[mythtv] A perl QAM scanner - call for volunteers

[Grant McChesney]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Not at all.  The format of the resulting conf file is 99%
> > channels.conf, but I've repurposed the VID and AID fields (which
> > aren't used in QAM) to store the virtual channel number and the XMLID.
> >  I don't have a MySQL dumper perl script that will do that, but I'm
> > sure that's just a Small Matter of Programming.
>
> Here's what IL12488:X.qam.conf looks like:
>
> WBBM:567000000:QAM_256:2:11299:1
> WGBO:567000000:QAM_256:4:11461:10
> WMAQ:573000000:QAM_256:5:11670:15
> WLS:567000000:QAM_256:7:11653:4
> WPWR:567000000:QAM_256:8:11795:8
> WGN:573000000:QAM_256:9:11474:13
> WCIU:567000000:QAM_256:10:11347:7
> WTTW:567000000:QAM_256:11:11908:5
> WFLD:573000000:QAM_256:12:11438:14
> WCPX:567000000:QAM_256:13:18734:2
> WSNS:567000000:QAM_256:14:11848:3
> WXFT:567000000:QAM_256:15:12382:9
> WJYS:573000000:QAM_256:17:12475:16
> TVGN:111000000:QAM_256:18:16715:3
> WWTO:111000000:QAM_256:19:11987:4
> WYCC:567000000:QAM_256:20:12009:12
> WYIN:567000000:QAM_256:21:12014:6
> TWC:555000000:QAM_256:40:11187:42
> TLNCHIC:117000000:QAM_256:67:11341:27
> SHOPNBC:477000000:QAM_256:89:14948:2
> (etc)
> _______________________________________________
>


Robert:

I'm having some issues with the script.  I've ran it a few times now.  It
scans through all the virtual channels, and creates my conf file
(UT43414\:X.qam.conf).  The problem I'm having is the conf file is always
empty.  Any ideas?

Grant
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