Just Sharing This New OSD for UpdateDVB

[Llew]

There's a new OSD skin for the Linux-based UpdateDVB application. Here I'm using it to open the DVB-S2X channel on 33E 12621V.

I did have a problem originally locking any transponders with this application using the TBS6522, but after enquiry realise that, unlike say the TBS6983, with the TBS6522 you have to insert the SR and modulation and system parameters into the respective boxes before obtaining any channel lock.

Thanks to Chris Lee (app originator) and co. at Ricks for their help.

 

[Llew]

Later commits of this DVB app gives me a row of tabs at the top showing my tuner cards and their respective adaptors.

More convenient now to choose which tuner/frontend to use. I'll add more info to the TBS6522 tabs to denote the frontend system used, S/S2 or T/T2.

Other screenshots show example scans and tuning info for Astra 28E and Sandy Heath terrestrial.

Early days, this version ofupdateDVB is still being developed.

 

[updatelee]

Thanks for the kind words about the app. Its always a work in progress, adding new features all the time. It wouldnt be the app it is today without the help of those in the FTA community.

If anyone has any suggestions I'm always eager to listen.

UDL

 

[william-1]

Later commits of this DVB app gives me a row of tabs at the top showing my tuner cards and their respective adaptors.

More convenient now to choose which tuner/frontend to use. I'll add more info to the TBS6522 tabs to denote the frontend system used, S/S2 or T/T2.

Other screenshots show example scans and tuning info for Astra 28E and Sandy Heath terrestrial.

Early days, this version ofupdateDVB is still being developed.

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Nice info Sandy Heath is my local DTT

 

[Llew]

Thanks for the kind words about the app. Its always a work in progress, adding new features all the time. It wouldnt be the app it is today without the help of those in the FTA community.

If anyone has any suggestions I'm always eager to listen.

UDL

Thanks. Really interested in your development of this app since it appeared. I don't have the Linux skills to contribute anything like some of the app tailoring being posted by the guys there, just happy to go along with following its progress

 

[Archive-8]

Later commits of this DVB app gives me a row of tabs at the top showing my tuner cards and their respective adaptors.

More convenient now to choose which tuner/frontend to use. I'll add more info to the TBS6522 tabs to denote the frontend system used, S/S2 or T/T2.

Other screenshots show example scans and tuning info for Astra 28E and Sandy Heath terrestrial.

Early days, this version ofupdateDVB is still being developed.

View attachment 112018

2 questions if I may,

1) how do you install the update dvb app
2) how do you take a screenshot.

Sorry to be a pain.

 

[Llew]

2 questions if I may,

1) how do you install the update dvb app
2) how do you take a screenshot.

Sorry to be a pain.

Chris, there's no ready-built application available to download, you build it using the Qt programming creator app.

See updatelee's instructions in his repo - updatelee / v4l-updatelee — Bitbucket

After compiling that, go to - updatelee / updateDVB — Bitbucket to build the actual viewer.

I found it a bit intimidating at first, but managed OK after a few false starts.

The TBS cards you show in your setup are the same s I have, so shouldn't be any driver problem.

Just use the Screenshot tool in your Linux OS.

 

[Archive-8]

Might be getting somewhere now,

 

[Llew]

Yes, that takes some time to download. Seems to include every driver known to man

 

[Archive-8]

Yes, that takes some time to download. Seems to include every driver known to man

The Pc is only a duel core Celeron 1.6ghz 4GB ram, and it’s still chugging away happily at the moment.

Fingers crossed.

 

[satesco]

You can find the Linux drivers for all tbs cards here

 

[Llew]

Yes, Chris should have them installed.

dmesg | grep frontend in terminal will conveniently show which adapters are attributed to which card, to be associated with the tuner labelling in updateDVB Adapter settings.

 

[satesco]

Indeed,and looks like that,once installed the driver:

 

[Archive-8]

The sat card is fine, the new issue is when opening the right file in qt creator, I get the green triangle at the bottom to “build” when I click it I get a failure message.



It’s probably something I haven’t done, I will have another go tomorrow.

Thanks chaps for your input so far, I have found it helpful as I am a total noob with Linux.

Slowly it’s starting to sway me away from microshite.

 

[Llew]

Hmm- those errors are a bit above my pay grade Chris. If all went smoothly building the app up to there, I don't know what's causing them.
Can I suggest you ask the gurus in the updateDVB thread over at Rick's? Meanwhile I'll do a new build myself with the latest commits.

 

[updatelee]

Looks like you didn't install the headers. Check the README in the v4l-updatelee folder. At least that's what it looks like.

UDL

 

[Archive-8]

yeah it was the headders stopping it from completing.



now need to configure it

 

[updatelee]

looks like your two devices are not accessible. Is another app using them? maybe permissions?

If you just want to compile it and run it you can compile it once and run it you can do this

locate qmake | grep bin

to find where your qmake bin is. mine is in here

/opt/Qt/5.9.2/gcc_64/bin

go into the dir where you downloaded updateDVB

cd src/UDL/updateDVB
/opt/Qt/5.9.2/gcc_64/bin/qmake
make -j10
sudo make install

this will compile updateDVB and install it to /usr/local/bin and make a shorcut on your desktop for you.

I like to run it from qtcreator though because if there is a hangup it will give you more details about why it crashed, which helps me fix the issue lol

UDL

 

[Archive-8]

looks like your two devices are not accessible. Is another app using them? maybe permissions?

If you just want to compile it and run it you can compile it once and run it you can do this

locate qmake | grep bin

to find where your qmake bin is. mine is in here

/opt/Qt/5.9.2/gcc_64/bin

go into the dir where you downloaded updateDVB

cd src/UDL/updateDVB
/opt/Qt/5.9.2/gcc_64/bin/qmake
make -j10
sudo make install

this will compile updateDVB and install it to /usr/local/bin and make a shorcut on your desktop for you.

I like to run it from qtcreator though because if there is a hangup it will give you more details about why it crashed, which helps me fix the issue lol

UDL

I totally forgot about tvheadend is also installed

I will need to stop that temporarily, it’s recording tv for me.

Thanks for all of your help.

 

[Llew]

@updatelee
I noticed some FECs are shown incorrectly when scanning some TPs, noticeably any on Astra 28.2 with a FEC of 5/6. Shown are two TPs, H and V, one using the earlier version of updateDVB. Both show a FEC of 2/5.