Help with HD TV - DVB-C

[pjsteele]

I am trying to display HD TV with my Pinnacle PCTV 801e. I am able to view the channels with Pinnacle's TVCenter but not VLC.

I found this XML in the pinnacle directories

<ChannelList MaxId="188" Name="" TunerType="DVB-C">
:
<Channel MajorChannelNo="32" MinorChannelNo="1" SourceId="3" Frequency="513000" Modulation="256QAM" ServiceId="3" OriginalNetworkId="0" TransportStreamId="35393" PmtPid="63" PcrPid="2944" ServiceType="DigitalTelevision" Id="99" Name="WLKY HD" TeletextCache="00000010-00000063.ttx" CountryCode="1" MaxId="2">
<MediaStream Type="Mpeg2Video" Pid="2944" Id="1" />
<MediaStream Type="Ac3Audio" LanguageCode="eng" Pid="2945" StreamType="NOT_SET" Id="2" />
</Channel>
:
</ChannelList>

I've tried start VLC like this without sucess.

vlc.exe dvb-c://frequency=513000 --dvb-bandwidth=6 --dvb-modulation=256 --dvb-major-channel=872 --dvb-minor-channel=19 --dvb-physical-channel=19

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[VLC_help]

Open Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2) before trying it in VLC, it should display messages when you try it.

[pjsteele]

Thanks! Here is what I am seeing

main debug: processing request item dvb-c://frequency=513000 node Playlist skip 0
main debug: resyncing on dvb-c://frequency=513000
main debug: dvb-c://frequency=513000 is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'dvb-c://frequency=513000'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:230)
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MBytes
main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\pjsteele\AppData\Local\Temp'
main debug: `dvb-c://frequency=513000' gives access `dvb-c' demux `' path `frequency=513000'
main debug: creating demux: access='dvb-c' demux='' path='frequency=513000'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "dvb-c"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms)
main debug: creating access 'dvb-c' path='frequency=513000'
main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate
bda warning: CreateTuneRequest: Cannot find a suitable System Tuning Space: hr=0x80004005
bda warning: SubmitDVBCTuneRequest: Cannot create Tune Request: hr=0x80004005
bda warning: DVB_Open: Unsupported Network dvb-c
main warning: no access module matching "dvb-c" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 24.000 ms - Total 24.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 24.000 ms)
main error: open of `dvb-c://frequency=513000' failed: (null)
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.068006s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.031200s
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
qt4 debug: Updating the geometry
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvb-c://frequency=513000' : 129.000 ms - Total 129.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 129.000 ms)

[VLC_help]

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[KenS]

Make sure you have BDA drivers installed for your device. That is the main reason for no system tuning space.

[KenS]

I should also add that there is also a feature to select and create System Tuning Spaces if for some reason they have disappeared from your registry or if you just want an alternative with different default values - this is mainly of use for those using DVB-S to handle the many permutations of LNBs, DISEQc switches, multiple cards etc...

dvb-name=XXXX selects a specific tuning space
dvb-create causes the name in dvb-name to be created as a new system tuning space if it does not yet exist. Relevant parameters from the command line are transferred to the new system tuning space.

So if you have installed your BDA drivers but they did not create a system tuning space - try that