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[Kane Partridge <548609@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm that I have exactly the same problem.

I am located in Melbourne, I can tune into all channels except SBS and 9 on both of my HVR-2200 (two cards in system).
I also have a DTV1000T in the same system, which can tune into SBS and 9 just fine.

The signal, snr, ber values coming out of the HVR-2200 driver seem very
different to the DTV1000T i'm not sure if this has something to do with
it, perhaps mythtv is misinterpreting it.

I have had this problem for over a year, ubuntu and mythtv updates over
the year have had no affect on the problem.

The output of tzap scanning SBS ONE on the DTV1000T:

tuning to 536625000 Hz
video pid 0x00a1, audio pid 0x0051
status 01 | signal 0000 | snr 8000 | ber 00003fff | unc 00000000 | 
status 1f | signal 2626 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 2626 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 2626 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal 2626 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK


The output of tzap scanning SBS ONE on HVR-2200:

tuning to 536625000 Hz
video pid 0x00a1, audio pid 0x0051
status 00 | signal 5454 | snr 0015 | ber 0000ffff | unc 00000000 | 
status 1f | signal fefe | snr 00f6 | ber 00000017 | unc 00000048 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal fefe | snr 0000 | ber 00000011 | unc 00000048 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal fefe | snr 00f6 | ber 00000021 | unc 00000048 | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal fefe | snr 00f6 | ber 0000001d | unc 00000048 | FE_HAS_LOCK

the HVR-2200 reports bit error rates whereas the DTV1000T does not, snr
also seems quite low, perhaps the HVR-2200 has a different scale or
meaning for these values.

If there are more test anyone can suggest to perform please let me know,
I have been living without SBS and 9 for so long I have almost given up
on my DVR! :(

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Title:
  10.04-beta1 hvr-2200 station not getting signal

Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV:
  New

Bug description:
  I've just tried out Mythbuntu 10.04-beta1 64bit with the built in driver for the saa-7164.  I downloaded firmware for the HVR-2200, then I had to scan the channels using the scan command:

$ scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Melbourne -o zap -a 1 | tee ~/.mythtv/channels.conf

Then I had to import this in my scan so that I could get channels SBS and Nine.  I've heard that these channels are special in their encoding.   

If I do the normal scan I pick up channels 2, 7, and 10.  The only way I get SBS & nine is through the manual scan.  But when I go and try to watch these stations I get errors.

Here is the output on the command line after starting mythfrontend and going to the SBS channel:

2010-03-26 18:30:00.918 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1003_20100326183000.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:30:07.421 RingBuf(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1003_20100326183000.mpg): Invalid file (fd -1) when opening '/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1003_20100326183000.mpg'.
2010-03-26 18:30:07.421 NVP(1), Error: JumpToProgram's OpenFile failed.
2010-03-26 18:30:07.421 NVP(1), Error: Unknown recorder error, exiting decoder
2010-03-26 18:30:07.631 TV: Attempting to change from Watching WatchingLiveTV to None
2010-03-26 18:30:08.023 TV: Changing from Watching WatchingLiveTV to None
2010-03-26 18:30:08.051 TV: Attempting to change from None to None
2010-03-26 18:30:08.052 SendReceiveStringList(GET_FREE_RECORDER_COUNT) called from UI thread
2010-03-26 18:30:08.057 SendReceiveStringList(GET_NEXT_FREE_RECORDER,-1) called from UI thread
2010-03-26 18:30:08.081 TV: Attempting to change from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV
2010-03-26 18:30:08.081 MythContext: Connecting to backend server: 127.0.0.1:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-03-26 18:30:08.081 Using protocol version 56
2010-03-26 18:30:08.100 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- begin
2010-03-26 18:30:08.268 Spawning LiveTV Recorder -- end
2010-03-26 18:30:08.269 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183008.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:30:08.272 We have a playbackURL(/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1002_20100326183008.mpg) & cardtype(DUMMY)
2010-03-26 18:30:08.273 We have a RingBuffer
2010-03-26 18:30:08.324 playCtx, Error: Attempting to setup a player, but it already exists.
2010-03-26 18:30:08.325 TV Error: LiveTV not successfully started
2010-03-26 18:30:13.142 SendReceiveStringList(MESSAGE,SYSTEM_EVENT PLAY_STOPPED SENDER mythserver) called from UI thread


After about 15minutes I get the error in mythfrontend:
Error opening jump program file buffer


Here is the error I get from the backend:
2010-03-26 18:37:54.725 MainServer::ANN Playback
2010-03-26 18:37:54.739 adding: mythserver as a client (events: 0)
2010-03-26 18:37:54.762 TVRec(1): Changing from None to Watching WatchingLiveTV
2010-03-26 18:37:54.777 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-03-26 18:37:55.101 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2010-03-26 18:37:55.119 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:55.155 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:55.273 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.251 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.274 Finished recording Can We Help?: channel 1002
2010-03-26 18:37:56.296 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.307 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.319 Finished recording Can We Help?: channel 1002
2010-03-26 18:37:56.332 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.347 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2010-03-26 18:37:56.352 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.363 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.443 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183755.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:56.463 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:37:57.885 RecBase(1:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): GetKeyframePositions(13,9223372036854775807,#1) out of 3
2010-03-26 18:37:57.969 RecBase(1:/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0): GetKeyframePositions(13,9223372036854775807,#1) out of 3
2010-03-26 18:37:59.711 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
2010-03-26 18:38:00.094 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.107 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.119 Finished recording Can We Help?: channel 1002
2010-03-26 18:38:00.182 mythbackend version: trunk [23623] www.mythtv.org
2010-03-26 18:38:00.229 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2010-03-26 18:38:00.235 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free Space: 3.0 GB w/freq: 14 min
2010-03-26 18:38:00.239 Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
2010-03-26 18:38:00.251 Empty LocalHostName.
2010-03-26 18:38:00.252 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1003_20100326183800.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.262 Using localhost value of mythserver
2010-03-26 18:38:00.274 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.292 New DB connection, total: 1
2010-03-26 18:38:00.296 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1003_20100326183800.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.309 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-03-26 18:38:00.318 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.329 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.351 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: localhost
2010-03-26 18:38:00.367 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1254
2010-03-26 18:38:00.374 ProgramInfo: Updated pathname '':'' -> '1002_20100326183756.mpg'
2010-03-26 18:38:00.416 [mp3 @ 0x7f2c7b269380]Header missing
2010-03-26 18:38:00.687 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(788) desired(785)
2010-03-26 18:38:00.713 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(787) desired(785)
2010-03-26 18:38:00.717 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(786) desired(785)
2010-03-26 18:38:00.740 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(799) desired(785)
2010-03-26 18:38:00.766 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(798) desired(785)
2010-03-26 18:38:00.819 DTVSM(/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0) Error: Wrong PMT; pmt->pn(789) desired(785)
2010-03-26 18:38:02.843 AFD: Opened codec 0x1e16ba0, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
2010-03-26 18:38:02.850 AFD: codec MP2 has 2 channels
2010-03-26 18:38:02.861 AFD: Opened codec 0x1e14410, id(MP2) type(Audio)
2010-03-26 18:38:02.872 AFD Error: Could not find decoder for codec (DVB_TELETEXT), ignoring.
2010-03-26 18:38:02.931 Preview: Grabbed preview '/var/lib/mythtv/livetv/1002_20100326183756.mpg' 720x576@64s
2010-03-26 18:38:02.974 ~MythContext waiting for threads to exit.


I think the problem is to do with the codec missing
2010-03-26 18:38:02.872 AFD Error: Could not find decoder for codec (DVB_TELETEXT), ignoring.