[mythtvnz] DVB-S + Sky [fixed]

[Hadley Rich]

On Tuesday 19 December 2006 11:59, Steve Hodge wrote:
> On 12/19/06, Hadley Rich <mythtvnz@nice.net.nz> wrote:
> > On Monday 18 December 2006 17:20, Hadley Rich wrote:
> > > root@frog:~# dvbtune -t 0 -f 1921000 -s 22500 -p v -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
> >
> > although that ERROR setting tone line that's always there has always
> > looked
> >
> > > suspicious to me :)
> >
> > As well it should. It appears that the Ubuntu/Debian manpage for dvbtune
> > is
> > wrong (I'll be reporting the bug shortly).
> >
> > I was just looking through the source and the correct option to set the
> > tone
> > is -tone, not -t
> >
> > When I call it like so; `dvbtune -tone 0 -f 1921000 -s 22500 -p v -m`
> > then it
> > works correctly and doesn't mess with the Sky box.
>
> That's good to know. I've seen that error too, but not had the problem you
> have.

OK, Myth and Sky are happily coexisting again by setting the 'LNB LOF Switch' 
setting to a high number in mythtv-setup.

I'm glad it's working again but I'm perplexed as to why I needed to change 
things all of a sudden.

Thanks for all the pointers people.

hads

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