[mythtv] [PATCH] DVB channel setup script

Malcolm Smith malc at porsche.demon.co.uk
Tue Sep 7 08:55:47 EDT 2004


>>
> Yes, I'm using that, and I have a valid channels.conf file, but the data
>  in 'channels' table must be entered also. This is not done by
> channels.conf-import.pl, but by this 'listings provider'. Unfortunately
> I'm not sure what the listings provider is for common DVB-S sattelites.
>
> Vedran

Ok... the micro-Howto on this is

1. Find your xmltv grabber... tv_grab_us / uk_rt etc.. configure this
Source and run the configure by
 a. mythtvsetup (or cd <mythtv-dir>/setup && ./setup)
 b. choose your datasource and configure
  (normally you need to configure this in the tty window that you ran
mythsetup from)
 c. run mythfilldatabase.... This will create the channels for you

(You'd do this for any type of tuner card)

2. Associate your listings source with the DVB card (important)

3. Run dvbscan to create the channels.conf

4. Run channels.conf-import.pl
    This will scan through all of the channels associated with a DVB card
in the channels DB (hence step 2)... It will then attempt to find a
match in the channels.conf file, or ask you to input a search term.

(Maybe this should be added to the mythTV howto)

btw Nigel, excellent job on tidying the code and improving it!

-malc-




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