Re: WinTV-HVR-1400: scandvb (and kaffeine) fails to find any channels

[Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>]

On 01/31/13 20:59, Chris Clayton wrote:
> Hi Devin
>
> On 01/31/13 16:31, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Chris Clayton
>> <chris2553@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> On linuxtv.org, the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1400 is listed as being
>>> supported.
>>> I've bought one, but I find that when I run the scan for dvb-t channels,
>>> none are found. I have tried kernels 2.6.11, 2.7.5 and 3.8.0-rc5+
>>> (pulled
>>> from Linus' tree today)
>>>
>>> I know the aerial and cable are OK because, using the same cable,
>>> scanning
>>> with an internal PCI dvb-t card in a desktop computer finds 117 TV
>>> and radio
>>> channels. I know the HVR-1400 expresscard is OK because, again using the
>>> same cable, on Windows 7 the Hauppauge TV viewing application also
>>> finds all
>>> those channels.
>>
>> Try the patch described in this email sent last week:
>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-media@vger.kernel.org/msg57577.html
>>
>> There's a very good chance you have the same problem.
>>
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't fix my problem.
>
> I've been doing some more investigating and I find that w_scan can't
> "get any working frequency/transponder". The output is:
>
> [chris:~]$ w_scan -c GB -x -C ASCII
> w_scan version 20121111 (compiled for DVB API 5.5)
> using settings for UNITED KINGDOM
> DVB aerial
> DVB-T GB
> scan type TERRESTRIAL, channellist 6
> output format initial tuning data
> output charset 'ASCII'
> Info: using DVB adapter auto detection.
>          /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -> TERRESTRIAL "DiBcom 7000PC":
> good :-)
> Using TERRESTRIAL frontend (adapter /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0)
> -_-_-_-_ Getting frontend capabilities-_-_-_-_
> Using DVB API 5.9
> frontend 'DiBcom 7000PC' supports
> INVERSION_AUTO
> QAM_AUTO
> TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO
> GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO
> HIERARCHY_AUTO
> FEC_AUTO
> FREQ (44.25MHz ... 864.00MHz)
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> Scanning 7MHz frequencies...
> 177500: (time: 00:00)
> 184500: (time: 00:17)
> 191500: (time: 00:34)
> 198500: (time: 00:52)
> 205500: (time: 01:09)
> 212500: (time: 01:26)
> 219500: (time: 01:43)
> 226500: (time: 02:00)
> Scanning 8MHz frequencies...
> 474000: (time: 02:18)
> 474167: (time: 02:35)
> 473833: (time: 02:52)
> 482000: (time: 03:09)
> 482167: (time: 03:27)
> 481833: (time: 03:44)
> 490000: (time: 04:01)
> 490167: (time: 04:18)
> 489833: (time: 04:36)
> 498000: (time: 04:53)
> 498167: (time: 05:10)
> 497833: (time: 05:27)
> 506000: (time: 05:44)
> 506167: (time: 06:02)
> 505833: (time: 06:19)
> 514000: (time: 06:36)
> 514167: (time: 06:53)
> 513833: (time: 07:11)
> 522000: (time: 07:28)
> 522167: (time: 07:45)
> 521833: (time: 08:02)
> 530000: (time: 08:19)
> 530167: (time: 08:37)
> 529833: (time: 08:54)
> 538000: (time: 09:11)
> 538167: (time: 09:28)
> 537833: (time: 09:46)
> 546000: (time: 10:03)
> 546167: (time: 10:20)
> 545833: (time: 10:37)
