[vdr] Re: [linux-dvb] Re: Scan utility and radio stations

[Ora Järvinen <vdr@oraweb.de>]

Dave Chapman wrote:
> (Your reply only came to me, not to the list - is that what you
> intended?)

No, definitely not... didn't pay any attention. How come the reply-to
addresses seem to vary? I just usually reply...

> Ora Järvinen wrote:
>> Hmmm... FWIW, I set the CA field to 0 and I could receive RTE but it
>> sounded like if you have a very weak signal (squeek, squawk..) while
>> femon showed BER 0 and my STB receives it perfectly...
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, what information is sent for the scrambled
>> channels (or rather, what can be sent - apparently it may not always
>> be correct)?
>
> You should look at the output of my dvbtune program (the "-i" option).
> This dumps the service information from a transponder as a human (and
> computer) readable XML file.  You can download it from
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvbtools/

Thanks, I'll try that.

> It may help to look at ETSI EN 300 468, which is the DVB standard
> describing service information (Google for it).
>
>> Like, is information on the actual system being used sent? Conax etc?
>> Would be great if the scan utility (or something similar eventually
>> built into VDR) could be a little more selective.
>
> Yes, the SI gives you a lot of information on the conditional access
> scheme(s) being used, include the type of encryption.  Again, look at
> the output of dvbtune for details.

See above - will do.



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