SkyStar2 BDA, Scanning does not work :( (1 Viewer)

[eNc707]

Hi there,

I got a SkyStar2 with the newest BDA beta driver, latest MediPortal RC and latest TV Server Engine V3. I installed the TV Server correctly (the videos are very detailed) and tried to get some channels.
I have to say, that I found some channels with other programms - but not with MediaPortal (TV Server Engine V3).

I'm behind a DiSEcQ Controller which you can find here: http://www.irrealdesigns.com/rb/blog/wp-content/sat-anlage.jpg
I tried all DiSEcQ options (None, SimpleA, SimpleB, Level1AA, ...) but without a positive result.

I have recognized that my signal quality is very low. (look at the attachments)
Is there anything I can do? I it the right satellite i choose (I'm from Germany, Darmstadt)?

Thanks for help.

 

[CommGuru]

BDA drivers don't formally support the Diseqc protocol as written by MS. But as you have a SS2, you can install the WDM drivers (I'm using the latest 4.4.1 beta's) and they work well with TVE3.

CG

 

[mcraenz]

it's true ss2 bda beta = no diseqc support :-( They told me they might include vendor specific support in the next release that was 6 months ago :-(

 

[misterd]

Technisat released a new test version two weeks ago. The new version number is 4.4.1 RC2. I installed the new bda driver today and I recognized a difference to the old bda driver. The new driver is also recognized as a "Generic BDA card". This means that the TvServer will to use its generic DiseqC support, which could also work for the SS2.
I can't test it, since i don't need DiseqC.

MisterD

 

[CommGuru]

misterd,

Did you notice any type of performance/quality improvements with the new RC2 drivers?

CG

 

[misterd]

The picture quality is the same for me.
The performance is also the same, but I should mention that I have a great performance with the combination of bda drivers, TsReader and TvServer. Channel switching is ~1-2 sec and with the new drivers I think that the channel switching speed is improved again (~1-1.5 sec).

From my point of view there is no big difference between the two version of the bda drivers except that the TvServer recognize them as "Generic BDA card".

MisterD

 

[CommGuru]

Improved channel changing time would be great. I will test them out when I get home. Thanks for the info.

 

[gibman]

Tried the new 4.4.1 RC2 WDM drivers for the skystar2.

No luck. My channels end up garbled when watching them over VLC.

I updated the driver by hand. In other words, I went into device manager. Found the SS2 device, rite clicked. Update.
Point to location. blabla.

It update fine, and tve3 finds the card ok. It can even tune a channel. But the result is garbled video as I said.

Any difference if choose the setup installer instead ?

/Gibman

 

[gibman]

Ok, I did a proper install. running start.exe from the ZIP archive of the driver + a reboot.

Now it owns again

/Gibman

 

[mcraenz]

gibman do you use diseqc? It'll be a few days then I'll be a able to do a test with diseqc test