[mythtv] writing dvb channels and transports into DB

John Pullan jmp at tarantella.com
Tue Nov 30 14:36:53 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 15:20 +0100, Marcus Metzler wrote:
> Hi, 
> I am just trying to add some formats to libdvb for converting
> satellite (or other lists). I already added s/c/tzap and vdr formats
> for reading and writing and want to write (and maybe read) a format
> that can be used for mythtv.
> What would be the best way for that?
> I could try and add mysql reading and writing, but I haven`t done much
> with mysql and I am not sure if that is the best idea. I might screw
> up the entire database. I could write a file with instructions for the
> database which would then be INSERT INTO `channel` and INSERT INTO
> `dvb_transport`. Would that be enough, or do I need more data?
> 

If I remember correctly, there might be stuff you'll want to alter on
the capturecard and cardinput tables for satellite channels (diseqc info
etc).

Are you thinking of linking this into the setup UI and if so where ?

--
John



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