Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Good morning martin, Any obstacles in the way, like trees or so? There is something that’s called Fresnel zone, which can be painful. It is possible that some trees are in the way, but I'd say the house is far enough away, and the dish is high enough. And would an obstacle create problems only

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello again, Off upstairs to remove all but one card, and see what happens. back to the PC. Same problem. Removed two of DVB-cards, no change. Moved the cable to different ports on the multiswitch, no change. Any other idea? -- Best regards Peer Oliver Schmidt PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello martin, thanks for your patience. Okay .. but you still can reduce your system down to one DVB-S card .. Yes, that I will do. So, what do you plan to prove that your multiswitch is not broken? I've changed it to another one. What do you do to doublecheck, that your sat dish is cor

Re:[vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello again martin, > we need to put then an eye on your hardware setup - this is a problem before > the DVB-S cards. You where talking about 3 DVB-S cards, but how many LNB's > do you have? How have you wired the system? We have: horizontal / vertical > polarization and then lower and upper band!

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello list, > I have problems receiving some channels (ARD, ZDF,N3, DMAX) in good > quality. Receiving other channels (SAT.1, RTL, Pro7, Das Vierte) works > just fine. I've tried using szap to see if I can find the problem in one of my DVB-S cards. Unfortunately, no matter which card I use, I hav

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello Rob, >>> there is a plugin Femon available - much nicer output! You should >>> check it >>> out! Then you have clear text messages. >> >> Problem here is, I don't have access to the regular VDR OSD. > > I think it's worth using your ubuntu system to get to the vdr interface > every now and t

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello Patrick Cernko, I have problems receiving some channels (ARD, ZDF,N3, DMAX) in good quality. Receiving other channels (SAT.1, RTL, Pro7, Das Vierte) works just fine. [..] A friend of mine has problems on similar channels. We found out, that they result from interferences with his DECT wir

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello Rob, Problem here is, I don't have access to the regular VDR OSD. I think it's worth using your ubuntu system to get to the vdr interface every now and then.. Which ubuntu are you using? feisty I had to download and compile xine-lib (for multiple audio streams to work), vdr-1.4.5

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Patrick Cernko
Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: > Hi, > > I have problems receiving some channels (ARD, ZDF,N3, DMAX) in good > quality. Receiving other channels (SAT.1, RTL, Pro7, Das Vierte) works > just fine. > > I have three budget TT cards connected to a multiswitch in my attic, > just a few meters cable away fr

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-29 Thread Rob Davis
Peer Oliver Schmidt wrote: Hello Martin, there is a plugin Femon available - much nicer output! You should check it out! Then you have clear text messages. Problem here is, I don't have access to the regular VDR OSD. I think it's worth using your ubuntu system to get to the vdr interface

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-28 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hello Martin, there is a plugin Femon available - much nicer output! You should check it out! Then you have clear text messages. Problem here is, I don't have access to the regular VDR OSD. So, I'm no expert, but "ber" and "unc" must be zero (I'm sure you can have a look in wiki). So, as you

Re: [vdr] Problems receiving couple of german channels DVB-S

2007-01-28 Thread Peer Oliver Schmidt
Hi martin, thanks for your help. have you installed femon? Have you had a look at the perception level? What does it say? I have it installed, and this is the output: First without specific tuning to any channel vdr:~# femon -a 0 using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' FE: Samsung S5H1420 DVB-