tvheadend on pi4 with tv hat raspi 32 OS

[nl1_uk]

Hi,

I have the setup as per the subject.
The hat is recognised - dmesg o/p

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[    8.984449] dvbdev: DVB: registering new adapter (CXD2880)
[    9.186997] cxd2880: cxd2880_attach: CXD2880 driver version: Ver 1.4.1 - 1.0.5
[    9.187044] cxd2880 spi0.0: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Sony CXD2880)...
[    9.213719] cxd2880_spi: cxd2880_spi_probe: Sony CXD2880 has successfully attached.
[   10.139315] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[   11.302066] cxd2880 spi0.0: DVB: adapter 0 frontend 0 frequency 0 out of range (174000000..862000000)

(Nothing else related to dvb)

I've installed tvheadend, gone through the install wizard, added SandyHeath as my nearest transmitter (which I got from a website after inoutting my postcode), and the wizard/scan then reports 8 muxes found (but I understand these are just read from a table), but zero services found.
I know the (roof) aerial is good as I can do a successful scan on a Humax STB no problem.
I've installed dvb-tools to try and do a manual scan to see if I get a different result, but this command returns nothing

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dvbscan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-SandyHeath

I've also tried putting a signal booster and got nothing.

I don't know what to try next, and hope someone else will know where to go from here. (Was really really hoping to impress the missus with my PVR on a pi !!)

Thanks in advance.

[neilgl]

Have you followed all the steps in the tv hat guide https://www.raspberrypi.org/app/upload ... TV-HAT.pdf ?
That worked for me on a pi3+ using Bullseye, with my local Sandy Heath transmitter.
I am now watching that tv hat stream from Japan.

I could do screenshots of tvheadend if it helps.

[nl1_uk]

Hi neilgl,

Thanks for replying & for your help. Yes I did follow the steps in the guide
It's just when i get to :
"When you click Save & Next, the software will start scanning for the selected mux, and
will show a progress bar. After about two minutes, you should see something like:
Found muxes: 8
Found services: 172"

That's where I get 8 muxes, and 0 services.

Since my post, I've kind of resolved it though, and ascertained it's my aerial signal, which, while being good enough for my STB, the signal is not good enough for the tv hat. I took the pi to my partner's house, just to try it on a different aerial, and she has an attic aerial with a booster, and woo hoo!. . it found over 100 channels. (I haven't actually watched anything yet as I only had tvhreadend running on raspi and front-end PVR, but it shouldn't be a problem once I've had my aerial looked at by a tech aerial installer and had a booster fitted if necessary.
I'm intrigued by the fact you're watching it in Japan though - how is that? Is your pi with tvheadend internet facing, and your front-end PVR connects to that? I'm only just starting with this, so would be interested in knowing how to attach a tvheadend (or other) client to a tvheadend server. Cheers Neil

[neilgl]

Yes pi is internet facing (with domain name and dynamic dns) then use VLC to open network stream to it. VLC can be on an iPad, Android phone or laptop etc. or in my case another pi attached to hotel TV via HDMI. A very small Bluetooth keyboard with trackpad completes the setup.

[nl1_uk]

That's great & thanks for the info. . . looking forward to having a play around with it when it's up and running!