[linux-dvb] Crystal Palace - only some channels

[Linux TV]

Hi y'all.

I've finally got my Hauppauge WinTV-NovaT card working - through 2 inline 
signal boosters, but I'm not getting all the channels in my channels.conf 
file.

To test I'm simply using tzap in one window and piping the 
/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr to mplayer


Can anyone explain why some channels in a multiplex work while others don't? 
For instance :

#Multiplex B BBC - Channel 28, Offset -, Frequency 529833333
#Community                (0x4e00) 01: PCR 0x1fff
#703                      (0x4c80) 01: PCR 0x1fff
BBC 
PARLMNT:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:403
BBC 
FOUR:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:201:401
701:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:204:411
702:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:203:407
CBeebies:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:401:402
BBC Asian 
Net:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:435
1Xtra 
BBC:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:434
BBC 
7:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:433
BBC 6 
Music:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:432
BBC 5L 
SportsX:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:431
BBC R5 
Live:529833333:INVERSION_OFF:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_NONE:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:0:430


I can get 701, 702, BBC FOUR, but not all the rest.

Also, it doesn't seem to be a factor of signal strength, snr etc as to which 
channels mplayer will display.  for instance :  looking at the below, I can 
watch 'Sky Travel' but not 'CHANNEL4' or 'ITV 1'

any ideas?


tzap -c ~/.tzap/channels.conf -r 'CHANNEL4'
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 481833333 Hz
video pid 0x0b0b, audio pid 0x0b0c
status 00 | signal 00ff | snr c000 | ber 00003fff | unc 00000100 |
status 1f | signal 0044 | snr ffdf | ber 0000000f | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0044 | snr fffe | ber 00000001 | unc 00000005 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0044 | snr ffd7 | ber 00000028 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffdf | ber 00000020 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffe0 | ber 0000001f | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffc3 | ber 0000003c | unc 00000010 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0044 | snr fff4 | ber 0000000b | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0044 | snr fff6 | ber 00000009 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0044 | snr ffe2 | ber 0000001d | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK

[root at nzbaxters ~]# !935
tzap -c ~/.tzap/channels.conf -r 'ITV 1'
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 481833333 Hz
video pid 0x0200, audio pid 0x028a
status 01 | signal 0045 | snr ffd4 | ber 0000002b | unc 000000eb |
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffa8 | ber 00000057 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffb1 | ber 0000004e | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffc5 | ber 0000003a | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0045 | snr ffc8 | ber 00000037 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK

[root at nzbaxters ~]# !926
tzap -c ~/.tzap/channels.conf -r 'Sky Travel'
using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
tuning to 578166666 Hz
video pid 0x012d, audio pid 0x012e
status 00 | signal 00ff | snr c000 | ber 00003fff | unc 00000100 |
status 1f | signal 0047 | snr ffc8 | ber 00000037 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0047 | snr ff99 | ber 00000066 | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0047 | snr ffe4 | ber 0000001b | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0047 | snr fff0 | ber 0000000f | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 0047 | snr ffe3 | ber 0000001c | unc 00000100 | 
FE_HAS_LOCK