UK Freesat Tuning Information

[imilne]

Thanks for this Iain. So I've overwritten the old ini with the new one and restarted everything - still can't get BBC HD. Sorry for the dumb q but what else do I need to do?

Have you retuned though? Restarting isn't enough.

Iain

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Will try that just as soon as the programme I;m recording stops.

Looks like they changed two of the HD channels' parameters:
Modulation: DVB-S2, 8PSK [was QPSK]
FEC 2/3 [was 8/9]

[liteswap]

So it's been so long since I've had to mess with the program (it's been totally stable and trouble-free = high WAF) that I'm very rusty. Forgive.

I've re-scanned all the channels, but the BBC HD channels are still showing QPSK modulation and so (presumably) aren't working. What have I missed?

PS: I should have added that QPSK is the only option in the drop-down so editing the channels manually doesn't work either....

[imilne]

I've re-scanned all the channels, but the BBC HD channels are still showing QPSK modulation and so (presumably) aren't working. What have I missed?

When I rescanned them they showed up in the list slightly greyed out, and with names like "BBC HD (updated)" (from memory). Perhaps double check that you are using my freesat ini file and not the more general 28.2 one? Try deleting them then rescanning if you don't have any recordings set up (unlikely; I'd try to avoid that one myself). Failing that, here's the tuning details from my database if you're happy editing the channels that way:

Code:

BBC One HD:

<tuning>
  <type>DVB-S</type>
  <locator>
    <frequency>10847</frequency>
    <polarity>V</polarity>
    <symbol_rate>23000</symbol_rate>
    <fec>23</fec>
    <diseqc_type>1</diseqc_type>
    <lnb>1</lnb>
    <lowosc>9750</lowosc>
    <highosc>10600</highosc>
    <switch>11700</switch>
    <modulation>8PSK</modulation>
    <rolloff>0.35</rolloff>
    <pilot>0</pilot>
  </locator>
  <service_id>6941</service_id>
  <tsid>2050</tsid>
  <onid>2</onid>
  <service_type>25</service_type>
</tuning>

Code:

BBC HD:

<tuning>
  <type>DVB-S</type>
  <locator>
    <frequency>10847</frequency>
    <polarity>V</polarity>
    <symbol_rate>23000</symbol_rate>
    <fec>23</fec>
    <diseqc_type>1</diseqc_type>
    <lnb>1</lnb>
    <lowosc>9750</lowosc>
    <highosc>10600</highosc>
    <switch>11700</switch>
    <modulation>8PSK</modulation>
    <rolloff>0.35</rolloff>
    <pilot>0</pilot>
  </locator>
  <service_id>6940</service_id>
  <tsid>2050</tsid>
  <onid>2</onid>
  <service_type>25</service_type>
</tuning>

You might also want to post logs so we can get to the bottom of what's wrong to avoid problems next time too.

Iain

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Interesting - well, I've checked the lastscan.xml for the HD channels (which is where I guess your code snippet is from) and they ain't there.

As you say, I'm not too keen on deleting the lot and starting it all again, so I've thrown together the logs that cover the period last night when I was trying to get it working - hope you can make some sense of them.

Thanks again for your help.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]34549[/ATTACH]

[imilne]

Interesting - well, I've checked the lastscan.xml for the HD channels (which is where I guess your code snippet is from) and they ain't there.

The snippets above came directly out of the npvr.db3 database, but are probably the same as what gets logged to the xml.

Iain

[liteswap]

Thanks - will need to find a foolproof way of editing that database then - what would you recommend?

[liteswap]

Ok, I found and used this: SQLite Database Browser - an SQLite GUI which is a tad quicker than sqlite3.exe.

I altered the xml for both my tuners for the BBC 1 HD and BBC HD channels - and on checking the settings inside NPVR, I find that the FEC value (I keep thinking Father Ted - sorry) is 2/3 - which is OK, but modulation has reverted to QPSK - it will not accept 8PSK as a value. Groan.

Thoughts?

[imilne]

Have you tried updating the xml (in the database) and then just seeing if the channel starts? Without worrying about what any of the GUI stuff is showing for it?

(I'm at work now and can't help debug too much without a working install in front of me)

Iain

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Yup, that's exactly what I tried first. Didn't work, alas, so I thought I'd take a look at the settings dialogs. Thanks for your help - these are among the two channels we watch most, so much distress here at Liteswap Towers