FireDTV: problem when program switches from FTA to scrambled (1 Viewer)

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Hi all,

I live in France and have access to a pay-tv called Canal+.

This channel broadcasts FTA (Free To Air) programs between 7:00pm and 8:45pm, and at 8:45pm switches back to scrambled. At this time, I only get a back screen and nothing is decoded nor recorded. This is very annoying if I want to record a program across this FTA->Scrambled area.

Does anyone have an idea how to workaround this ? It looks like PMT are not monitored continuously so scrambled data is not detected on the fly.

Thanks for your help

David

 

[sullyvan]

Hi,

I am in the same situation (French, floppyDTV T and powercam pro).

I see also that scrambled -> FTA broadcast has the same issue : the record stops when FTA programs start.
I think it comes from the change of codec. During FTA, broadcast is in SD MPEG-2. In scrambled part, it is in HD H264 .
In the log, I do not see that PMT has changed. I have checked all DVB table in the TV server configuration.

I will be also happy if MP team can resolve this issue. if a stream is needed for test, I suppose I can try to record one.

Ludovic

 

[flodav]

Hi,

I am in the same situation (French, floppyDTV T and powercam pro).

I see also that scrambled -> FTA broadcast has the same issue : the record stops when FTA programs start.
I think it comes from the change of codec. During FTA, broadcast is in SD MPEG-2. In scrambled part, it is in HD H264 .
In the log, I do not see that PMT has changed. I have checked all DVB table in the TV server configuration.

I will be also happy if MP team can resolve this issue. if a stream is needed for test, I suppose I can try to record one.

Ludovic

I think it is due to the fact the CAM must be used to descramble data whereas in FTA time, it doesn't. The switch doesn't seem to work seamlesly because I have to perform a channel change to make it working.

 

[sullyvan]

Well, now, it works.

I updated floppydtv to last version.
I automatically launched commoninterface.exe (come with firedtv software).
First try with this.

But now, I use ForTheRecord (For The Record) and eveything is fine. The FTA/Scrambled switch is well managed. It creates in fact two record files (one for each part) and the biggest is only seen in Recorded program screen.

 

[flodav]

I think the problem is not related to "ForTheRecord".

My fireDTV is already updated to latest firmware: which version of the SW BDA driver do you use ? I think I use the latest official release and not the beta one.

I will try launching the commoninterface.exe by default.

The test I do: I watch Canal+ around 8:30pm and waits for it going to scrambled, then I got a black screen, I need to zap to recover the picture.

 

[flodav]

Tested again yesterday and same issues, when the channel comes from FTA to scrambled, the last picture freezes and nothing continues. I need to zap to recover.

Which logs can help you understand the problem ?

 

[flodav]

Can anyone from the mediaportal team look at this issue ?

This is very annoying because I cannot record a program that is at the boundary of a free/scrambled transition