Hi all,
today the official "beta phase" of DVB-T2 broadcast has started in Germany. Until now, it was only possible to receive DVB-T2 channels in certain regions (now the area is much more wider).
I would like to provide a short howto for those who seeking support on this topic. I am using TVheadend 4.0.8@jessie on a Raspberry-PI1 B+. As receivers i use two DVB-T2 USB Sticks "August T210".
Retrieving the frequency number
Take a look here for a list of DVB-T2 stations:
http://www.dvb-t2hd.de/files/Senderstandorte_Erste_Stufe_DVB-T2_HD.pdf
Here is a list of DVB-T stations: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_DVB-T-Sender_in_Deutschland
Here in my region NRW, there are several stations, but all use the same channel 43. Now, unfortunately I was not able to find a table listing "unassigned" channels. Therefore I just calculated the channel frequency. Each dvb-t channel has a bandwidth of 8Mhz. Taking channel number 45, which has a frequency of 666MHz (muahaha) you just need to subtract (2x8MHz) to get the frequency forchannel 43 => 650MHz (Wow, that's like rocket science).
Setting up channel in TVHeadend
Now, we need to setup this new found mux in our tvheadend configuration. I have created a new network named DVB-T2 for this purpose and assigned it to my both receiver.
Afterwards, I created manually a new mux with the following data:
frequency (Hz): 650000000
Bandwidth: 8Mhz
Constellation: QAM/AUTO
Delivery System: DVBT2
I left any other value by default (or AUTO). I went back to Networks and selected the new network "DVB-T2" and clicked on "Force Scan". I was able to see in the log window, that tvheadend was able to find 6 new services. The two services "ARD HD" and "ZDF HD" could be mapped as new channels.
-> The other RTL, ProSieben, SAT.1, VOX could not be accessed by tvheadend. The reason is clear, the are encrypted.
Even though, ARD and ZDF are marked as encrypted by TVheadend, I was able to stream them on my Android mobile.
Streaming results
As already mentioned in the section above, I was able to stream the two unencrypted channels ARD and ZDF with my Android mobile - but only with a few drawbacks.
h4. Android Mobile: TVHClient + MX Player
the picture was there, but no sound. MX Player was complaining about not supported audio stream (EAC3)
h4. Android Mobile: TVHClient + VLC Player
only the first few frames of the stream were visible. Afterwards, the picture got stuck. The sound was ok!
h4. Linux Mint with Kodi 16.1:
no picture no sound. I guess i need to install the HEVC codec (H.265)
So far these are my first experiences with DVB-T2. If anyone else has other experiences, or can report successful streams, feel free to report it here :-).
Michael
