[mythtv-users] DVB-S2 scan fails (0.29)

[jksj]

On 24/12/17 00:27, UB40D wrote:
>
>
> On 23 December 2017 at 23:41, Jonatan Lindblad <mythtv at comhem.se 
> <mailto:mythtv at comhem.se>> wrote:
>
>     Den 2017-12-23 kl. 12:02, skrev UB40D:
>
>         If I exit by "ESC / Save then exit", then go back in with
>         "scan / full scan", then the settings I entered have
>         disappeared, despite me having selected "Save then exit".
>         Uh??? WTF?
>
>
>     The scanning parameters are not saved to the database so the
>     display of the "Save then exit" dialog is a bug. 
>
>
> Thanks for ack'ing this.
>
>     These parameters weren't saved to the database in 0.28 either, but
>     maybe we should so that you don't have to change them from the
>     default values every time you want to scan.
>
>
> This would sound like a jolly good idea, yes, please.
>
>         What else is the problem? And by the way, why does "save then
>         exit" not save the parameters? Could there be some wrong
>         permissions somewhere, either in the file system or in the
>         database? It is a rebuilt system after all... I was already
>         more than impressed that the old database backup was restored
>         at all notwithstanding having upgraded myth to a newer version.
>
>
>     I don't know, but a few months back someone seemed to be able to
>     scan on DVB-S2, at least when done so through the transport
>     editor, https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13095
>     <https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13095>.
>
>
> By the sound of Mike's suggestions I probably haven't quite got the 
> drivers for the cards working yet.
>
> As I wrote elsewhere in this thread, it would be useful to have a 
> simple way to test that the card works before attempting to make it 
> work with myth. The moral equivalent of "let me play this video with 
> VLC and see if I hear any audio" before spending hours trying to get 
> the audio configuration screens of myth to produce sounds when the 
> fault was misconfigured drivers or bios or amplifier or whatnot.
>
>
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I can confirm that DVB-S2 scanning does work on version 29. I raised 
ticket  13095 to cover an issue just with the transport editor, basic 
scanning worked fine. The interface is difficult to use however 
depending on which theme you are running. I normally use Steppes but 
found this task to be easier in MythCenter.
The easiest way to test the card is to install 'kaffeine'. This has a 
very simple setup mechanism for selecting the satellite and setting up 
the LNB. Make sure you have killed mythbackend though.
The easiest a
<https://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/13095>
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