From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp111.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.1]:48269 "HELO smtp111.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752543AbZAJScK (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:32:10 -0500 Message-ID: <4968E810.2050307@rogers.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:25:20 -0500 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Malte Gell CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: dvb-t: searching for channels References: <200901101645.51230.malte.gell@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <200901101645.51230.malte.gell@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Malte Gell wrote: > Hello, > > I just purchased a Hauppauge Nova DVB-T USB stick and the kernel module and > firmware recognizes it well. I have first used Kaffeine to search for channels, > but it has found none. > > To be sure I even bought a better, an active dvb-t antenna with a 20dB > amplifier. And now I used dvbscan to scan for channels, I invoked it like this: > > dvbscan -out channels /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/de-Mannheim > > Is this the better way? It takes now longer than 15 minutes, is this normal? > Is dvbscan more reliable than kaffeine for searching for channels? If I still > find no channels, what could be the cause? In my region dvb-t signals are said > to be not too well. > For answers to some of your questions, see: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Scan