Need help for HVR-900 in Wellington (DVB-T)

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#117468 19-Mar-2008 09:13

sub: Its pretty easy to setup GB-PVR.

1) Start the config app
2) Create a capture source, with the recording source set to 'Digital Recording Plugin' and the epg source set to 'DVB EPG'
3) Click the Settings button next to the Digital Recording Plugin. Select your capture device, and set the country to NZ and the region to 'Wellington (Mt KauKau)'. OK out of this screen.
4) Click the 'Map digital channels to epg channels' button. It'll now scan for channels, and at completion should show the dozen or so Freeview channels'.
5) Tick each of the channels you want, then OK all the way out of the config app. You should be good to go now.

This setup wong get you a working EPG, since they're not transmitting the seven day EPG, but I didnt want to complicate these steps with instructions for using xmltvnz or dvbtoxmltv.

great guide, works perfect Vote to have it added to the main thread.

Could you now complicate it with instructions for dvbtoxmltv

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#117474 19-Mar-2008 09:35

Could you now complicate it with instructions for dvbtoxmltv

More complicated stuff like this is better discussed on the GB-PVR forums.

(Just so you know though, in NZ dvbtoxmltv can be used by people that also have DVB-S, to extract the listings from the satellite service that can also be used on the DVB-T service.

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#117477 19-Mar-2008 09:45

sub:
Could you now complicate it with instructions for dvbtoxmltv
More complicated stuff like this is better discussed on the GB-PVR forums.

(Just so you know though, in NZ dvbtoxmltv can be used by people that also have DVB-S, to extract the listings from the satellite service that can also be used on the DVB-T service.

So you HAVE to have a DVB-S card to get dvbtoxmltv working?

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#117480 19-Mar-2008 10:27

So you HAVE to have a DVB-S card to get dvbtoxmltv working?

Yes, if you intend to use it in NZ. Its just a utility I wrote to extract DVB EIT listings to an XMLTV file. Its of no use trying to extract the DVB EIT listings from the DVB-T service, because they're not transmitting it (nothing to extract). If you want listings and dont have DVB-S also in your setup, then you'd probably need to look at using xmltvnz.

I personally use dvbtoxmltv to extract the Sky DVB-S listings to an XMLTV file, and then use then use those listings for my TelstraClear DVB-C service.

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#117487 19-Mar-2008 11:15

Well I followed those instructions and I didn't receieve anything.

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#117493 19-Mar-2008 11:31

I followed them this morning
I downloaded the latest version and followed the instructions and it worked perfect.

if you have followed them to the letter and it is still not working i would suggest that
A you have issues with your aeriel
B you are not able to receive freeview at your house.

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#117495 19-Mar-2008 11:37

Yeah, there's not too much you can do wrong, so I'm guessing you dont receive any signal from Mt KauKau.

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#117501 19-Mar-2008 12:33

Sub,

How much effort is involved in adding the additional Wellington transmitters to the list already in GBPVR i.e. channels 51,53 and 57 from Fitzherbert?

Cheers Mike

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#117506 19-Mar-2008 12:51

Its pretty straight forward.

Create a file called C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\BDA\DVB-T\0169.ini with the following contents. I've added this to the default set of files for the next release.

[TERTYPE]
1=New Zealand
2=Wellington (Fitzherbert)
[DVB]
;Position = Channelname,Frequency(KHz),Inversion(0,1),0,Bandwidth (7MHz=1, 8MHz=2)
0=3
1=C51,714000,0,0,8
2=C53,730000,0,0,8
3=C57,762000,0,0,8

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#117510 19-Mar-2008 13:10

Where is the information for the other Wellington transmitters?

EDIT: Sorry don't worry about it I found them on the freeviewshop site

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#117522 19-Mar-2008 13:37

Thanks Sub, perfect. We should just extend the 0169.ini file to include all the frequencies for Wellington and that will be sweet. Guess the same will be needed for each of the other centres.

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#123347 14-Apr-2008 09:38

Hey im living in Auckland, and have the HVR-900 aerial, and having the same problems as listed above. When i scan for channels using GB-PVR, it doesnt pick up anything. Currently i am using the little aerial that came with the tuner..............can anyone please help me solve this??

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#123350 14-Apr-2008 09:45

darthme: Hey im living in Auckland, and have the HVR-900 aerial, and having the same problems as listed above. When i scan for channels using GB-PVR, it doesnt pick up anything. Currently i am using the little aerial that came with the tuner..............can anyone please help me solve this??

Which area do you live in? Most likly the aeriel is too small and you will need to buy a decent one.

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#123352 14-Apr-2008 09:48

currently i am living in Mt Albert..............i would have thought that the aerial would work considering it is the one that came with the package.....or could you please suggest a more appropriate aerial to use?

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#123357 14-Apr-2008 09:54

In my experience GB-PVR and Media Portal are not always listing all channels available. Go to dvbviewer and download their TransEdit MMC tool. It just a tuner and should let you see more...

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