On 8/30/05, Erik Pettersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had QAM working with my HD-3000 for unencrypted local HD cable channels.
Had? > I assume you're using the dvb drivers? Do you have a way to determine > if the drops are in the recording, and not just symptoms of a > system/configuration struggling to playback these large/intense HD > files? Yes, DVB. When tuned to a known good channel/frequency, azap produces: azap TNTHD using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 771000000 Hz video pid 0x0010, audio pid 0x0011 status 00 | signal 70e4 | snr ed9d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0d90 | snr fc9d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 04dc | snr fcf7 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal 0105 | snr fd37 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 00 | signal 0105 | snr fc6d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fd13 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fccf | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 04dc | snr fcf9 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 00 | signal 0d90 | snr fc73 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal f603 | snr fcc9 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0105 | snr fc53 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 00 | signal fd2e | snr fc3d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0d90 | snr fcc9 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 04dc | snr fc81 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 00 | signal 0936 | snr fc7b | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fcb7 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal fd2e | snr fc71 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal fd2e | snr fc5d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fc71 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 04dc | snr fc0b | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fd09 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fd05 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal fd2e | snr fc63 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0936 | snr fd11 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal fd2e | snr fcb9 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal 0d90 | snr fc97 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 00 | signal 0d90 | snr fd31 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | This is with the same piece of coax that normally feeds the QAM tuner in my TV. My TV is able to display this channel without any problem. If I hookup my UHF antenna, I get this from azap: # azap -c channels-8VSB.conf KNME-HD using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0' tuning to 599028615 Hz video pid 0x0031, audio pid 0x0034 status 1f | signal 56c8 | snr eb7f | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal fd2e | snr fc01 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f603 | snr fbf3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f998 | snr fbbf | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fb6b | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f603 | snr fbf3 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal ec8a | snr fbdb | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal ec8a | snr fb8f | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f998 | snr fbf7 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f998 | snr fc0b | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fc05 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fbd5 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f603 | snr fbe5 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fc0b | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fbef | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fb97 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fb43 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f998 | snr fbf9 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal f2af | snr fc1b | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal ef9c | snr fbed | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal ef9c | snr fbdb | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal ef9c | snr fb57 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK And the picture is perfect. > I suggest (for the sake of troubleshooting) recording something > without watching it preferrably outside of myth via command line, and > playing it back later outside of myth. Yup. Tried that. Mplayer and Xine both play the resulting file with pixelation so bad, it is unwatchable. > FWIW I used dvb-apps from http://www.linuxtv.org/cvs.php on a > knoppmyth install and found the following links/posts helpful for > testing: > > http://www.xmission.com/~pchdtv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=688 > http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DigitalTelevisionDVB I will take a look at those links. > > E > -- Thanks for responding. At least I know it is possible. John _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
