Unable to find UK Freeview HD Channels - Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD

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I’m having a problem getting UK Freeview HD channels detected in Plex - I’m running:

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, with the kernel update applied (I think; I had a boot issue and ended up using recovery tool that may have reverted to a vanilla version)
  • Hauppauge WinTV Quad HD

dvbv5-scan runs and finds the HD channels:

chris@media-pc:~$ dvbv5-scan /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-BristolKingsWeston -a 1
[output omitted]
Scanning frequency #6 674000000
Lock (0x1f) Signal= -53.00dBm C/N= 33.00dB
Service BBC TWO HD, provider (null): reserved
Service ITV HD, provider (null): reserved
Service Channel 4 HD, provider (null): reserved
Service BBC ONE HD, provider (null): reserved
Service CBBC HD, provider (null): reserved
Service Film4+1, provider (null): reserved
Service Channel 5 HD, provider (null): reserved

w_scan appears to find the HD channels as well:
chris@media-pc:~$ sudo w_scan -X -c GB
w_scan -X -c GB
w_scan version 20141122 (compiled for DVB API 5.10)
using settings for UNITED KINGDOM
DVB aerial
DVB-T GB
scan type TERRESTRIAL, channellist 6
output format czap/tzap/szap/xine
WARNING: could not guess your codepage. Falling back to ‘UTF-8’
output charset ‘UTF-8’, use -C to override
Info: using DVB adapter auto detection.
/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 -> TERRESTRIAL “Silicon Labs Si2168”: very good :-))

Using TERRESTRIAL frontend (adapter /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0)
---- Getting frontend capabilities----
Using DVB API 5.10
frontend ‘Silicon Labs Si2168’ supports
DVB-T2
INVERSION_AUTO
QAM_AUTO
TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO
GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO
HIERARCHY_AUTO
FEC_AUTO
[DVB-T scan and non King’s Weston DVB-T2 scan omitted]
674000: (time: 12:40.427) signal ok: QAM_AUTO f = 674000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999P0 (0:0:0)
QAM_AUTO f = 674000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999P0 (0:0:0) : updating transport_stream_id: -> (0:0:16514)
QAM_AUTO f = 674000 kHz I999B8C999D999T999G999Y999P0 (0:0:16514) : updating network_id -> (0:12346:16514)

But, when it comes to Plex, nothing shows up

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Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

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Having spent a week digging around, I bit the bullet this weekend and reinstalled Ubuntu from scratch, installing Ubuntu 17.04 (via 17.10, but that’s a PICNIC error - problem in chair, not in computer), then adding the PPA referenced from the Hauppauge web site and finally downloading the dvb-demod firmware from OpenELEC. All is now working as hoped.

The only thing I can think may have been at the root of my troubles was something hanging over from my initial setup using a Hauppauge HVR-2200 Media Centre Edition card that doesn’t support DVB-T2.

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