H264 (Freeview HD) channels scanned but won't play

[Reddwarf]

That log shows nothing but a failed attempt to watch live tv. You need to try a recording and post all of your logfiles.

[gEd]

and how are you scheduling a HD recording if u have no HD EPG? Are you doing a manual recording?

[sausageman]

It's a manual recording.

I thought one of the 2 files in the zip was of me trying to record. I left it running for about 8 mins.

Which files do I need to include? Everything in the folder?

I probably won't get a chance to try again until tomorrow.

[Reddwarf]

As I said, post the whole log folder.

[mvallevand]

My suggestion if you are trying to debug NextPVR playback is restart the recording service and avoid live tv from xbmc. To me it looks like channel change bug is creeping in make things much harder to triage.

Martin

[sausageman]

Here is the zip of my logs folder.

I had just tried to make an 8 minute recording of BBC One HD after applying the March 4th NPVR patch and restarting.

[Reddwarf]

Code:

2013-03-15 02:05:48.795    [DEBUG][9]    Calling LockChannel()
2013-03-15 02:05:48.801    [DEBUG][9]    locked=1, present=1, strength=59, quality=18   (took 0ms to check)
2013-03-15 02:05:48.801    [DEBUG][9]    DigitalRecorderDVBT::Tune@8
2013-03-15 02:05:48.803    [DEBUG][9]    File size is 0 bytes (non-existant)
2013-03-15 02:05:48.803    [INFO][9]    DigitalRecorder.StartStream() allocated handle: 0x4

I notice that both signal strength and quality is very low, and no file is created. Don't know if that is because the device does not deliver any data.

[sausageman]

I've had no problems with signal strength or quality in the last 6 years that I've been using this aerial setup. (Roof aerial pointing at Crystal Palace).

All SD channels are currently working without issue.

[Reddwarf]

I've had no problems with signal strength or quality in the last 6 years that I've been using this aerial setup. (Roof aerial pointing at Crystal Palace).

All SD channels are currently working without issue.

Not sure it is relevant for you, but HD channels operate at a much higher bitrate and thus require a much more reliable/stronger signal. Do you have any splitters that you could try to remove or is it possible to shorten the cable length as a test?

[Graham]

My experience has been that signal quality issues can cause scanning problems but then work okay for recording. If you have scanned okay then it should record okay.