DD doesn't find DirecTV channels at 119W

[phx]

DD 1.4i + SS2. Driver v4.4.3 from Technisat

It finds well all DishNetwork channels from "Anik F3" and "Echostar-7" at 119W, but doesn't find any of channels from "DirecTV 7S" on the same orbital position. According to Lyngsat, FEC for dTV should be 6/7 for all transponders, but DD provides no such FEC, so I set it as "Auto". No success. all those transponders 12530L, 12559L, 12588L, 12603R, 12618L, 12647L, 12661R and 12676L look empty.

Any ideas?

[dvdude]

You do realize that you must use another type lnb for dave right??

[dvdude]

plus there is no plugin to decrypt that stream anyway so dont waste your time

[genpix]

actually, LNB is exactly the same.
The problem is: DirecTV does not use DVB-s standard.
DirecTV started to broadcast before DVB-s standard was established.

read DSS Wiki

and DSS section written by Rod (TSReader author)

[dvdude]

Thanks for clearing that up. I was wrong and thought one was circular and the other linear, I stand corrected, they are both Ku circular. That packet size difference surprised me. Good luck on your quest. I wonder if there are any unencumbered channels such as NASA TV on charlie.

[genpix]

btw, Twinhan 1020A is the only Twinhan card which is able to tune to DSS QPSK.
Thus, you can try it yourself.

You may watch a couple of unecrypted DirectTV channels (info channels) + listen to all DirecTV channels (they encrypt video only, audio is clear).

If you have a valid DirecTV subscription (and ISO card reader), you may actually decrypt all channels you are subscribed for.

There is DSStoDVB plugin for TSReader which allows your to do this (assuming that you have DVB-s card compatible with DSS).