HD doesn't work, SD works with PCTV DVB-S2 Stick 461e and Linux

Stefan Gordes

Hello,

I am using Ubuntu/Kodi 15 and TVHeadend 4.1. My tv stick is PCTV DVB-S2 Stick 461e.

I am watching via DVB-S/S2 on Astra 19,2E.

All SD (=not HD) channel work.But HD channels don't work. I get "service instance is bad, reason: No input detected".

+Within Windows, everything works, I can watch HD without problems,+ so my TV stick should be capable and not the fault.

Have a look at this log:

2015-09-07 23:18:05.080 mpegts: 11582.25H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0 2015-09-07 23:18:05.086 opentv-skyuk: registering mux 11582.25H in Astra 19,2 2015-09-07 23:18:05.090 subscription: 0018: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "PHOENIX HD", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "11582.25H", provider: "ARD", service: "PHOENIX HD", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:18:17.000 subscription: 0018: service instance is bad, reason: No input detected 2015-09-07 23:18:21.000 webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channel/3930fe33410556d5388f73d7d86c94a9, No input detected 2015-09-07 23:18:21.000 subscription: 0018: No input source available for subscription "HTTP" to channel "PHOENIX HD" 2015-09-07 23:18:21.000 subscription: 0018: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "PHOENIX HD", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", username="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:18:21.003 mpegts: 11582.25H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0 2015-09-07 23:18:21.009 subscription: 0019: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "PHOENIX HD", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "11582.25H", provider: "ARD", service: "PHOENIX HD", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:18:33.000 subscription: 0019: service instance is bad, reason: No input detected 2015-09-07 23:18:37.000 webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channel/3930fe33410556d5388f73d7d86c94a9, No input detected 2015-09-07 23:18:37.000 subscription: 0019: No input source available for subscription "HTTP" to channel "PHOENIX HD" 2015-09-07 23:18:37.000 subscription: 0019: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "PHOENIX HD", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", username="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:18:37.004 http: 192.168.178.20: HTTP/1.0 GET /stream/channel/3930fe33410556d5388f73d7d86c94a9 -- 401 2015-09-07 23:21:25.099 mpegts: 11493.75H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0 2015-09-07 23:21:25.105 subscription: 001A: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "Das Erste HD", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "11493.75H", provider: "ARD", service: "Das Erste HD", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:21:37.000 subscription: 001A: service instance is bad, reason: No input detected 2015-09-07 23:21:41.000 webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channel/3402ee94e4c9b24407a6a9448278d706, No input detected 2015-09-07 23:21:41.000 subscription: 001A: No input source available for subscription "HTTP" to channel "Das Erste HD" 2015-09-07 23:21:41.000 subscription: 001A: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "Das Erste HD", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", username="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:21:41.013 mpegts: 11493.75H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0 2015-09-07 23:21:41.019 subscription: 001B: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "Das Erste HD", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "11493.75H", provider: "ARD", service: "Das Erste HD", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:21:53.000 subscription: 001B: service instance is bad, reason: No input detected 2015-09-07 23:21:57.000 webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channel/3402ee94e4c9b24407a6a9448278d706, No input detected 2015-09-07 23:21:57.000 subscription: 001B: No input source available for subscription "HTTP" to channel "Das Erste HD" 2015-09-07 23:21:57.000 subscription: 001B: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "Das Erste HD", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", username="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:21:57.014 http: 192.168.178.20: HTTP/1.0 GET /stream/channel/3402ee94e4c9b24407a6a9448278d706 -- 401 2015-09-07 23:23:10.216 mpegts: 12187.5H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0 2015-09-07 23:23:10.247 subscription: 001C: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "RTL2", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "12187.5H", provider: "RTL World", service: "RTL2", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1" 2015-09-07 23:23:11.593 tot: invalid checksum (len 8, errors 1)

Can you help me please?

Stefan Gordes

I narrowed the problem a bit, it MUST have something to do with tvheadend.

I can watch HD tv with VLC, just with this parameters

dvb-s2://satno=1:frequency=11494000:voltage=18:srate=22000000

So what can be the cause, that tvheadend can't play HD?

brimur brimur

TL;DR HD channels works with DVBLink and Synology DSVideo but not detected with TVHeadend

ASTRA 2E UK Freesat HD channels

I can confirm the same issue using the same stick scanning Astra 2E. Initially I had it plugged into my Synology and used DSVideo and DVBLink Tv Source. Both work and I can pick up the HD channels without issue. Then I installed TVHeadend 4.1.373 on the Nas. It picked up all the same channels but failed on the HD channels.

