[linux-dvb] Re: VDR and DVB-C

[Peter Hofmann <software@pxh.de>]

Hi,

I am using VDR with a DVB-C card (without CAM) for some time. All tests were
done with VDR-0.71pre9 and the latest CVS version with tag DVB-0-8.

On Feb 16, 17:54, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Subject: [linux-dvb] VDR and DVB-C
> - load the driver and check whether you get a picture and sound
>   (if not, the channel settings in your cable are different from
>   what the driver sets as default, so you'll have to find out
>   the frequency, symbol rate, VPID and APID settings yourself).

Playback, recording and EPG work fine for me. There are audio glitches mainly
with ARD and ZDF and sometimes other channels. I haven't tried remuxing yet.

> - create a 'channels.conf' with the following content:
>
>   Test1:394:h:0:6900:610:620:0:0
>   Test2:394:h:0:6900:610:620:0:0
>
> - start VDR
> - in VDR's Setup menu change both LNB frequencies to 0
> - switch between the two channels (they both have the same settings,
>   this is just to make VDR actually call the SetChannel function).

OK, works. It's ZDF.info (which I get with my regular setup anyway).

> - if you get a picture and sound, try recording and playback

OK, also works.

>-- End of excerpt from Klaus Schmidinger

One curious thing: After I get back to my regular channels.conf I have to set
back the LNB frequencies to

  LnbFrequLo         = 9750
  LnbFrequHi         = 10600

Otherwise I get the error

  ERROR: channel 1 not sync'ed (front.sync=0)!

in the syslog.

For those DVB-C users that are interested, here is my regular channels.conf:

Das Erste:10160:h:1:6900:101:102:0:28106
hessen:10160:h:1:6900:301:302:0:28108
BR-alpha:10160:h:1:6900:701:702:0:28112
SWR:10160:h:1:6900:801:802:0:28113
EinsExtra:10176:h:1:6900:101:102:0:28201
EinsFestival:10176:h:1:6900:201:202:0:28202
EinsMuXx:10176:h:1:6900:301:302:0:28203
MDR:10176:h:1:6900:401:402:0:28204
ORB:10176:h:1:6900:501:502:0:28205
B1:10176:h:1:6900:601:602:0:28206
ZDF:10144:h:1:6900:110:120:0:28006
3sat:10144:h:1:6900:210:220:0:28007
KiKa:10144:h:1:6900:310:320:0:28008
Eurosport:10144:h:1:6900:410:420:0:28009
ORF:10144:h:1:6900:506:507:0:28010
ZDF.info:10144:h:1:6900:610:620:0:28011
EuroNews:10144:h:1:6900:2233:2221:0:28015
ZDF.doku:10144:h:1:6900:660:670:0:28014
BR:10160:h:1:6900:201:202:0:28107
WDR:10160:h:1:6900:601:602:0:28111
arte:10160:h:1:6900:401:402:0:28109
SR:10160:h:1:6900:501:502:0:28110
Via:10096:h:1:6900:611:612:0:50705
Leitseite:10096:h:1:6900:2254:0:0:5004
PremiereWorld:10120:h:1:6900:255:256:0:10


Best wishes

Peter

-- 
Peter Hofmann                  e-mail: software@pxh.de


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