VLC + RTE 1 Frequency

Drakus

I am using VLC on a PC in the house with a Hauppauge USB tuner(DVB-2) to get local channels using the string ":dvb-frequency=738000000" or "dvb-frequency=546000000". This works just fine but as RTE have made ppl do a re-scan for RTE 1 I cannot get it anymore using the above frequencies. I also tried with VLC letting the program scan for channels using Capture Device but scanning using the above frequencies. I still get RTE 2, TV3, TG4, 3E and a host of radio stations. Is there a way to get RTE 1 back.

STB

Drakus wrote: »

I am using VLC on a PC in the house with a Hauppauge USB tuner(DVB-2) to get local channels using the string ":dvb-frequency=738000000" or "dvb-frequency=546000000". This works just fine but as RTE have made ppl do a re-scan for RTE 1 I cannot get it anymore using the above frequencies. I also tried with VLC letting the program scan for channels using Capture Device but scanning using the above frequencies. I still get RTE 2, TV3, TG4, 3E and a host of radio stations. Is there a way to get RTE 1 back.

Depending on whether you are Kippure or Three Rock. I am guessing Three Rock.

Change to ":dvb-frequency=570000000" or "dvb-frequency=546000000"

The Cush

738 and 543 are Mux 1 frequencies for Kippure (UHF 54) and Three Rock (UHF 30) respectively.

RTÉ1, RTÉjr and RTÉ1 +1 are now carried on Mux 2 from those transmitters, Kippure 770 (UHF 58) and Three Rock 570 (UHF 33). Try those frequencies and maybe do a manual scan. If that fails maybe the aerial isn't good enough?

Edit: STB posted as I was writhing.

Drakus

Thanks guys, :dvb-frequency=770 and 570 got me RTE 1 and RTE 1 +1 allbeit with a different menu set, v.good pic quality too.

STB

Drakus wrote: »

Thanks guys, :dvb-frequency=770 and 570 got me RTE 1 and RTE 1 +1 allbeit with a different menu set, v.good pic quality too.

You are taking one channel block (Mux1) and another (Mux 2) off 2 different transmission sites. I know that works but you may see signal issues down the line! Both may be receivable in your area, but one will be stronger than the other.

With both coming off the one Transmitter site it would be either

Three Rock
Change to ":dvb-frequency=570000000" or "dvb-frequency=546000000"

Kippure
Change to ":dvb-frequency=738000000" or "dvb-frequency=770000000"

Drakus

This is a script I edited from a script put together by "Nalydyenlo" from codes supplied by "sigfridb" a good while back. It works fine for me;

====================================================================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/&quot; xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/&quot; version="1">
<title>Saorview Playlist</title>
<trackList>
<track>
<title>RTE 1</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>0</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=770000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=2101</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<title>RTE 2</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>1</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=1102</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<title>TV 3</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>2</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=1103</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<title>TG 4</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>3</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=1104</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<title>RTE NEWS NOW</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>4</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=1105</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<title>3 e</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>5</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=1106</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track>
<title>RTE Junior</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>6</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=738000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=1107</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
<track><title>RTE one + 1</title>
<location>dvb-t://</location>
<duration>2700000</duration>
<extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0"&gt;
<vlc:id>7</vlc:id>
<vlc:option>dvb-frequency=770000000</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>dvb-bandwidth=8</vlc:option>
<vlc:option>program=2108</vlc:option>
</extension>
</track>
</trackList>
</playlist>
============================================================================

You save the file as a .xspf file and then run it with vlc. The one part of the script I got with trial and error were the program values as in program=2101 for RTE 1 and and program=2108 for RTE 1 +1. What exactly do these values represent and where does one get them.

STB

Drakus wrote: »

The one part of the script I got with trial and error were the program values as in program=2101 for RTE 1 and and program=2108 for RTE 1 +1. What exactly do these values represent and where does one get them.

2101 is the SID (Service ID) for RTE1. It is also the VPID (Video) for RTE1. The APID (Audio) is 2201.