DVB-S not playing

[arrbee99]

Don't know if there's anything obvious but it seems dvb-s channels are not playing in the app or the web (or Emby). Just a blank screen. Rebooted the machine. Tuners seem to be there. Thanks very much...

[Graham]

Don't know if there's anything obvious but it seems dvb-s channels are not playing in the app or the web (or Emby). Just a blank screen. Rebooted the machine. Tuners seem to be there. Thanks very much...

At what time did you have the problem so that we know where to look in the logs?

Was an EPG update in progress when the problem occurred?

[arrbee99]

I restarted the computer and tried to play in the app and I think in the web app. I hope the logs are only short and basically only cover the time since the restart. There shouldn't have been any epg update going on as its set to 2:44am.

[arrbee99]

Probably the ones after 22:45.

[mvallevand]

It seems like a problem with the signal or the time NextPVR is waiting to test the lock (0ms seems short)

2020-04-25 22:57:12.850 [DEBUG][4] Calling LockChannel()
2020-04-25 22:57:12.857 [DEBUG][4] locked=0, present=0, strength=69, quality=0 (took 0ms to check)

when it was working it was locking

2020-04-17 15:43:20.072 [DEBUG][5] Calling LockChannel()
2020-04-17 15:43:20.084 [DEBUG][5] locked=1, present=1, strength=86, quality=67 (took 16ms to check)

Martin

[sub]

If you scan, but don't save the results, does it find any channels?

I'm assuming it's not working in any software? My guess is your dish has moved or something.

[arrbee99]

Scanning doesn't find anything. Just hope it isn't my 4 month old TV card. I'll try seeing if the old set top box is working OK - it lights up and provides power to the dish.

Also hope the dish hasn't moved, its not been windy, its not Wellington...

[sub]

What device is it? You could try moving PCIe slots. I had one device that would occasionally stop working, until I moved to a different slot.

[sub]

DVB-S devices are pretty well known for dying. Hopefully that's not the case here though.

[arrbee99]

Might try moving it later, hopefully I'll find something literally outside the box first though.

Hope the card is OK, its quite difficult to find them nowadays, and I got it from the UK, so while hopefully it can be checked or replaced or something, there's the whole covid thing and being in NZ the postage cost is probably ridiculous as well.