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<blockquote data-quote="zipperolo" data-source="post: 929625" data-attributes="member: 120183">First off, I want to thank DJBlu for this wonderful feature he added to MediaPortal. It makes managing my HTPC a lot easier, especially when Sky adds / rearranges channels.&nbsp;At first I had some troubles in making the Sky IT grabber work. The problem I was experiencing was that while SD channels would work perfectly if I enabled the option that left the modulation field unset, HD channels wouldn't work no matter how I played with the settings.&nbsp;Checking tuning details, I noticed that the grabber would set the HD modulation to 8PSK2 or QPSK2, which made perfect sense since they are HD channels, but my card, a SkyStar HD2, would not tune and gave a &quot;no signal&quot; error unless I changed the modulation to 8PSK and QPSK respectively.&nbsp;Personally I solved the problem by running an SQL script which replaces the problematic modulation with the working counterpart in the database right after the grabber has done its thing. I imagine, though, that many users wouldn't feel comfortable in tinkering with the database that way.&nbsp;Would it be possible to add a flag in the grabber settings that, when ticked, would cause the grabber itself to set the modulation field to 27 (8PSK) instead of 32 (8PSK2) and 20 (QPSK) instead of 31 (QPSK2)? Something like &quot;Skystar HD2 modulation workaround&quot;.&nbsp;That would make the plugins perfect for anybody, even those who have a picky (someone could say crappy) tuner card.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zipperolo, post: 929625, member: 120183"] First off, I want to thank DJBlu for this wonderful feature he added to MediaPortal. It makes managing my HTPC a lot easier, especially when Sky adds / rearranges channels. At first I had some troubles in making the Sky IT grabber work. The problem I was experiencing was that while SD channels would work perfectly if I enabled the option that left the modulation field unset, HD channels wouldn't work no matter how I played with the settings. Checking tuning details, I noticed that the grabber would set the HD modulation to 8PSK2 or QPSK2, which made perfect sense since they are HD channels, but my card, a SkyStar HD2, would not tune and gave a "no signal" error unless I changed the modulation to 8PSK and QPSK respectively. Personally I solved the problem by running an SQL script which replaces the problematic modulation with the working counterpart in the database right after the grabber has done its thing. I imagine, though, that many users wouldn't feel comfortable in tinkering with the database that way. Would it be possible to add a flag in the grabber settings that, when ticked, would cause the grabber itself to set the modulation field to 27 (8PSK) instead of 32 (8PSK2) and 20 (QPSK) instead of 31 (QPSK2)? Something like "Skystar HD2 modulation workaround". That would make the plugins perfect for anybody, even those who have a picky (someone could say crappy) tuner card. [/QUOTE]

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