DVB broken in Lucid

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/04/10 20:29, Muzer wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I upgraded to the Lucid Beta after my previous install went weird (I
> broke ALSA :p), and haven't been very impressed so far. However, all the
> problems I have found I have found solutions for, except this one.
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> I've installed Kaffeine-KDE3 from source (all other media players,
> including Kaffeine-KDE4, simply aren't good enough). However, the DVB is
> refusing to tune. I know Kaffeine-KDE3 isn't supported or anything, but
> from looking on the internet it seems like the sort of problem that
> extends to all packages using DVB.
>
> I've checked all my cabling, and the DVB was working perfectly literally
> last night in the previous distro. I've also tried copying my old
> Kaffeine config files.
>
> Basically, it refuses to tune into any channels or pick up any channels
> in a scan. The full debug output on the command-line I get is:
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To start with, I am using Ubuntu and not Kubuntu. But I am not having 
any problems as you describe with Kaffeine. All channels scanned in 
perfectly. The only hassle I have been having since a version of 
Kaffeine for KDE4 came out last October or so is that I don't get sound 
on some (most) of the High Definition channels. I have discussed this 
with the author, he tells me that he has fixed this problem but not 
so..... :-( .

What you don't mention - and you should in future questions - is whether 
the DVB for terrestrial or satellite TV. I have terrestrial.

Why don't you try xine? I've been using it for years - works like a 
charm. The only reason why I also have kaffeine is that xine can't record.

If you do try out xine, first READ the docs for it because you have to 
create a channel.conf for your location - and it is not created as 
simply as in kaffeine.

BC

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