I plugged the usb stick into my Openelec box (Kodi 15) and installed the TVHeaddend service and pvr client. It detected the card and again picked up all channels except the HD ones.

mpmc

Just to add:

I have a tuner (DVBSky T9580) with Montage M88DS3103/M88TS2022 chipsets (same as the above stick) and it receives HD services from Astra28E perfectly fine with Tvheadend (4.1.489), however this is a PCIE tuner & not a USB one.

I highly doubt both of your sticks are faulty, try doing [[Traces]] & see what gets reported.

brimur brimur

Mark, thanks I have enabled traces and I auto scanning again and keeping an eye out for 11097V (ITV HD). As I mentioned though it works fine with DVBLink software on the same box as TVHeadend. Maybe the list of muxes needs to be updated?

Update...


2015-09-28 10:05:15.004 mpegts: 11097V in Astra - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0
2015-09-28 10:05:15.073 opentv-ausat: registering mux 11097V in Astra
2015-09-28 10:05:15.100 subscription: 0109: "scan" subscribing to mux "11097V", weight: 5, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra", service: "Raw PID Subscription"
2015-09-28 10:05:25.000 mpegts: 11097V in Astra - scan no data, failed
2015-09-28 10:05:25.000 subscription: 0109: "scan" unsubscribing

mpmc

brimur brimur wrote:
> Mark, thanks I have enabled traces and I auto scanning again and keeping an eye out for 11097V (ITV HD). As I mentioned though it works fine with DVBLink software on the same box as TVHeadend. Maybe the list of muxes needs to be updated?
>
>
> Update...

> [...]

That isn't a full trace, in the subsystems (trace and system) text boxes add +all & redirect it to a file (try /home/hts/tvhlog.txt), there is a lot of data so only add/enable it after Tvheadend has started.

If you're using the pre-defined muxes delete all of them & add a new mux manually (See image below for the BBC HD mux on 28E) make sure that you have Network discovery enabled & your Sat position set (you can find these options in Networks -> Edit on selected Network). Once you have this mux added Tvheadend should find the rest of the live transponders from NIT. Force scan (In Networks) if you don't want to wait for it to trigger the scan.

http://i.imgur.com/PoxQVec.png?1

brimur brimur

Thanks again Mark. Manually adding them worked on TVHeadend on my NAS so maybe the predefined muxes are wrong? It didn't work on Kodi box but that might be a separate issue since my Kodi box is an imx6 arm (Cubox-i4) and I have heard there are issues with the patched kernel in that. The main reason I wanted to use TVHeadend is the EPG. You have to buy software from DVBLink to get one with their server so if the EPG works then I am happy to use the NAS as the TVHeadend server.

mpmc

brimur brimur wrote:

> Thanks again Mark. Manually adding them worked on TVHeadend on my NAS ^ so maybe the predefined muxes are wrong? It didn't work on Kodi box but that might be a separate issue since my Kodi box is an imx6 arm (Cubox-i4) and I have heard there are issues with the patched kernel in that. ^^ The main reason I wanted to use TVHeadend is the EPG. You have to buy software from DVBLink to get one with their server so if the EPG works then I am happy to use the NAS as the TVHeadend server.

^ The pre-defined muxes are always out of date, the best thing to do is add one known working transponder & let Tvheadend find the rest, I usually add the Sky Home Transponder & the Freesat Home transponder, 11778 V 27500 2/3 & 11428 H 27500 2/3 (add three more zeros to these when adding to Tvheadend.)

^^ The EPG does work pretty well however it does have a few issues depending on the grabber used the sky opentv grabber for example sometimes doesn't fully decode the programme names correctly e.g. American Dad is decoded as "American D" etc. Also watch out for duplicate programme ids I've only ever seen ITV channels with this issue it appears to only affect TV programmes at night though. Jackpot247 (on ITV) usually ends up being called "This is ITV+1".

mpmc

Ok guys I've figured something out.

It would appear my DVBSky T9580 does have issues tuning to some frequencies however this seems to be caused by a code/driver change in some newer kernels!

