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okabe: <u>Jester01</u>: is it possible to have an LNB locked to a specific provider, and furthermore locked to a specific account?
<br> im thinking that the LNB im using is probably stuck with bell or something
Jester01: don't think so
<br> LNB is little more than a frequency downconverter and amplifier
<br> it doesn't really know what's in the stream
okabe: hmm ok
Jester01: did you find some satellite that covers your area and has free channels?
okabe: i think im pointed at nimiq atm
<br> there are no free channels
<br> but just to test
<br> i used a sat-tunner and im roughly pointed where dishpointer.com showed me
<br> and then moved the dish around til the signal got strongest
<br> but scanning is still not working
Jester01: there is a "free previews info channel"
<br> you can set your parameters by hand
okabe: i was looking at that channel.conf thing, but i dont understand the parameters
<br> name:frequency:polarity:??:??:??:??
Jester01: diseq switch (for multiple LNBs leave at 0)
<br> symbol rate
<br> video pid, audio pid
okabe: hmm okay
Jester01: sid
<br> well
<br> this nimiq6 seems to use some strange transmission type
okabe: i think im at nimiq4
<br> https://www.lyngsat.com/Nimiq-4.html
Jester01: ahha
okabe: what does the R or L stand for after the freuqency
Jester01: that has no free stuff whatsoever and also not the standard format I know
<br> Right or Left polarized
okabe: oh
Jester01: now that would be something to check on the LNB
okabe: can polorization be right, left, horizontal, vertical?
Jester01: I don't think they can do all of those, it's either H-V or L-R
okabe: the example channel you gave me has "h" for polarity
<br> so id just put l or r in this case?
<br> < Jester01> now that would be something to check on the LNB
<br> ^ some LNB stuck at specific polarization?
Jester01: I mean the LNB can probably either only do planar so you can have H or V, or it can do circular in which case you can choose L or R
<br> the one I have is planar, so I get H or V, I don't think I can receive any circular polarized with this, be it left or right
<br> may be wrong on that
<br> or anything else :D
okabe: interesting
<br> sorry im asking so many questions LOL
<br> all of this is new to me
Jester01: it's like the 3D movie glasses, the ones you get in the cinema are circular polarized L and R
<br> but you can't use planar polarized sunglasses to watch movies, no matter how you turn them
okabe: right
Jester01: Imma gonna take a look at my LNB
okabe: does this lyngsat show coverage from signals ?
<br> ive seen maps of some sat beams
Jester01: yeah
<br> well mine only says the frequency range on the label, not the polarizaton
-: Jester01 googles
okabe: actually maybe im pointed at galaxy19
<br> that has free channels
Jester01: ahha
okabe: im just pointed at something in that general area of 80-90w
Jester01: :D
okabe: XD
<br> i should get a compass i think
Jester01: so maybe if your LNB was for Bell then it can only do circular stuff
okabe: i swapped it out for some other one that is from a direct TV dish
<br> these are dishes from the junk yard basically
<br> random people i know that had them collecting dust or attached to houses they bought
<br> no idea if they even work or whats going on
<br> looking at Katz Networks on https://www.lyngsat.com/Galaxy-19.html\
<br> this is my line so far
<br> Katz Networks:3952:v:0:16000:
<br> do i just pick a vpid/apid
<br> for like bounce or something
Jester01: well did you look at what freq your new trash LNB does?
<br> if it's C or Ku band? :D
okabe: i remember that its Ku band
Jester01: then don't try the 3952 that's C
okabe: oh
<br> derp
Jester01: :D
okabe: oh i could try PSSI International Teleport
Jester01: one from that block yeah
<br> maybe the [VVTV test card] :D
okabe: whats the sid for that one ?
<br> oh
<br> i see
Jester01: 8
okabe: reading channels from file '/home/okabe/.szap/channels.conf'
<br> zapping to 1 'VVTV':
<br> sat 0, frequency = 11836 MHz V, symbolrate 20770000, vpid = 0x006c, apid = 0x006d sid = 0x0008
<br> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
<br> <u>Version</u>: 5.11 FE_CAN { DVB-S + DVB-S2 + DSS }
<br> status 00 | signal 8540 | snr 0000 | ber 00000001 | unc 00000000 |
<br> the signal value is changing slightly but nothing else
Jester01: hmmmm
okabe: is that not look right?
Jester01: didwe figure the frontend1?
<br> I don't remember :D
okabe: yeah i used frontend1 cause otherwise i get the error "Not a valid QPSK device!"?
Jester01: yeah ok
<br> that does say DVB-S all right
okabe: maybe my dish isnt pointed right
<br> i should get a compass
Jester01: :D
<br> don't you have one in the smartphone?
okabe: no i have a weird phone
Jester01: I am sure you know, but you need to adjust the elevation as well
okabe: basically everything is flipped off
<br> yeah that too
<br> okay
<br> so just curious, do i view the stream with mplayer or vlc or something?
Jester01: ye
okabe: what does szap do?
Jester01: if you add -r
okabe: i dont see it binding to a port
<br> oh
Jester01: -r set up /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0 for TS recording
<br> then you can just mplayer /dev/dvb/adapterX/dvr0
okabe: oh
<br> okay
<br> neat
Jester01: see also
<br> szap -l help
okabe: hmm
<br> when i run dvbsnoop -s feinfo
<br> its showing the current frequency is 0.00 kHz
<br> oh maybe wrong frontend
<br> i should focus on some work stuff
<br> thanks again Jester01
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