Setting up Media Portal - newbie in oz can't scan

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by deeps

autotune didn't find channel 9...The reception is slightly choppy on dntv live... I'm setting it up in my room atm, using rabbit ears.

OK, the choppyness and the lack of channel 9 is almost certainly due to the marginal signal you are getting from the "rabbit ears" - connect it to a decent external aerial and you should be fine. You will need to run autoune again though, to get the channel 9 data.

[deeps]

hmm i can receive 9 on the DNTV Live software

anyway, yeh hopefully it is the antenna that's the problem, so will try that later


Shall try the DVB-S now

fingers crossed


thanks heaps for ur help btw

[deeps]

i tried the big antenna - all good

Now, will try the DVB-S in a few days time i think. Is it possible to get a "DVD" option on the menu? Or is it only through my videos?

Can Media Portal grab EPG for Perth?

Thanks again

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by deeps

a "DVD" option on the menu? Or is it only through my videos?

Only through My Videos...and you can configure MediaPortal to autoplay the DVD from any screen - you first need to disable Windows Autoplay, though.

Originally Posted by deeps

Can Media Portal grab EPG for Perth?

Yes, I highly recommend you use DUGG - send a PM to "angusmann" and he will give you the details...

Also, turn off the "Grab EPG from DVB" option in Configuration - I have found that it interferes with viewing TV, since most of our channels don't seem to transmit anything useful in the way of EPG data.