On Tuesday 19 September 2006 07:41, Hartmut Hackmann wrote: > Hi, all > > Peter D. wrote: [snip] > > Changing the configuration for channel seven from "hierarchy: > > NONE" to "hierarchy: AUTO" and "Guard interval: 1/8" to "Guard > > interval: 1/16" allows me to get standard definition channel 7, > > but not HD or the guide. More experimentation is necessary. > > No experiments necessary, see below. > > > I can only assume that; > > A) the out-of-the-box configuration on Mandriva 2006 is wrong > > B) the driver is smart enough to correct for mis-configuration > > C) some interaction of the Kworld and MSI clobbers the > > auto-configuration capabilities of the MSI driver. > > > > Perhaps something somewhere discovers that auto-configuration is > > already done (or does not need to be done) once and does not try > > a second time? I am just guessing here. > > Aha! This is known, an improperly specified GI makes the channel > decoder unable to lock! GI = guard interval? I am not so sure about assumption B any more. Philip reported that a lone card can lock with (I assume) mis-configured channel data and a recent tip. I have just done a test install with a lone card, mis-configured channel data, a recent kernel, but no tip and it could not lock. Assumption C might be a wild goose chase. If I uncover any evidence I will report it. > I mentioned this before: there can be wrong parameters in the > config files, i had this here in Hamburg too. We are guaranteed to have wrong configuration files from time to time because broadcasters can, and do, change their format with little warning. > Some channel decoders resp. their drivers ignore them and this > is what you see: The files work with some decoders though they > still are broken. > Especially with recent firmware of the tda10046, i recommend to set > all pararameters except the bandwidth to AUTO. This avoids such > problems. Kaffeine 0.8.2 has an "AUTO" option for bandwidth as well. Did you mean edit most of the fields in /etc/dvb/channels.conf-dvbt-australia to "AUTO"? Things seem to be pretty much working now - after a bit of tweeking. Thank you. -- Peter D. Sig goes here... _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
