HDHR channel scanning

[whurlston]

Paul, can I get you ro run a test for me? I'm currently trying to nail down another issue with the HDHR and I wondered if it may have relevance to this issue. If you have any frequencies that only contain 480i or 720p channels, can you try limiting your scan to those frequencies?

I believe the lockups may be due to an issue with 1080i channels only. I'm about to go through my channels to test the same thing.

[pcostanza]

As a matter of fact, Cox recently began showing SD channels of some of the local stations as well as HD ones and I think you might be right as I noticed it about the time I had scan problems. HDHR's scan picks them up.
Pardon my stupidity but how do I limit my scans to just the SD freqs?

[whurlston]

You would need to look at the lineup server page for your area and create a custom qam.ini that didn't include the frequencies that have 1080i channels. If you PM or email me you zip, I can create it for you.

I tested all 4 of my HDHR tuners and none crashed when I excluded the 1080i channels. So I definitely thing something is weird there.

[pcostanza]

I think I can do that. I'll give it a try tonite and let you know. I guess I can just take the ini I have now from the HDHR and simply remove those frequencies it will work but if just in case I hurt your feelings, your welcome to do the work for me. My zip is 70005.
I never did post of Silicon's forum about this but really should have I think. If not for the Migration tool, I would have by now.

Thanks for your help in this.

[hamaholic]

I cannot get GBPVR to work with my HDHR. After I set up the record source and import the xmltv file, I try to map channels. It scans to 69/68 channels (that's what it says), and freezes. When I enable both the ATSC & QAM tuners (I have inputs to both), I start getting additional errors about my BDA not working. I have the application set to GBPVR in the HDHR setup. The HDHR application can view channels just fine. While I cannot get MediaPortal to work correctly either (it screws up the detection of the channels, which are encyrypted, which are radio channels, etc), it DOES work with the HDHR once I get *some* of the channels in the channel guide correctly. I don't get any BDA complaints (I do have the BDA patch applied to my XP SP3 installation).

Maybe related: after I updated the HDHR firmware to the current version (as of 16NOV09), it complains even with the HDHR application that I don't have AC3 and MPEG2 codecs installed. After it complains and I try to tune a channel again in their app, it works without complains. Their app didn't complain before the firmware update and I have AC3FILT and FFDSHOW installed, so I don't understand what the complaints are about.

I'm a newbie at trying to get this working, so forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask, or if I missed the resource that explains all this. Please give me a pointer if such answers are already there, thanks!

Dean

[whurlston]

@Paul, I was just waiting for you or someone else to confirm my findings before posting it to the SD forums.

@hamaholic, can you zip and post your logs after the scan crashes?

[hamaholic]

I'll be happy to send anything that will help. Is there an automatic way to package the error logs, or do I need to research where they are located (and then zip them up to attach)?
Thanks,
Dean

@Paul, I was just waiting for you or someone else to confirm my findings before posting it to the SD forums.

@hamaholic, can you zip and post your logs after the scan crashes?

[whurlston]

Just zip and attach your logs folder. The default location is C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\logs

[whurlston]

but if just in case I hurt your feelings, your welcome to do the work for me.

Since you were so thoughtful and considerate of my feelings:

Code:

[CABTYPE]
1=All Countries
2=All Frequencies

[DVB]
0=5
1=409250,0,0
2=607250,0,0
3=691250,0,0
4=697250,0,0
5=769250,0,0

If you place this in qam.ini, just select "Default cable frequencies" in the capture source setup. If you place it in qam-custom.ini, select "Custom range" but don't edit the range.

I'd also be curious if you get a frozen picture on the first frame when viewing a 1080i channel in the QuickTV application.

[pcostanza]

Thanks again for your help. I'll be back later tonite with the info.
Virtual beers on me!