all video sources and connections before
> rescanning you can avoid these issues.

Yes, that is necessary.  I should have said.  

> I did not delete anything before rescanning. I think that has triggered this
> bug.
> 
> I suspect the fix is a relatively simple manual edit of the transports stuff
> in the database.
> 
> I am kind of hoping someone can spell out to me what needs to be done to
> what table(s).
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:12 PM, John Pilkington <J.Pilk at tesco.net> wrote:
> 
> > On 08/08/11 10:26, blind_Pete wrote:
> > > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Anthony Hill wrote:
> > >> ..got sick of my growing collection of slightly crap usb tuners and got
> > me a
> > >> PCIe Hauppauge HVR2200 the other day.
> > >>
> > >> Once I got the modules.conf (options saa7164 card=6) and firmware
> > >> (dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw, NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw) in place
> > >> it seemed to be working fine.
> > >>
> > >> I did a channel scan, setup the video sources, and it seemed all good -
> > >> channels changed fast, signal level was good - and picture looked fine.
> > >>
> > >> Except no SBS (SBS ONE, TWO, 3, 4, and HD) or 9 (Go and GEM).
> > >
> > > Nothing at all?  Or just a poor picture?  Digital is notorious for
> > > either working perfectly or not at all.
> > >
> > > Try again.  Check tha antenna and connections.
> > >
> > >> I found postings from lots of Aussies who seemed to be having similar
> > >> problems. (I suspect these stations changed something [added an extra
> > >> channel?] in the last few months)
> > >
> > > Those two stations use a +125 kHz offset.  Edit the transports.
> > >
> > >> There seemed to be 3 basic fixes.
> > >>
> > >> (1) tzap.
> > >>      Install dvb-apps, run scan, create and import a channels.conf
> > >> (2) Edit Transports
> > >>      Go to myth-setup, channel editor, edit transports, add a new
> > transport
> > >> for each channel, and rescan
> > >> (3) Delete something from the database and rescan.
> > >>
> > >> ..so tzap and transports didnt really work for me - they both find the
> > new
> > >> channels when I rescan - but they dont work - I get nothing but a blank
> > >> screen when I change to them, the frontend becomes unresponsive for a
> > while
> > >> (and sometimes crashes). I also get no EIT EPG for these channels.
> > >>
> > >> I dont know specifically what the database trick is.
> > >>
> > >> I'm running ubuntu 11.04 with :-
> > >>
> > >> MythTV Version   : v0.24.1-60-gd525265
> > >> MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
> > >> Network Protocol : 63
> > >> Library API      : 0.24.20110505-1
> > >> QT Version       : 4.7.2
> > >>
> > >> ..please help - I love my new card - but this is a show-stopper.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers.
> > >>
> >
> > This crop of posts looks as if it has similarities with others, from the
> > UK, that have arisen from our ongoing 'digital switchover' with its
> > rearrangement of the earlier set of multiplexes and channels; mine is
> > due next week but there was a mini-change earlier.
> >
> > It seems that the essential actions are to delete all digital channels
> > and their transports before rescanning.  If you know the frequencies of
> > some of the new multiplexes enter them with the transport editor, enable
> > searching for other linked transports, and _then_ rescan.  If you don't
> > do the deletions first the old stuff remains in the database and
> > confuses everything.
> >
> > I don't know just how this will play in Oz, but I hope it might help.
> >
> > John P
> >
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