> 554000: (time: 10:55)
> 554167: (time: 11:12)
> 553833: (time: 11:29)
> 562000: (time: 11:46)
> 562167: (time: 12:03)
> 561833: (time: 12:21)
> 570000: (time: 12:38)
> 570167: (time: 12:55)
> 569833: (time: 13:12)
> 578000: (time: 13:30)
> 578167: (time: 13:47)
> 577833: (time: 14:04)
> 586000: (time: 14:21)
> 586167: (time: 14:38)
> 585833: (time: 14:56)
> 594000: (time: 15:13)
> 594167: (time: 15:30)
> 593833: (time: 15:47)
> 602000: (time: 16:05)
> 602167: (time: 16:22)
> 601833: (time: 16:39)
> 610000: (time: 16:56)
> 610167: (time: 17:14)
> 609833: (time: 17:31)
> 618000: (time: 17:48)
> 618167: (time: 18:05)
> 617833: (time: 18:22)
> 626000: (time: 18:40)
> 626167: (time: 18:57)
> 625833: (time: 19:14)
> 634000: (time: 19:31)
> 634167: (time: 19:49)
> 633833: (time: 20:06)
> 642000: (time: 20:23)
> 642167: (time: 20:40)
> 641833: (time: 20:58)
> 650000: (time: 21:15)
> 650167: (time: 21:32)
> 649833: (time: 21:49)
> 658000: (time: 22:06)
> 658167: (time: 22:24)
> 657833: (time: 22:41)
> 666000: (time: 22:58)
> 666167: (time: 23:15)
> 665833: (time: 23:33)
> 674000: (time: 23:50)
> 674167: (time: 24:07)
> 673833: (time: 24:24)
> 682000: (time: 24:41)
> 682167: (time: 24:59)
> 681833: (time: 25:16)
> 690000: (time: 25:33)
> 690167: (time: 25:50)
> 689833: (time: 26:08)
> 698000: (time: 26:25)
> 698167: (time: 26:42)
> 697833: (time: 26:59)
> 706000: (time: 27:17)
> 706167: (time: 27:34)
> 705833: (time: 27:51)
> 714000: (time: 28:08)
> 714167: (time: 28:25)
> 713833: (time: 28:43)
> 722000: (time: 29:00)
> 722167: (time: 29:17)
> 721833: (time: 29:34)
> 730000: (time: 29:52)
> 730167: (time: 30:09)
> 729833: (time: 30:26)
> 738000: (time: 30:43)
> 738167: (time: 31:00)
> 737833: (time: 31:18)
> 746000: (time: 31:35)
> 746167: (time: 31:52)
> 745833: (time: 32:09)
> 754000: (time: 32:27)
> 754167: (time: 32:44)
> 753833: (time: 33:01)
> 762000: (time: 33:18)
> 762167: (time: 33:36)
> 761833: (time: 33:53)
> 770000: (time: 34:10)
> 770167: (time: 34:27)
> 769833: (time: 34:44)
> 778000: (time: 35:02)
> 778167: (time: 35:19)
> 777833: (time: 35:36)
> 786000: (time: 35:53)
> 786167: (time: 36:11)
> 785833: (time: 36:28)
> 794000: (time: 36:45)
> 794167: (time: 37:02)
> 793833: (time: 37:20)
> 802000: (time: 37:37)
> 802167: (time: 37:54)
> 801833: (time: 38:11)
> 810000: (time: 38:28)
> 810167: (time: 38:46)
> 809833: (time: 39:03)
> 818000: (time: 39:20)
> 818167: (time: 39:37)
> 817833: (time: 39:55)
> 826000: (time: 40:12)
> 826167: (time: 40:29)
> 825833: (time: 40:46)
> 834000: (time: 41:03)
> 834167: (time: 41:21)
> 833833: (time: 41:38)
> 842000: (time: 41:55)
> 842167: (time: 42:12)
> 841833: (time: 42:30)
> 850000: (time: 42:47)
> 850167: (time: 43:04)
> 849833: (time: 43:21)
> 858000: (time: 43:39)
> 858167: (time: 43:56)
> 857833: (time: 44:13)
>
> ERROR: Sorry - i couldn't get any working frequency/transponder
>   Nothing to scan!!
>
> That test was with the described patch applied to a 3.7.5 kernel. The
> xc2028 code for 3.8.0-rc5+ is identical to that in 3.7.5. I'll try it
> again without the patch.
>
No luck. I get the same result without the patch. Oh well, "don't trust 
what it says on linuxtv.org" seems to be the lesson learned here. :-(

Chris
>> Devin
>>
>
>