[mythtv] Problems Importing Channels.conf in 0.22
Ian Barton
lists at manor-farm.org
Fri Nov 6 09:16:31 UTC 2009
> I am using the current 0.22 MythBuntu 0.22RC package and I am having
> trouble importing a channels.conf file using the Channel Scanner.
>
> This has been previously reported in
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/397223
>
> The problem seems to be that the channel scanner doesn't recognise the
> format of the channels.conf file. The same channels.conf worked
> correctly in 0.21 fixes.
>
> Is this a bug?
>
Solved. It seems that the default tzap channels.conf file is not
recognized by the channel scanner. I am sure it used to be, although
maybe scan has changed its default output format. Anyway the solution is
to output in vdr format:
scan -a0 -o zap /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/uk-WinterHill > channels.conf
Ian.
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