Freeview dvb-t scan gives "tuning failed!!!" after 18th April switchover
April 18, 2012 [Tech]Usually when the channel lineup changes, I just have to do this:
$ scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace > ~/.mplayer/channels.confBut this time it is failing with:
>>> tune to: 505833000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!! >>> tune to: 505833000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_8_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_AUTO:QAM_16:TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32:HIERARCHY_NONE (tuning failed) WARNING: >>> tuning failed!!!(snip)
However, a more low-level scan with w_scan seems to be working today:
$ sudo apt-get install w-scan # Install w_scan $ w_scan -X > ~/.mplayer/channels.conf
I still can't see BBC Four at the moment...
UpdateIt looks like I have to scan when the channels are actually on air. I did this:
$ cd ~/.mplayer $ w_scan -X > channels.conf.morning # I ran this in the morning $ w_scan -X > channels.conf.evening # I ran this in the evening $ cat channels.conf.morning channels.conf.evening | sort | uniq > channels.conf
Now I have both BBC Four and CBeebies, which pretty much covers us!