[mythtv] DVB datapoint - EIT and channel scanning

Steve Davies steve at one47.co.uk
Thu Jan 27 09:45:39 EST 2005


Hi,

Just so the datapoint is recorded, I have a mostly successful DVB setup 
using latest CVS. The scan went perfectly, found and added/excluded all 
of the correct channels (UK Crystal Palace transmitter), and plays and 
records TV perfectly so far...

Exceptions:

1) I initially enabled the EPG/EIT gathering code... This built okay, 
but there was so much EIT data arriving that I could barely start the 
frontend. I re-built without this feature as I appreciate it is beta :)

2) channels.chanid - I was under the impression that chanid was meant to 
be in the range (sourceid*1000) to (sourceid*1000)+999. I do not know 
whether this is a tradition or a requirement, but I have 2 sources, 1 
DVB and 1 non-DVB. The DVB scan created all new chanid numbers to 
continue from the highest existing number, rather than checking for the 
highest number in the appropriate range. This meant that the end result 
was much more confused and the chanid and sourceid no-longer matched.

PS. I don't think I mentioned, this new DVB scanning and dynamic PIDs is 
SWEET!

Hope this helps,
Steve


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