[09:45] <CRCinAU> so - I'm doing this: $ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvbv5/dvb-t/au-Melbourne
[09:45] <CRCinAU> and I can see channels being detected
[09:46] <CRCinAU> ie: 
[09:46] <CRCinAU> http://fpaste.org/334327/57171151/
[09:46] <CRCinAU> yet I can't seem to get VLC to play any DVB stuff at alll
[09:46] <CRCinAU> and I don't get a dvb_channels.conf output from dvbv5-scan
[09:47] <dongs> C/N doesnt sound very promising but who knows
[09:48] <CRCinAU> even if I use: dvbv5-scan --output=channels.conf --output-format=CHANNEL /usr/share/dvbv5/dvb-t/au-Melbourne
[09:48] <dongs> does it work in windows?
[09:48] <CRCinAU> yep.
[09:48] <CRCinAU> I used ProgDVB in Windows 7 for may years.
[09:48] <CRCinAU> its a:
[09:48] <CRCinAU> 07:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
[09:49] <CRCinAU> I found the firmware file:
[09:49] <CRCinAU> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66220 Mar  5 12:52 /lib/firmware/xc3028-v27.fw
[09:49] <CRCinAU> but something weird happens - because sometimes w_scan picks up channels, sometimes it doesn't.
[09:49] <dongs> xceie, eh.
[09:50] <CRCinAU> I wonder. Just plugged the antenna port into the other socket
[09:50] <CRCinAU> just in case.
[09:51] <CRCinAU> nah - that's right: 0x00) Signal= 0.00%
[09:52] <CRCinAU> so, I now try: $ w_scan -X -c AU
[09:53] <CRCinAU> and today, its not picking up anything :\
[09:53] <CRCinAU> I wonder if I happened to get the wrong firmware.......
[09:58] <CRCinAU> well, just followed this: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xceive_XC3028/XC2028#How_to_Obtain_the_Firmware
[09:58] <CRCinAU> $ md5sum xc3028-v27.fw /lib/firmware/xc3028-v27.fw
[09:58] <CRCinAU> 293dc5e915d9a0f74a368f8a2ce3cc10  xc3028-v27.fw
[09:58] <CRCinAU> 293dc5e915d9a0f74a368f8a2ce3cc10  /lib/firmware/xc3028-v27.fw
[09:58] <CRCinAU> so I'm using the same firmware.....
[10:04] <CRCinAU> well, just plugged in an RTL2132 or whatever it is
[10:05] <CRCinAU> Scanning frequency #1 177500000
[10:05] <CRCinAU> Lock   (0x1f)
[10:05] <CRCinAU> etc
[10:05] <CRCinAU> so maybe the damn driver for linux is busted for that card :(
[10:06] <CRCinAU> ah
[10:06] <CRCinAU> frontend 'Realtek RTL2832 (DVB-T)' supports
[10:42] <CRCinAU> hrrm - seems the USB port won't keep up with even a 720p stream on that...
[10:42] <CRCinAU> getting a lot of "too late to display" errors in VLC :\
[11:10] <dongs> errr
[11:11] <dongs> you're talking mpeg2ts right?
[11:11] <CRCinAU> something like that 
[11:11] <dongs> its barely in megabytes/second range
[11:33] <CRCinAU> yeah - I'm not too sure what the deal it
[11:34] <CRCinAU> avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[11:34] <CRCinAU> avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[11:34] <CRCinAU> avcodec error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[11:34] <CRCinAU> etc etc etc
[11:39] <CRCinAU> seems to work perfectly on a non-HD channel
[11:40] <CRCinAU> so I'm stuck with a PCI tuner that doesn't tune, and a USB tuner that can't seem to keep up with a HD channel ;)
[11:42] <iive> the error might mean that the program cannot process frames fast enough
[11:42] <iive> and HD needs more time to process.
[11:42] <iive> see if there is 'fast-er" option.
[11:43] <CRCinAU> in theory, it should be using vdpau on the radeon driver
[11:44] <iive> i don't think vdpau supports encoding yet.
[11:47] <awalls> force threaded irqs then bump up the rt priority of the USB controller.
[11:48] <awalls> and give rt priorty to your user space app
[11:49] <CRCinAU> threaded IRQs eh?
[11:49] <awalls> that way you can have the USB controller have higher priority than the disk xonrroller, etc.
[11:50] <awalls> *controller
[11:50] <CRCinAU> well, I'm also curious as to why my xc3028 tuner decides not to tune either :\
[11:50] <awalls> Modern kernels have a command line option to force threaded irqs.
[11:51] <awalls> what's  the error message on failed tune in dmesg or other logfiles?
[11:51] <awalls> what is the main driver for the card?
[11:59] <CRCinAU> 07:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
[11:59] <CRCinAU> that's the PCI card
[11:59] <CRCinAU> the USB one is a RTL2832
[12:00] <CRCinAU> but it seems I don't get a lock on the SAA card :\
[12:00] <CRCinAU> I pulled it out to take a look - lemme power off and install the card again
[12:02] <CRCinAU> [    5.329484] saa7134: saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0, 2, 17 loaded
[12:02] <CRCinAU> [    5.329583] saa7134: saa7133[0]: found at 0000:07:01.0, rev: 209, irq: 17, latency: 64, mmio: 0xfbeff800
[12:03] <CRCinAU> [    5.329588] saa7134: saa7133[0]: subsystem: 185b:c900, board: Compro VideoMate T750 [card=139,autodetected]
[12:03] <CRCinAU> now its back in
[12:04] <CRCinAU> [    5.485921] xc2028 10-0061: type set to XCeive xc2028/xc3028 tuner
[12:04] <CRCinAU> [    5.495751] xc2028 10-0061: Loading 80 firmware images from xc3028-v27.fw, type: xc2028 firmware, ver 2.7
[12:05] <CRCinAU> $ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvbv5/dvb-t/au-Melbourne
[12:05] <CRCinAU> Cannot calc frequency shift. Either bandwidth/symbol-rate is unavailable (yet).
[12:05] <CRCinAU> Scanning frequency #1 177500000 (0x00) Signal= 100.00% C/N= 0.00% UCB= 0 postBER= 0
[12:05] <CRCinAU> no lock :\
[12:31] <CRCinAU> ok, well - lodged this: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113771
[12:31] <CRCinAU> lets see what I can turn up
[12:49] <awalls> CRCinAU: with legacy PCI cards, removing all the pci cards, blowing out the dust from all the pci slots, and putting the cards back in usually fixes these sort of mystery register read failure pro lems.
[12:51] <awalls> conventional PCI busses use reflected wave switching which is sensitive to bus impedance changes.
[12:51] <awalls> dust being a major cause in old pc's.
[16:07] <Squ4lli> Hi guys, I have a digital tv card, but when i use w_scan it find nothing. Can someone help ? It is recognize as Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder
[16:11] <Squ4lli> It's an Asus Europa II  Hybrid card
[16:16] <Squ4lli> I have tried with Kaffeine and me-tv too but the scan find nothing 
[16:17] <Squ4lli> I think the card is actually not supported 
[16:17] <Squ4lli> I have installed the firmware
[16:33] <Squ4lli> nobody?
[23:29] <CRCinAU> woah
[23:29] <CRCinAU> 03:07 < Squ4lli> Hi guys, I have a digital tv card, but when i use w_scan it find nothing. Can someone help ? It is recognize as Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder
[23:29] <CRCinAU> so same problem as me ;)