Comment 18 for bug 478379

If your device work with Kaffeine, it will work with me-tv. The best way to
scan your channel is to create a "channels.conf" file with the command
w_scan in command line (you can also try "scan") then your import it in
me-tv.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:23 AM, robytrevi <email address hidden> wrote:

> On Lucid Linx with kernel 2.6.32-36-generic with the guide I found here
> http://www.ubuntu-es.org/node/123739#comment-370386 at post "Nueva
> version 1.4" I installed the correct driver. Now I can use the Device
> with Kaffeine. Metv found the device but not the channels.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478379
>
> Title:
> me-tv does not work with rtl2832u-dvb-t-chip
>
> Status in “me-tv” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: udev
>
> Ok, installing the driver of this chip wasn't that easy but following
> several "finnish"-howtos i managed to succesfully build v4l-dvb driver
> for the rtl2832u-chiped MSI Digivox mini II V3.0.
>
> lsusb:
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1d19:1101
>
> dmesg (regarded on stick-plugin):
> [ 95.620012] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 5
> [ 95.782039] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [ 95.788734] dvb-usb: found a 'DK DVBT DONGLE' in warm state.
> [ 95.788738] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
> the software demuxer.
> [ 95.790373] DVB: registering new adapter (DK DVBT DONGLE)
> [ 95.790607] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832
> DVB-T)...
> [ 95.790629] dvb-usb: DK DVBT DONGLE successfully initialized and
> connected.
> [ 95.792426] dvb-usb: found a 'DK DVBT DONGLE' in warm state.
> [ 95.792430] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to
> the software demuxer.
> [ 95.794467] DVB: registering new adapter (DK DVBT DONGLE)
> [ 95.794684] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (Realtek RTL2832
> DVB-T)...
> [ 95.794707] dvb-usb: DK DVBT DONGLE successfully initialized and
> connected.
>
> scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/de-Nordrhein-Westfalen delivers all channels
> that i know off.
> example output:
>
> >>> tune to:
> 538000000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_2_3:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4:HIERARCHY_NONE
> 0x0000 0x4015: pmt_pid 0x0150 RTL World -- RTL Television (running)
> 0x0000 0x4016: pmt_pid 0x0160 RTL World -- RTL2 (running)
> 0x0000 0x401b: pmt_pid 0x01b0 RTL World -- Super RTL (running)
> 0x0000 0x4022: pmt_pid 0x0220 RTL World -- VOX (running)
>
>
> kaffeine scans all channels properly too and i can watch everything
> probably if i tune my antenna up to 18db, but kaffeine is kde based and i
> would like to have gnome/gtk based me-tv.
>
> Me-TV cannot find ANY channels (0) when i use internal scan:
> example output:
>
> 08.11.2009 15:15:43: Tuning to transponder at 538000000 Hz
> 08.11.2009 15:15:43: Auf Signalsperre warten …
> (translation: waiting for signal lock)
> 08.11.2009 15:15:55: Poking screensaver
> 08.11.2009 15:15:58: Status: 0
> 08.11.2009 15:15:58: Currently tuned to freq 538000000, symbol rate 0,
> inner fec 2
> 08.11.2009 15:15:58: Exception: Sperren des Kanals fehlgeschlagen
> (translation: failed to lock channel)
> 08.11.2009 15:15:58: Failed to tune to transponder at 538000000 Hz
>
>
> So i tried to import the channels.conf-output that i generated with scan.
> Me-Tv seems to work, adds all channels, but stucks heavily and cannot
> show tv properly due to weak signal...
>
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