[plug] Mythtv

Nikhil Jogia plug at nikhiljogia.com
Sun Apr 2 19:43:52 WST 2006


Jim Householder wrote:
> Arie Hol wrote:
>>
>> On 2 Apr 2006 at 1:40, Jim Householder wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I finally got around to trying to get mythtv working again after seeing
>>> the article in LXF75.  I've made much more progress this time around.  
>> I
>>> still have to manually (in /etc/rc.d/rc.local anyway) modprobe cx88-
>> dvb,
>>> but otherwise mythtv is working.
>>>
>>> Only problem is I cannot get SBS.  The scan for channels picks up the 
>> ABC
>>> fine, but when I try the SBS frequency (571500000) I get a lock and 
>> good
>>> s/n ratio, but then "Timeout scanning transport ID 768 - No Tables."
>>>
>>
>> Details of SBS transmitter for Perth area available from :
>>
>> http://www.sbs.com.au/transmission/selected.php3?vtype=Perth&state=WA
>>
>>
>> Shows the following details :
>>
>> Date: 01 Jan, 2001
>>
>> Location: Bickley
>>
>> Site Co-ordinates: Lat: -32 00 43 Long:+116 04 59 (Z:50 E:413397 
>> N:6457863)
>>
>> Tuning Information: Analogue Ch28 (527.198MHz) at ERP 600000W with 
>> Horizontal Polarity.
>>
>> Digital Ch29 (536.625MHz) at ERP 200kW with Horizontal Polarity.
>>
>> Digital Parameters: 64QAM; FEC 2/3; COFDM 8k; Guard Interval 1/8.
>>
>> Testing starts: NA Launch Date: On Air
>>
> Thanks for the replies.
> Yes, I get ABC2.
>
> Unfortunately the references and frequency suggested are for Perth.  I 
> live in Collie, with the transmitter located on Mt Leonard which is 
> about 30km east of Bunbury.
>
> I get "no signal" on the 536MHz frequency.  I have yet to find a 
> website with details for the Mt Leonard digital transmitter.
>
> I do get a lock on a transmitter using 571MHz, but critical 
> information on using the signal appears to be missing.  I'm not sure 
> where I got 571.  It's left over from when I was trying to get things 
> working a few months ago, but what notes I can find from that effort 
> associate it with SBS.
>
> Jim
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IIRC, the 571mhz is for sbs in sydney.

according to the SBS site, the mt lennard transmitter doesn't transmit 
digital - only analogue.



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