FEC oddities

[Analoguesat]

Im manually adding in standard definition frequencies with a fec of 3/4, and scanned the desired frequency.

The channels successfully scan in, but when I look at the info on the info bar it says fec 4/5

This has happened twice in recent days, and Ive double checked the scan had the right 3/4 fec in it to begin with.



Secondly either Im missing summat obvious or the dvb-s2 scan does not have auto fec as a selection? If Im s2 feed hunting I dont want to be doing 9 separate scans using each individual fec setting.

 

[Rick]

Secondly either Im missing summat obvious or the dvb-s2 scan does not have auto fec as a selection? If Im s2 feed hunting I dont want to be doing 9 separate scans using each individual fec setting.

I'm sure it does, but i will double check tonight and let you know for sure.

 

[Huevos]

Im manually adding in standard definition frequencies with a fec of 3/4, and scanned the desired frequency.

The channels successfully scan in, but when I look at the info on the info bar it says fec 4/5

That's down to a bug in the image. I brought this up on the VIX forum but didn't receive a response. The FEC info is correct for the transponder but what it displays on the info bar is wrong. On the BBC1 HD transponder I have "fec_inner" in the satellites.xml file as nº 6, which is 8/9, but on the info-bar it displays as 3/5, which is "fec_inner" nº 7. So it is the info-bar cross-wired somehow. It's correct in the Nabilo image, but not in VIX when using the same satellites.xml file.

Secondly either Im missing summat obvious or the dvb-s2 scan does not have auto fec as a selection? If Im s2 feed hunting I dont want to be doing 9 separate scans using each individual fec setting.

That's a horrid pain in the neck. There's no "auto" option for DVB-S2 in either VIX (Vu+ Duo) or Nabilo (DM500 HD) so I am guessing this is an E2 thing.

 

[Analoguesat]

That's down to a bug in the image. I brought this up on the VIX forum but didn't receive a response. The FEC info is correct for the transponder but what it displays on the info bar is wrong. On the BBC1 HD transponder I have "fec_inner" in the satellites.xml file as nº 6, which is 8/9, but on the info-bar it displays as 3/5, which is "fec_inner" nº 7. So it is the info-bar cross-wired somehow. It's correct in the Nabilo image, but not in VIX when using the same satellites.xml file.

Ah okay that must have been when I swapped back to Vix last weekend (didnt last very long ).

That's a horrid pain in the neck. There's no "auto" option for DVB-S2 in either VIX (Vu+ Duo) or Nabilo (DM500 HD) so I am guessing this is an E2 thing.

Ok thats solved that one - and thats a MAJOR omission as many of the feeds listed dont have fecs listed these days.

Cheers Huevos, at least I know Im not doing anything wrong

It wouldnt be so bad if the manual tuning had signal strength bars so you could just hop over the fecs quickly and see when you have a positive lock

 

[Huevos]

Ah okay that must have been when I swapped back to Vix last weekend (didnt last very long ).

Apparently it is correct in the latest version of VIX. My version is about 6 months old.

 

[Analoguesat]

Ah - proof the fec displayed is screwed on BH as well.

One of the APTN feeds - the fec is 5/6 on these - it clearly says 4/5 on the display.........

I have confirmed this by deleting the channel and rescanning the frequency.

 

[Captain Jack]

Mine always says 1/2 in the VIX image info bar for some reason, despite FEC being actually something different.

 

[Analoguesat]

Another black mark for the E2 s/w.........