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UK Freeview Retune
Hi All,
Can anyone tell me what the Freeview retune means for UK SageTV users? http://www.freeview.co.uk/freeview/R...September-2009 What steps do we need to take if any when it happens on the 30th September? Many Thanks! T |
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One bonus is the statment about Freeview HD, The retune will pave the way for Channel Five to become as widely available on Freeview as the other terrestrial channels at digital television switchover. In addition technical preparations for future improvements to the Freeview service (such as Freeview HD) are being made. I guess we'll need new tuners for these new HD services Cheers Ben
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Agree with all that. Here's how I plan to do it: -
1) Use scanchannelsbdauk to generate a list of channels and frequencies after the change has take place. 2) Look for the ones which are changing - only BBC4/Cbeebies,Five,E4 and ITV4 I think. 3) Take Sage down and edit the frq files for my freeview tuners to reflect the new mux (tsid) and frequency values. 4) Restart Sage. Scanchannels doesn't actually tell you the tsid numbers and corresponding mux names, it just groups the channels by the frequency the mux is transmitted on, but you can deduce them by looking at the tsid in the old frq file for other channels in that mux. I suspect the actual tsid values may be different in different regions, and I'm sure the frequencies are, but for Winter Hill they are: - Mux tsid frequency MUX1 4104 754000000 (BBC4/Cbeebies is moving here from MUXB) MUX2 8203 834000000 (FIVE is moving here from MUXA) MUXA 12290 850000000 (ITV4 and E4 are moving here from MUX2) MUXB 16384 842000000 MUXC 20480 786000000 MUXD 24576 810000000 Using that information I'm fairly sure I can prepare amended frq files in advance, but I intend to do the scanchannelsbda step anyway to make sure I haven't misunderstood something I use Digiguide and Stéphane's importer, but doing it this way I don't think I will need to make any changes to them. Any comments on my cunning plan? |
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2. Yes. Complete list here: http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/__data/as...e_briefing.pdf 3. Yes. 3b. Make sure channel numbers are as you want them in DigiGuide. 3c. Run DG2XML on its own. 4. Yes. 4b. Re-import frq files into Stephane's importer. 4c. Run import. Whether all the above is necessary I don't know. However, I do know the above method will work Also, I live in the Winter Hill area, so I've got this to do another two times before Christmas HTH, Nick. |
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Thought about it some more and here's what I'll be doing.
1. Stop SageTV. 2. Backup Sage install. 3. Rescan for channels (in the AM & PM I suppose to get all channels). 4. Find what the new frequencys are for the affected channels within the .frq. 5. Copy those frequencys to the backed up Sage .frq files replacing the old frequencys only. 6. Copy the backed up file back to its original place....... bit over the top copying the whole backup over but it makes sure the only thing thats changed is the .frqs. 7. Restart Sage. Fingers crossed all will work. No need to mess with the channel numbers, DG2XML etc....
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Since I just setup a new server on 6.2.2 I got use the new channel setup pages and was impressed by the 'scan for updates' bit of it. With an existing lineup, you can scan to see updated changes and get a chance to review them before adding to your lineup, you can see when the physical channel has changed etc (Although be sure to accept the new physical channel before trying to preview it) if you don't like any of the update channel changes, it doesnt effect the existing stuff
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10 am , everything still working ok on my system ...
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Don't think it happens until 12.00 (midday).
Just re-tuned mine and its all working again Only channel I can't get now is ITV3 but I don't think I'm missing anything there.
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I just did the usual, disconnected one of my tuners from the lineup and scanned, compared and made changes, reattached lineup. No problems. Channels changed for me: Five, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1 and Virgin1 (the latter may have changed a while ago, I tune it from Cable).
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Well after 1.5 hours of fiddling Ive got all three tuners retuned!
Ended up doign a full rescan as so many channels had moved. Also forgot one of the DVB-T ones uses a slightly differant frequency value in the frq file, so had to do everything twice for that tuner. Hate the new channel scanning/mapping interface. (forgot theyd changed it) Seems to take many more keypresses to get everything done. Of course as Ive been viewing all the channels SageTV now thinks I like what ever program was showing at the time I checked the channel. So Ive several days of telling it not to record stuff ahead
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I lost ITV3+1, no other real issues.
My main problem is working out which tuner is which.... |
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I think everything is ok for me. One thing that had me very confused is that ITV2+1 is showing up as ITV - is there anyway to change its name?
(I find the whole channel tuning interface incredibly non-intuitive and confusing - is it just me?) Cheers T |
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So I guess thats why its changed its name. I might have to add it back in again! |
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I assume you mean ITV2+1, otherwise I'm missing ITV3+1 too...
It's weird they have ITV2+1 but not ITV1+1.
