[mythtv-users] Error parsing parameters

[Klaus Becker]

Le 01/05/2020 à 22:35, Klaas de Waal a écrit :
> 
> 
> On Fri, 1 May 2020 at 19:11, Klaus Becker <colonius47 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:colonius47 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     Le 01/05/2020 à 18:57, Klaus Becker a écrit :
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > Yesterady I got the following tuner box: TBS5520SE Multi-standard
>      > Universal TV Tuner USB Box, see
>      >
>      >
>     https://www.tbsiptv.com/tbs5520se-multi-standard-universal-tv-tuner-usb-box
>      >
>      > It was not easy to install the driver, but finally I arrived, and
>     the
>      > box works.
>      >
>      > But I have no tv im MyhtTV inDebian unstable. I live in France and I
>      > want german tv by Astra 19.2 E
>      >
>      >   Here is my config:
>      >
>      > - Frequency : 10714000 khz (I also tried 11582000 khz)
>      > - Polarity: horizontal
>      > - Symbol rate: 22000000 Baud
>      > - Mod sys : DVB-S2
>      > - FEC : auto 2/3 (oder Auto)
>      > - Modulation : 8PSK
>      > - Inversion : auto
>      > - Rolloff : 0,35
>      >
>      > Scan tells me: Error parsing parameters.
>      >
>      > I have MythTV installed on 2 computers, on a desktop and a laptop.
>      > Before, using a usb-stick tuner, I got this message on the
>     desktop, but
>      > it worked on the laptop. But now I get this message on both
>     computers.
>      > Perhaps something changed between the 2 tuners, but I cannot find it.
>      >
>      > sincerely
>      >
>      > Klaus
> 
> 
>     Other informations:
> 
>     When I choose "Scan of all existing transports" or "Scan of single
>     existing transport" instead of "Full Scan", the message is "Programmer
>     Error: Failed to handle tune complete" and then "Error tuning to
>     transport".
> 
> 
> The problem is most likely our less-than-intuitive GUI. After you have 
> entered the scan parameters you have to press the LEFT ARROW to get back 
> to the previous menu and then you can do the scan. If you press Escape 
> then all input from the scan parameters window is lost. Do not press 
> Escape, pres the <.
> The channels scanning process is documented in the wiki in 
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Scanning . and  theGUI is documented 
> to some extent in the paragraph "How the GUI works" in the first page of 
> this wiki.
> 
> When you do a "Scan of all existing transports" the assumption is that 
> there is already valid content in the transport table.
> I recommend using the "Full Scan" for satellite unless you have done a 
> scan recently.
> N.B. When you enter the start frequency of your satellite in the VIdeo 
> Source then the next time you do a Full Scan the scan parameters for 
> that frequency are automaticallly obtained from the database.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Klaas.
> 
> P.S. The scan parameters are correct, when I use them in my system then 
> the scanning works OK.


Hello Klaas,

you are quite right, I can scan now.

I did not use MythTV for several months and I forgot a lot about how to 
configure and to use it.

thanks

Klaus