Hello Hermann, Thank you very much for you valuable help. Your suggestions helped a lot. Regards Vagelis hermann pitton wrote: > Hi Vangelis! > > Am Donnerstag, den 15.11.2007, 21:00 +0000 schrieb Vangelis Nonas: > >> Hello Hermann, >> >> Your suggestion helped a lot indeed. I can now get about 2000 services >> on Hotbird using scan from dvb-apps. Moreover the "reception" is better, >> SNR is about 90%, SS is around 50% or more and I dont often get high >> error rates. I also tested viewing channels and I can now see channels >> that didn't exist before. One minor negative side effect is that >> channelscan on vdr crashes. >> >> However, I still can not tume to 12 transponders on hotbird (out of 94 >> in total). These are the failing transponders: >> >>> tune to: 11334:h:S0.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11373:h:S0.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11432:v:S0.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12264:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11954:h:S19.2E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11597:v:S19.2E:22000: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12480:v:S19.2E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12500:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11533:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11996:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12722:h:S68.5E:26657: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11344:h:S8.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >> Although the DVB-S part of the card is now much more usable. I feel >> there is still room for improvement of the Linux driver. >> >> Any suggestions on how to improve the "reception" further? >> >> I have to mention here that I have a single LNB on my installation, no >> disecq, however the patch helped a lot. >> >> Thank you >> Vagelis >> >> > > I'm a bloody beginner on DVB-S and have a simple dish just since a few > days. > > The reason for that is, that we have the code from Andrew since long for > the newer silicon stuff, also saa7134 triple devices, which should > support DVB-S as well since for over two years, but we don't make much > progress, since only the Trio seems to be supported and on others not > even testing happens. > > For sure I can see, that whole fleets of such triple stuff are coming in > from all seas. > > For now, I'm only on a device, hard enough to barely hold it in a not > triple capable PCI slot, and likely not fully initialized for the ISL > stuff. > > I'm looking forward to get something "normal" next and then maybe I can > contribute to your questions in the future. > > For now, try to exchange with people on the same hardware than you and > hope for hints of the DVB guys. > > BTW, that outstanding patch is committed since 7 days to v4l-dvb master. > > For what I can see the patchlet from me, attaching the ISL6421 for the > ISL6405 on the Medion Quad should not do any harm, quite the same for > the first LNB. > > If somebody recognizes any possible risks to the hardware, please say > so. I don't. > > Cheers, > Hermann > > > > > > >> hermann pitton wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, den 14.11.2007, 21:36 +0000 schrieb Vangelis Nonas: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have been trying to use the DVB-S frontend of lifeview pci trio to >>>> scan and watch channels from Hotbird. I have the following two problems: >>>> >>>> >>> please try again with that patch applied and report again. >>> http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-June/018741.html >>> >>> I don't get a Medion Quad, not in the original triple bus master PCI >>> slot, to behave well on supplying voltage and tone on a ISL6405ER, but >>> with the RF loop through from an external receiver providing the missing >>> I have more than thousand broadcasts available from Hotbird-13.OE. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Hermann >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> A) When I scan (using the scan utility from the hg tree, or the scan >>>> utility of my distribution) almost half of the transponders can not be >>>> tuned. I get the error tuning failed and of course almost half of >>>> Hotbitd's channels are not found. My transponders file is correct >>>> because it comes from my set top box which also runs linux :) or from hg >>>> dvb-apps or from other dvb software (e.g. prog dvb). I have also tried >>>> scanning with channelscan plugin of vdr with the same results. When I >>>> use kaffeine to scan for channels I get an Oops. I am attaching the >>>> output of my scan command using the scan util from dvb-apps fresh hg >>>> pull. (scan.log.gz) >>>> >>>> B) When I use ready made channel lists downloaded from the internet I >>>> get low SNR and SS on almost half of the transponders and in some cases >>>> high error rate. When I use szap on those transponders I can not get a lock. >>>> >>>> My kernel is: >>>> Linux vagoshome 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 16:02:08 UTC 2007 >>>> i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux >>>> with a fresh hg mercurial pull and installation. >>>> >>>> I attach also my dmesg as dmesg.log.gz >>>> >>>> I also attach my lsmod as lsmod.log.gz >>>> >>>> In case you need more info about the Oops I get when I scan from >>>> Kaffeine, I can reproduce it and send you the output. >>>> >>>> The card works correctly under windows on the same machine, sat cable, dish. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Vagelis >>>> >>>> > > > > . > > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
