Does GBPVR supports scanning of clear QAM

[artisticcheese]

Hi,

I have FIOS TV at home and have a bunch of clear channel QAM, can I scan for those? I can do it with MediaPortal but have not found a way to do that with GBPVR.

Greg

[sub]

Yes GB-PVR does QAM, but you obviously need to have a supported QAM device. (HDHomeRun, Hauppauge HVR1600/1800/2200/950Q/1250, VistaView DA-1N1-I/DA-1N1-E, OnAir GT)

[artisticcheese]

Yes I have Pinncale HD Stick Pro. As I said MediaPortal with that device allows me to scan for clear QAM channels (it takes an hour +) but shows all available clear QAM channels. Is there such thing (scan of QAM channels) available by GBPVR?

[sub]

Some people have been able to get Pinnacle sticks working with QAM. Run the filtercheck.exe from the gbpvr directory, then attach your filtercheck.log and I'll check exactly which Pinnacle stick you have.

[artisticcheese]

18:16:42.937 INFO Log started
18:16:42.937 INFO Filter Check v1.0
18:16:42.937 INFO
18:16:42.937 INFO
18:16:42.937 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_CAPTURE filters
18:16:42.953 INFO found: Realtek AC97 Audio
18:16:42.953 INFO - (input) Wave Volume
18:16:42.953 INFO - (output) Sum
18:16:42.953 INFO - (output) Recording Control
18:16:42.953 INFO - (input) ADC
18:16:42.953 INFO - (input) Sum
18:16:42.953 INFO - (output) Mute
18:16:42.953 INFO
18:16:42.953 INFO found: Audio Advantage Micro Device
18:16:42.953 INFO - (input) Volume
18:16:42.968 INFO - (output) DAC
18:16:42.968 INFO - (input) SPDIF Interface
18:16:42.968 INFO
18:16:42.968 INFO found: PCTV DiB BDA Analog Capture (Dev1 Path2)
18:16:42.968 INFO - (output) Capture
18:16:42.968 INFO - (output) Output1
18:16:42.968 INFO - (output) VBI
18:16:42.968 INFO - (input) Analog Video In
18:16:42.968 INFO - (input) Input4
18:16:42.968 INFO
18:16:42.968 INFO
18:16:42.968 INFO
18:16:42.968 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_ENCODER filters
18:16:42.968 INFO
18:16:42.968 INFO
18:16:42.968 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_CROSSBAR filters
18:16:42.968 INFO found: PCTV DiB BDA Analog Xbar (Dev1 Path2)
18:16:43.078 INFO - (input) 0: Video Tuner In
18:16:43.078 INFO - (input) 1: Audio Tuner In
18:16:43.078 INFO - (output) 0: Video Decoder Out
18:16:43.078 INFO - (output) 1: Audio Decoder Out
18:16:43.078 INFO
18:16:43.078 INFO
18:16:43.078 INFO
18:16:43.078 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_TVTUNER filters
18:16:43.078 INFO found: PCTV DiB BDA Analog TV Tuner (Dev1 Path2)
18:16:43.093 INFO - (output) Analog Video
18:16:43.093 INFO - (output) Analog Audio
18:16:43.093 INFO
18:16:43.093 INFO
18:16:43.093 INFO
18:16:43.093 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_TVAUDIO filters
18:16:43.093 INFO found: PCTV DiB BDA Analog TV Audio (Dev1 Path2)
18:16:43.093 INFO - (input) TVAudio In
18:16:43.093 INFO - (output) TVAudio Out
18:16:43.093 INFO
18:16:43.093 INFO
18:16:43.093 INFO
18:16:43.093 INFO Checking AM_KSCATEGORY_VBICODEC filters
18:16:43.093 INFO found: NABTS/FEC VBI Codec
18:16:43.187 INFO - (input) VBI
18:16:43.187 INFO - (output) NABTS
18:16:43.187 INFO - (input) HWNABTS
18:16:43.187 INFO
18:16:43.187 INFO found: CC Decoder
18:16:43.234 INFO - (input) VBI
18:16:43.234 INFO - (output) CC
18:16:43.234 INFO - (input) HWCC
18:16:43.234 INFO
18:16:43.234 INFO found: WST Codec
18:16:43.281 INFO - (input) VBI
18:16:43.281 INFO - (output) Teletext
18:16:43.281 INFO
18:16:43.281 INFO
18:16:43.281 INFO
18:16:43.281 INFO Checking KSCATEGORY_BDA_NETWORK_TUNER filters
18:16:43.281 INFO found: PCTV DiB BDA Digital Tuner (Dev1 Path0)
18:16:43.281 INFO - (input) Input0
18:16:43.281 INFO - (output) MPEG2 Transport
18:16:43.281 INFO
18:16:43.281 INFO
18:16:43.281 INFO
18:16:43.281 INFO Checking KSCATEGORY_BDA_RECEIVER_COMPONENT filters
18:16:43.281 INFO found: BDA Slip De-Framer
18:16:43.328 INFO - (input) NABTS
18:16:43.328 INFO - (output) IPv4
18:16:43.328 INFO
18:16:43.328 INFO found: BDA MPE Filter
18:16:43.375 INFO - (input) MPE
18:16:43.375 INFO - (output) IPv4
18:16:43.375 INFO
18:16:43.375 INFO found: PCTV DiB BDA Digital Capture (Dev1 Path0)
18:16:43.375 INFO - (input) MPEG2 Transport
18:16:43.375 INFO - (output) MPEG2 Transport
18:16:43.375 INFO

[sub]

Try adding this to your bda.ini file. If you get lucky it might work

[Pinncale HD Stick Pro (QAM)]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
TUNING_SPECIAL=2
FILTER_TUNER="PCTV DiB BDA Digital Tuner (Dev1 Path0) "
FILTER_CAPTURE=PCTV DiB BDA Digital Capture (Dev1 Path0)
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

You should be able to choose the "Pinncale HD Stick Pro (QAM)" option when you setup your capture source.

[artisticcheese]

I can already select compatible Pinnacle Device right now. My question is once this is setup how can I scan for QAM channels? Will there be something in UI which will allow to scan for clear QAM channels like MediaPortal does?

[sub]

When you setup your capture source and hit the 'map digital channels to epg channels' it'll start scanning. With a regular ATSC device selected it'll scan 68 channels. If you have a Clear QAM device selected it'll scan 140 odd channels.

[artisticcheese]

Thanks, that's what I was looking for, UI is little different from MP where you scan first and then select mapping, while in GBPVR it's reversed. Thanks for excellent support.