I went from 4.1.6 which tunes 11778V and others perfectly fine to kernel 4.2.1 which completely refuses to tune to 11778V!

What kernel versions are you guys using?

Stefan Gordes

Kernel: Linux 3.18.14-031814-generic

HTS Tvheadend 4.0.5

edit: Did an distro-update today, since then HD is working. I don't know why, but currently it is finally working again. Great =)

edit2: It worked yesterday, today it doesn't work again. I give up, I really don't know why HD doesn't work anymore.


2015-10-02 12:28:26.534 subscription: 0016: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "zdf.kultur HD", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "11361.75H", provider: "ZDFvision", service: "zdf.kultur HD", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1"

2015-10-02 12:28:37.271 subscription: 0016: service instance is bad, reason: No input detected

2015-10-02 12:28:38.000 mpegts: 12187.5H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0

2015-10-02 12:28:38.032 subscription: 0018: "epggrab" subscribing to mux "12187.5H", weight: 4, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", service: "Raw PID Subscription"

2015-10-02 12:28:40.000 subscription: 0016: No input source available for subscription "HTTP" to channel "zdf.kultur HD"

2015-10-02 12:28:40.000 webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channel/1312975470f7b7ea19794077cebabdf1, No input detected

2015-10-02 12:28:40.000 subscription: 0016: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "zdf.kultur HD", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1"

2015-10-02 12:28:40.021 mpegts: 11361.75H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0

2015-10-02 12:28:40.027 subscription: 0018: "epggrab" unsubscribing

2015-10-02 12:28:40.034 subscription: 001A: "HTTP" subscribing on channel "zdf.kultur HD", weight: 100, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", mux: "11361.75H", provider: "ZDFvision", service: "zdf.kultur HD", profile="pass", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1"

2015-10-02 12:28:51.001 subscription: 001A: service instance is bad, reason: No input detected

2015-10-02 12:28:52.000 mpegts: 12187.5H in Astra 19,2 - tuning on Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0

2015-10-02 12:28:52.032 subscription: 001C: "epggrab" subscribing to mux "12187.5H", weight: 4, adapter: "Montage M88DS3103 : DVB-S #0", network: "Astra 19,2", service: "Raw PID Subscription"

2015-10-02 12:28:54.000 subscription: 001A: No input source available for subscription "HTTP" to channel "zdf.kultur HD"

2015-10-02 12:28:54.000 webui: Couldn't start streaming /stream/channel/1312975470f7b7ea19794077cebabdf1, No input detected

2015-10-02 12:28:54.000 subscription: 001A: "HTTP" unsubscribing from "zdf.kultur HD", hostname="192.168.178.20", username="hts", client="VLC/2.2.1 LibVLC/2.2.1"

2015-10-02 12:29:07.006 subscription: 001C: "epggrab" unsubscribing

mpmc

Stefan Gordes wrote:
> Kernel: Linux 3.18.14-031814-generic

> HTS Tvheadend 4.0.5

You could try 4.1.9 if you want, I'm building it now & will report back.

Tony Todo

How do you get 4.1.9?
The newest version I could find was the 4.0.7

mpmc

Tony Todo wrote:
> How do you get 4.1.9?

> The newest version I could find was the 4.0.7

Kernel version or Tvheadend version?

You can get kernel versions here https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ but any kernel from 3.18+ should work fine.

if you want the newest Tvheadend version use git master at https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend

The patch (this one here: https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/31598/) should be in kernel 4.3+ hopefully.

Alessio Pollero

I have the same issue(HD channels aren't working while SD working fine) with the 461e stick and latest tvheadend 4.3 compiled from source .

Has anyone solved the issue ? How can be solved ?

Thanks

mpmc

Alessio Pollero wrote:
> I have the same issue(HD channels aren't working while SD working fine) with the 461e stick and latest tvheadend 4.3 compiled from source .
>
> Has anyone solved the issue ? How can be solved ?
>

> Thanks

Have you tried others apps? dvbv5-scan/zap? Additionally have you tried the work arounds as suggested on "the linuxtv.org wiki"

Alessio Pollero

I've already placed the firmware file inside /lib/firmware and after that the device started working but just for SD channels, HD channels are loading but I can only see squared images.

I'm on a raspberry Pi 3 ...