#Mplayer dvbt install#
#Mplayer dvbt full#
#Mplayer dvbt tv#

Need I say that I got nothing? Mplayer ran nicely, tried to fish some info, but never got as far as opening an image window.īy the way, the BER info capability of the si2168 chip I used was due to a feature that is due for addition in kernel 4.11 (I patched mine manually). $ mplayer -cache 800 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 Zero isn’t really encouraging, as it’s most likely a result of no data blocks detected at all.

UCB = 0, number of uncorrected data transport blocks so far.

But not being a schmuck about it, it’s clear that the demodulator wants to say something’s not good. And by the way, BER can never exceed 0.5, because if you get more than half the bits wrong, read the NOT of all bits, and the BER will go down.

The PostBER = 1.00 clearly indicates I have a problem, and is there reason I can’t watch anything.

The (0x1f) part says that all demodulator locks were obtained, and the “Lock” before says it.

The (0x00) part says that the demodulator isn’t locked (odds are that the firmware was loaded as a result of running dvbv5-zap, so it took a short while).

#Mplayer dvbt full#

The ‘Ch 10′ string is the identifier found in dvb_nf for Israeli Channel 10 (see full listing at the end of this post).Lock (0x1f) C/N= 25.25dB UCB= 0 postBER= 1.00ĭVR interface '/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0' can now be opened For now, I get this: $ dvbv5-zap -c dvb_nf -r 'Ch 10' One day, when I find a proper dongle, this will work. This file represents the two frequencies at which DVB-T is broadcast in Israel (same stream, different frequencies in different regions of Israel). # Israel, Israel Broadcasting Authority's transmitters The regional configuration file, /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/il-All, is part of the dtv-scan-tables: $ cat /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/il-All In other words, almost all signal that arrives to the tuner is noise.Īfter scanning, the frequency is set, but it’s not tuned in yet: $ dvb-fe-tool -g Even more discouraging is the fact that the signal levels are the same where it locked and where it didn’t. Pay more attention to the postBER=1 (or if it says something like UCB= 2686 postBER= 625x10^-3). Service CLASSICAL bu, provider Idan +: digital radioĪ dvb_nf file was created, listed at the end of this post.ĭon’t get too encouraged by the channel list: It’s detected even if the signal is extremely poor. Service Lev HaMdina, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Kol Barama, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Radios, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Galgalatz, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Galatz, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Reka, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Musica, provider Idan +: digital radio Service 88FM, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Moreshet, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Dalet, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Gimmel, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Bet, provider Idan +: digital radio Service Aleph, provider Idan +: digital radio WARNING Channel Idan+test_2 (service ID 7) not found on PMT. Service Idan+test_2, provider Idan+: digital television Service Ch 23, provider Idan +: digital television Service Ch 99, provider Idan +: digital television Service Ch 33, provider Idan +: digital television Service Ch 10, provider Idan +: digital television Service Ch 2, provider Idan +: digital television Service Ch 1, provider Idan +: digital television Either bandwidth/symbol-rate is unavailable (yet). Weird fact: dvb-fe-tool shows status output when executed immediately after tvheadend has set up the DVB stick, but not after dvbv5-scan $ dvb-fe-tool -mĮRROR FE_READ_STATUS: Resource temporarily unavailableĮRROR FE_READ_STATUS: Resource temporarily unavailable Scanning for channels $ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/il-AllĬannot calc frequency shift. Immediately after plugging in the DVB stickĭevice Silicon Labs Si2168 (/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) capabilities:ĭVB API Version 5.10, Current v5 delivery system: DVBT Note so self: Turn off tvheadend service before trying command-line utilities, as the former holds the resources, quite naturally.

#Mplayer dvbt install#

Install # apt-get install dvb-tools dtv-scan-tables This post repeats some of the stages below, with the new dongle. The dongle I used was mostly likely defective, and I got myself another model, that worked better.

I had also Kodi and Tvheadend installed on the system, but they aren’t discussed here.

#Mplayer dvbt tv#

In this post, I’m playing with a Sin Hon DVB dongle, trying but failing to receive terrestrial TV with it. Yet another collection of jots as I try out stuff. This post was written by eli on February 9, 2017