[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-t hdtv trials in the uk?

[Mario Rossi]

I used the following scan file to scan for HDTV signals

T 554000000 8MHz 2/3 1/2  QPSK  8k 1/32 NONE

It is not working anymore now, but instead I use

T 554000000 8MHz 2/3 1/2  QAM_64 8k 1/32 NONE
(which btw does not give any more the full list)

I'm not sure what is the problem, maybe is the card.

Anyway, those are the channels I could scan

BBC HD1a:554000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1502:1505:36932
BBC HD1b:554167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:1502:1505:36932
ITV HD Triala:522167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:161:162:41029
Ch4 HD Triala:522167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:181:182:41152
five HD Triala:522167000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_1_2:QPSK:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:201:202:41168
ITV HD Trialb:522000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:161:162:41029
Ch4 HD Trialb:522000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:181:182:41152
five HD Trialb:522000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_2_3:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE:201:202:41168

You need to manually set the video pid since it is not MPEG2 but H262
and scan does not like it. If you read the mailing list in the last
4/5 months you should find somehting on how to play those signals.
MPlayer is fooled by the fact that the video is not MPEG2 but H262
(which it does not expects), there was a patch to manually specify the
codec.