From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp100.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.36.78]) by www.linuxtv.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KhiZQ-0004fy-VU for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:23:12 +0200 Message-ID: <48D771EA.7000601@rogers.com> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:22:34 -0400 From: Jonathan Coles MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Toth References: <48D688BE.80008@rogers.com> <48D7009B.2000404@linuxtv.org> In-Reply-To: <48D7009B.2000404@linuxtv.org> Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] me-tv doesn't accept its own channel file List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: Steven Toth wrote: > Jonathan Coles wrote: >> me-tv scans ATSC channels on my HVR-950Q and creates a channels.conf >> file. The file has channel entries, even though the Channel Scan >> window reports nothing but "Failed to tune" messages. But me-tv >> cannot use its own file. It complains, "There's an invalid channel >> record in the channels.conf file." Oh, come on! Was this application >> tested even once? >> >> My file contains the following: >> >> CKXTDT:509028615:8VSB:65:67:2 >> CKXT:509028615:8VSB:81:83:3 >> HDTV RADIO-CANADA OTTAWA:521028615:8VSB:49:52:11 >> HDTV CBC OTTAWA:539028615:8VSB:49:52:10 >> >> (I live in Canada. Our TV stations have until 2011 to go digital and >> they are moving slowly.) >> >> A possible problem is the strange 2-byte character following "CKXTDT" >> in the first line, hex 0810. Removing this line did not make the file >> acceptable to me-tv. >> >> Does anyone have experience with this glitch? > > Looks like you have a weird control char on the first line. > > Try removing this. > > Also use 'azap -r CKTX' to see if you get lock. > > - Steve > This is a me-tv problem. Using the same channels file, I can watch TV using gxine. azap returns "video pid 0x0051, audio pid 0x0053" and then repeats the line status 1f | signal 0078 | snr 0073 | ber 000000ff | unc 000000ff | FE_HAS_LOCK Thanks for your help. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb