[mythtvnz] Skystar 2 on Ubuntu : scan finds no channels?

[Steve Holdoway]

Sorry, that's what I meant (: TBH I'm a bit worried that I got a response out of mine at that point!!!

So, your card is working, and it can see the satellite. Have you got a copy of 

http://www.wlug.org.nz/FreeViewMythTvSetup

in front of you? The 'Adding your channels to mythtv' section should get you up and running...

hth,

Steve


Does trhe scan -c -U now work once myth
On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:34:44 +1300
"Stuart Whelan" <stuart at somepointinthefuture.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi Steve, thanks for the reply.
> 
> I don't get anything from: 
> 
> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ dvbtune -p v -f 1248300 -s 22500 -m
> Using DVB card "ST STV0299 DVB-S"
> tuning DVB-S to L-Band:0, Pol:V Srate=22500000, 22kHz=off
> ERROR setting tone
> : Invalid argument
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS:
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_CARRIER
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_CARRIER
> polling....
> polling....
> polling....
> polling....
> 
> However, replacing the -p v with a -p h gives:
> 
> stuartw at ubuntu2:~$ dvbtune -p h -f 1248300 -s 22500 -m
> Using DVB card "ST STV0299 DVB-S"
> tuning DVB-S to L-Band:0, Pol:H Srate=22500000, 22kHz=off
> ERROR setting tone
> : Invalid argument
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS:
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
> FE_HAS_SYNC
> Bit error rate: 39739
> Signal strength: 52536
> SNR: 55710
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_LOCK FE_HAS_CARRIER FE_HAS_VITERBI
> FE_HAS_SYNC
> Signal=52478, Verror=0, SNR=55710dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
> Signal=52362, Verror=0, SNR=55587dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
> Signal=52075, Verror=0, SNR=55479dB, BlockErrors=0, (S|L|C|V|SY|)
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Stuart.
> 
> 
> 
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Steve Holdoway <steve at greengecko.co.nz>