There are two main differences: How the bits are modulated into an analog signal on air, and possibly how the payload is packed into a stream (even though I’d expect Idan+ to stay with TS).

So odds are that it’s a matter of telling a DVB-T2 capable demodulator to work in DVB-T2 mode. Which probably boils down to a number of lines in the driver. Or maybe there’s an issue with the userspace software.

In my case, a Astrometa DVB-T2 dongle, the issue is probably somewhere around the driver for the Panasonic MN88473 demodulator. So the note to self is looking for updates in its driver (named mn88473.ko, not suprisingly, in the staging directory, introduced to the kernel in September 2014). And indeed, there are a few patches, in particular from Feb 2016, saying “Finalize driver” and then it’s moved out from staging. So maybe I’ll patch it.

Or maybe I should try supplying it with firmware.

When I’ll have time and motivation. :)

a standalone box (DVB-T2 box)doessee thoe dvbt2 channels with the same atenna
so i am trying to understand the differnce
is it the drivers? hardware? or if i am lucky bad configurations

thnx eldadh

I gave it a go, with no success. w_scan doesn’t find anything on my machine, and attempting dvbv5_scan with DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT2 gave me an error (ERROR command STREAM_ID (42) not found during store) which I’m not sure if it’s problematic. But it said DELIVERY_SYSTEM = DVBT on the scan itself, so maybe there’s a problem there.

Given the channels currently broadcast here on the DVB-T2 carriers, I don’t have much motivation right now…

thnx in advance
eldadh