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[pauly139]

Hi

I have a Winfast DTV2000DS card, running MC16.0.164. I found the channel scanning didn't find the correct channel frequencies (and presumambly other necessary info to tune) for 45 out of 50 channels. Instead it entered wildly incorrect values for the frequencies.

WMC found them all perfectly.

Is there any information I can provide to help resolve this problem?

Rgds
Paul

[pauly139]

Tried it again with 168 - still pulling in incorrect frequencies.

[Yaobing]

I will try making some fixes in the next few days.

[pauly139]

Thanks! Much appreciated. I have noticed now that it happens where multiple digital channels share the same frequency.

[Yaobing]

Paul,

Would you do some testing for me?  If so, please email me so I can email you a file.
yaobing at jriver dot com

[pauly139]

Hi Yaobing

I'm out of the country at the moment, but will be more than happy to help when I am back (20 September).

Rgds
Paul

[Yaobing]

Thanks Paul.

I will put the code in the next build so you can just run it when you come back.

[pauly139]

Sorry to say I can't really see any improvement with the last build.

[Yaobing]

Paul,

With build 16.0.176, please turn on logging and run a complete channel rescan of your DVB-T channels.  Email the  log to me, and let me know which channels had wrong frequencies.

yaobing at jriver dot com

[pauly139]

Sent

[Yaobing]

Thanks for the log.

It appears more channels got wrong frequencies than those that got the right ones  

Can you confirm that all of the following do not play?  And do you know the correct frequencies of these channels?


Carrier Freq (2nd attempt): 704500
Scanning Freq: 704500

Network Name: Seven Network, Freq: 177500, Bandwidth: 7
  NID: 12840, TSID: 1284, ONID: 4115, # of services: 5
   Service 01:
     Service Name: 7 Digital, Service ID: 1344, Video PID: 1025, Audio PID: 1026, PMT PID: 1024, Teletext: 1028
   Service 02:
     Service Name: 7 Digital 1, Service ID: 1345, Video PID: 1025, Audio PID: 1026, PMT PID: 1040, Teletext: 1028
   Service 03:
     Service Name: 7TWO, Service ID: 1346, Video PID: 1057, Audio PID: 1058, PMT PID: 1056, Teletext: 1060
   Service 04:
     Service Name: 7mate, Service ID: 1347, Video PID: 1073, Audio PID: 1075, PMT PID: 1072, Teletext: 1077
   Service 05:
     Service Name: 7 Digital, Service ID: 1348, Video PID: 1025, Audio PID: 1026, PMT PID: 1088, Teletext: 1028


Carrier Freq (2nd attempt): 725500
Scanning Freq: 725500

 Network Name: Network TEN, Freq: 219500, Bandwidth: 7
     NID: 12841, TSID: 1540, ONID: 4116, # of services: 4
 Alternate frequencies
 Freq: 669500, Bandwidth: 7
 Freq: 725500, Bandwidth: 7
 Freq: 725625, Bandwidth: 7
   Service 01:
     Service Name: ONE, Service ID: 1601, Video PID: 514, Audio PID: 672, PMT PID: 257, Teletext: 577
   Service 02:
     Service Name: TEN Digital, Service ID: 1605, Video PID: 512, Audio PID: 650, PMT PID: 256, Teletext: 576
   Service 03:
     Service Name: ONE, Service ID: 1607, Video PID: 514, Audio PID: 672, PMT PID: 262, Teletext: 577
   Service 04:
     Service Name: ELEVEN, Service ID: 1608, Video PID: 516, Audio PID: 681, PMT PID: 263, Teletext: 578



Carrier Freq (2nd attempt): 746500
Scanning Freq: 746500

 Network Name: Nine Network Australia, Freq: 191625, Bandwidth: 7
     NID: 12839, TSID: 1024, ONID: 4114, # of services: 3
   Service 01:
     Service Name: Nine Digital, Service ID: 1025, Video PID: 513, Audio PID: 660, PMT PID: 257, Teletext: 577
   Service 02:
     Service Name: GO!, Service ID: 1030, Video PID: 517, Audio PID: 700, PMT PID: 256, Teletext: 584
   Service 03:
     Service Name: GEM, Service ID: 1152, Video PID: 512, Audio PID: 651, PMT PID: 258, Teletext: 576


Carrier Freq (2nd attempt): 767500
Scanning Freq: 767500

Network Name: ABC Queensland, Freq: 226500, Bandwidth: 7
     NID: 12884, TSID: 579, ONID: 4112, # of services: 7
   Service 01:
     Service Name: ABC News 24, Service ID: 704, Video PID: 516, Audio PID: 654, PMT PID: 258, Teletext: 580
   Service 02:
     Service Name: ABC1, Service ID: 705, Video PID: 512, Audio PID: 650, PMT PID: 256, Teletext: 576
   Service 03:
     Service Name: ABC2 / ABC4, Service ID: 706, Video PID: 513, Audio PID: 651, PMT PID: 257, Teletext: 577
   Service 04:
     Service Name: ABC1, Service ID: 707, Video PID: 512, Audio PID: 650, PMT PID: 259, Teletext: 576
   Service 05:
     Service Name: ABC3, Service ID: 708, Video PID: 514, Audio PID: 652, PMT PID: 262, Teletext: 578
   Service 06:
     Service Name: ABC Dig Music, Service ID: 710, Video PID: 0, Audio PID: 690, PMT PID: 260
   Service 07:
     Service Name: ABC Jazz, Service ID: 711, Video PID: 0, Audio PID: 700, PMT PID: 261


Carrier Freq (2nd attempt): 809500
Scanning Freq: 809500

Network Name: MH Sunshine Coast, Freq: 585500, Bandwidth: 7
     NID: 12913, TSID: 12927, ONID: 12913, # of services: 3
   Service 01:
     Service Name: WIN Sunshine Coast, Service ID: 1, Video PID: 505, Audio PID: 655, PMT PID: 255, Teletext: 755
   Service 02:
     Service Name: GO! Sunshine Coast, Service ID: 2, Video PID: 525, Audio PID: 675, PMT PID: 275, Teletext: 775
   Service 03:
     Service Name: GEM Sunshine Coast, Service ID: 10, Video PID: 545, Audio PID: 695, PMT PID: 295, Teletext: 795

[Yaobing]

Let me explain a little of what I posted above.

MC tries to tune to a station by setting the tuner to a frequency (Scanning Freq: 704500, for example).  When the tuner locks, MC parses tables obtained from the system for channel details, including the frequency.  Normally we use the parsed frequency because it should be closest to the true frequency.  Apparently this is not the case for you.

I can not imagine why such different frequencies are found in parsed data.  There can be 4 possibilities: 1. MC parsing code; 2. Microsoft bug; 3. Your device's driver bug; 4. TV stations in your area put wrong info in their streams, or they require special handling that we are not aware of.

Since MC works fine in other areas/countries, for example in Melbourne, or Sidney Australia, 1. is an unlikely cause.  So is 2. unless your Windows OS is special.  That leaves 3. and 4 of which I am leaning toward 3.

[Yaobing]

I modified my post without knowing you were replying.  Please take a look at the last two lines of my previous post, if you have not already done so.

[pauly139]

Hi Yaobing

Windows Media Centre tunes perfectly, which suggests the problems doesn't lie with the OS, tuner card or device drivers. Anything I else I can do to help?

Paul.

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