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I agree ITV1+1 would make a much better choice for a channel. I also wish they'd get rid of things like QVC, The Big Deal, Pricedrop & SuperCasino and give us some proper channels instead. |
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While we are on the subject of retuning, has anyone got a good way of altering the channel numbers quickly?
ie. when you do a full scan the resulting .frq has the channel numbers in a scanned sequence, and not as the Logical Channel Number (LCN) ie BBC1 is 1, BBC2 is 2, ITV is 3 etc like a set top box would do What other methods are there except editing the .frq to alter the numbers? Maybe I've missed something obvious ?
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What you need todo is remap the channel then move to "remap channel #" again, then change the logical channel number.
Same process with the old channel mapping system except less key presses.
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Cant work it out - please help
I remember having nightmares setting up freeview in the first place.
Then recall that someone posted the .frq file for my region (winterhill) and then I just copied it in my directory (does this make sense or am I mistaken?). This is the text that I had before: CH:1 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4168 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-ONE CH:2 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4232 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-TWO CH:3 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8267 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV1 CH:4 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8384 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Channel-4 CH:5 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:12866 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:FIVE CH:6 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8325 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV2 CH:7 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4351 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-THREE CH:9 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:16832 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-FOUR CH:10 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8294 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV3 CH:11 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22208 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:SKY-THREE CH:12 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25792 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:UKTV-History CH:13 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8452 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Channel-4+1 CH:14 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8442 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:More-4 CH:15 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27136 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Film4 CH:18 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25664 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:4Music CH:19 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22272 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #ave CH:20 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25856 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Virgin1 CH:21 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25728 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:TMF CH:24 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8353 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV4 CH:25 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27392 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #ave+1 CH:27 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27072 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV2-+1 CH:28 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8448 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:E4 CH:29 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22336 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:E4+1 CH:35 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:12992 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:FIVE-USA CH:36 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:12928 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:FIVER CH:70 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4671 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CBBC-Channel CH:71 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:16960 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CBeebies CH:72 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:16032 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CITV CH:80 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4415 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-NEWS CH:81 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:17024 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-Parliament CH:82 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22080 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Sky-News CH:83 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22144 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Sky-Spts-News CH:84 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:15648 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CNN CH:85 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27456 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Russia-Today CH:86 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27392 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #ave-ja-vu CH:87 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25920 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Ideal-World But this is what I have now after the end of September rescan:- CH:1 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4168 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-ONE CH:2 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4232 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-TWO CH:3 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4415 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-NEWS CH:4 onid:9018 tsid:4104 sid:4351 frq:754000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-THREE CH:5 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8267 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV1 CH:6 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8325 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV2 CH:7 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8384 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Channel-4 CH:8 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8448 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:E4 CH:9 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8442 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:More-4 CH:10 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8452 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Channel-4+1 CH:11 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8367 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV CH:12 onid:9018 tsid:8203 sid:8500 frq:834000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:FIVE CH:13 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:13120 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:QVC CH:14 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:14272 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:bid-tv CH:15 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:15552 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:3 #:G.O.L.D. CH:16 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:12992 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:FIVE-USA CH:17 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:12928 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:FIVER CH:18 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:16096 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:3 #:ESPN CH:19 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:14498 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:QUEST CH:20 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:15648 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:CNN CH:21 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:14304 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Virgin1 CH:22 onid:9018 tsid:12290 sid:16048 frq:850000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV3 CH:23 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:16832 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-FOUR CH:24 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:17024 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:BBC-Parliament CH:25 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:19456 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:301 CH:26 onid:9018 tsid:16384 sid:19520 frq:842000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:302 CH:27 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22336 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:E4+1 CH:28 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22144 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Sky-Spts-News CH:29 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22272 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #ave CH:30 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22080 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Sky-News CH:31 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22208 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:SKY-THREE CH:32 onid:9018 tsid:20480 sid:22464 frq:786000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #rice-drop-tv CH:33 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25664 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:4Mus CH:34 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25728 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:TMF CH:35 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25856 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Virgin1+1 CH:36 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:25920 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Ideal-Worl CH:37 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27136 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Film4 CH:38 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27392 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #ave-ja-vu CH:39 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:27456 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:Russia-Today CH:40 onid:9018 tsid:24576 sid:28032 frq:810000000 band:8 ctrl:1 #:ITV4 I can see that I've lost Cbeebies - which will not be a good thing. Is it as easy as someone letting me have a copy of their file ? Hope so Best Regards, Jason |
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Where can I find the TSID, SID and Frq details for my transmitter?
I am missing a few channels, and would like to add them manually, but I have no idea where to get the details from. I am on the Waltham transmitter (East Midlands) as I live in Derby. Cheers ppl |
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I hope this helps a little. If there are any specific channels missing that aren't in my frq file let me know and I'll see if a scan here picks them up. |
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