[mythtv-users] DVB-T Hell in Sydney

[Doug Scoular (dscoular)]

Hi,

On 4/06/2016, 10:00 PM, "mythtv-users on behalf of
mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org" <mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org on
behalf of mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org> wrote:

>I've found w-scan to be very good & fast.
>https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/W_scan
>http://wirbel.htpc-forum.de/w_scan/index_en.html
>
>Mythtv-setup scan with verbose logging (of scanning/tuning) is very
>impressive & informative.
>
>"Femon" is handy for checking cables/connections etc..
>

	I agree, mythtv-setup's scanning is impressive and seems to leave my old
trusted tools in the dust.

	I hadn't heard of w_scan so I tried it out:

root at spug:~# w_scan -v -c AU -X -C UTF-8
using settings for AUSTRALIA
DVB aerial
DVB-T AU
scan type TERRESTRIAL, channellist 3
output format czap/tzap/szap/xine
output charset 'UTF-8'
Info: using DVB adapter auto detection.
   check DiBcom 7000PC:
           DVB-T
        /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -> TERRESTRIAL "DiBcom 7000PC": good
:-)
   check DiBcom 7000PC:
           DVB-T
        /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0 -> TERRESTRIAL "DiBcom 7000PC": good
:-)
Using TERRESTRIAL frontend (adapter /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0)
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	So w_scan(1) doesn't do quite as well as MythTV 0.28's 43 but it is
better than scan(1) or dvbv5_scan(1).

	Cheers,

	Doug