6.2.4 beta for WHS will not scan UK Freeview

[jsim]

I had Sage 6.1 working quite well as a service on WHS RC1, able to see 53 UK Freeview channels and distribute to Sage TV client. This is the .frq file:

#DVBT channel setup table ver 2.1, country:United Kingdom-Midlands@Sutton Coldfield

loaded predefined freq table: 7 channel freq

total_channel:300

#ch:index onid tsid program_id freq band 0 ctrl_bits(1:enable; 0:disable)

ch:1 9018 4101 4165 634125 8 0 1 #BBC ONE
ch:2 9018 4101 4229 634125 8 0 1 #BBC TWO
ch:3 9018 4101 4479 634125 8 0 1 #BBCi
ch:4 9018 4101 4671 634125 8 0 1 #CBBC Channel
ch:5 9018 4101 4351 634125 8 0 1 #BBC THREE
ch:6 9018 4101 4415 634125 8 0 1 #BBC NEWS 24
ch:7 9018 8198 8262 658125 8 0 1 #ITV1
ch:8 9018 8198 8325 658125 8 0 1 #ITV2
ch:9 9018 8198 8384 658125 8 0 1 #Channel 4
ch:10 9018 8198 8448 658125 8 0 1 #E4
ch:11 9018 8198 8295 658125 8 0 1 #ITV3
ch:12 9018 8198 8353 658125 8 0 1 #ITV4
ch:13 9018 8198 8358 658125 8 0 1 #CITV
ch:14 9018 8198 8442 658125 8 0 1 #More 4
ch:15 9018 8198 8452 658125 8 0 1 #Film4+1
ch:16 9018 12290 12866 682125 8 0 1 #Five
ch:17 9018 12290 12928 682125 8 0 1 #Five Life
ch:18 9018 12290 12992 682125 8 0 1 #Five US
ch:19 9018 12290 13120 682125 8 0 1 #QVC
ch:20 9018 12290 14208 682125 8 0 1 #abc1
ch:21 9018 12290 14272 682125 8 0 1 #bid tv
ch:22 9018 12290 14976 682125 8 0 1 #UKTV Style
ch:23 9018 12290 15232 682125 8 0 1 #Television X
ch:24 9018 12290 15552 682125 8 0 1 #UKTV Gold
ch:25 9018 12290 15616 682125 8 0 1 #price-drop tv
ch:26 9018 12290 15808 682125 8 0 1 #Teachers TV
ch:27 9018 12290 15968 682125 8 0 1 #THOMAS COOK TV
ch:28 9018 12290 16000 682125 8 0 1 #Eurosport UK
ch:29 9018 12290 16096 682125 8 0 1 #SETANTA SPORTS
ch:30 9018 12290 16224 682125 8 0 1 #TopUp Anytime1
ch:31 9018 12290 16256 682125 8 0 1 #TopUp Anytime2
ch:32 9018 12290 16288 682125 8 0 1 #TopUp Anytime3
ch:33 9018 16384 17024 714125 8 0 1 #BBC Parliament
ch:34 9018 16384 16832 714125 8 0 1 #BBC FOUR
ch:35 9018 16384 16960 714125 8 0 1 #CBeebies
ch:36 9018 16384 19456 714125 8 0 1 #301
ch:37 9018 16384 19520 714125 8 0 1 #302
ch:38 9018 16384 19584 714125 8 0 1 #303
ch:39 9018 16384 16768 714125 8 0 1 #305
ch:40 9018 16384 19968 714125 8 0 1 #Community
ch:41 9018 20480 22336 722125 8 0 1 #E4+1
ch:42 9018 20480 22080 722125 8 0 1 #Sky News
ch:43 9018 20480 22144 722125 8 0 1 #Sky Spts News
ch:44 9018 20480 22208 722125 8 0 1 #SKY THREE
ch:45 9018 20480 22272 722125 8 0 1 #UKTV History
ch:46 9018 20480 22400 722125 8 0 1 #smileTV
ch:47 9018 24576 25664 746000 8 0 1 #The HITS
ch:48 9018 24576 25728 746000 8 0 1 #TMF
ch:49 9018 24576 25792 746000 8 0 1 #UKTV Br'tIdeas
ch:50 9018 24576 25856 746000 8 0 1 #f tn
ch:51 9018 24576 25920 746000 8 0 1 #Ideal World
ch:52 9018 24576 27072 746000 8 0 1 #ITV2 +1
ch:53 9018 24576 27136 746000 8 0 1 #Film4
ch:54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #
etc to Ch 300[/I]

Replaced this with the 6.2.4 beta for WHS. This runs nicely as an add-in service, but will only detect 6 channels Here is the new .frq file:

VERSION 2.1, country:United Kingdom-Midlands@Sutton Coldfield

TYPE DVB-T

#fec_rate: 1:fec1/2, 2:fec2/3, 3:fec3/4, 4:fec3/5, 5:fec4/5, 6:fec5/6, 7:fec5/11, 8:fec7/8 9:fec8/9
#fec: 1:VBC, 2:RS/2048, 3:maximum
#polarisation: 1:linear_H, 2:Linear_V, 3:Circular_L, 4:Circular_R
#modualtion: 1:16QAM:1, 2:32QAM, 3:64QAM, 4:80QAM, 5:96QAM, 6:112QAM, 7:128QAM, 8:160QAM, 9:192QAM, 10:224QAM,
# 11:256QAM, 12:320QAM, 13:384QAM, 14:448QAM, 15:512QAM, 16:640QAM, 17:768QAM, 18:896QAM, 19:1024QAM,
# 20:QPSK, 21:BPSK, 22:OQPSK, 23:8VSB:23, 24:16VSB
#ctrlbits: 0:diasable, 1:enable, 3:encrypted
#format:
# ch:index onid:networkid tsid:transport_id sid:sevrice_id frq:frequency band:band_width ctrl:ctrlbits
#example:
# CH:11 onid:123 sid:456 tsid:789 frq:670000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-WORD

CH:1 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25664 frq:746000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:The-HITS
CH:2 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25728 frq:746000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:TMF
CH:3 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25792 frq:746000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:UKTV-Br'tIdeas
CH:4 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25920 frq:746000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Ideal-World
CH:5 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27072 frq:746000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV2-+1
CH:6 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27136 frq:746000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Film4

Have looked at the .frq files and pasted the Sage 6.1 entries into the 6.2.4 beta .frq file (with format changes) but this appears to have no effect, channel selection and scanning from client shows only 6 channels. Is 6.2.4 broken?

I'm using a BlackGold PCI DVB-T card which in all other instances performs very well.

Something serious has changed from v6.1 to beta 6.2.4, what can I do?

John

[StephaneM]

Hello,

Originally Posted by jsim

Replaced this with the 6.2.4 beta for WHS. This runs nicely as an add-in service, but will only detect 6 channels

This is because 6.2.4 only scan for the frequencies that are in the PredefinedDVBT.frq file and doesn't fine tune (adding 125 Khz shift).

This will be fixed in the next beta. Meanwhile you can add the missing frequencies in the PredefinedDVBT.frq file, or simply add the missing channels in your frq file (just copy the channels found in your old frq file in the new one respecting the new frq file format).

Regards,
Stéphane.

[jsim]

Hi Stephane,

Now I understand, thanks!

I've already tried editing the old channels into the new file format, to no effect. However, I can see how editing the start frequencies the PredefinedDVBT.frq file might fix this. Will report back later.

Thanks again,
John

[jsim]

Hurrah, success, that worked. Thanks again Stephane.

John