[mythtv-users] DVB Channel data in Sydney

Ed Murray mail at avenuedesign.net
Tue Jan 25 05:18:33 EST 2005 

Dave thanks for the help. It sounds like exactly what I needed to know.
Will give it a try tomorrow.

Cheers
Ed

On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 19:52 +1100, David Collett wrote:
> OK, Wait, 
> Between steps 5 and 7, there is a step 6.
> 
> 6. Run mythfilldatabase to populate the program information.
> 
> Then step 10 is not strictly necessary.
> 
> To be honest, I am not sure how/why this works, but I am confident
> this is what I did. I thought that mythtv setup would try and use
> "tv_grab_au --list-channels" or something to populate the database
> with xmltv id's, but this cant be the case as tv_grab_au does not
> support --list-channels. It seems to have done everything the first
> time that mythfilldatabase is run. Can anyone shed some light on
> this??
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:47:24 +1100, David Collett
> <david.collett at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Also, you proably want to use the tv_grab_au which has been posted to
> > this list, as the other one uses d1.com.au is not reliable (or is d1
> > working again).
> > 
> > Using this new script, here is how I setup my mythtv box:
> > 
> > 1. edit tv_grab_au to configure it for your area
> > 2. copy it into you path, and run it to make sure it actually works
> > 3. run the mythtv setup program
> > - set the source to 'Australia', it will exec "tv_grab_au --configure"
> > which will return imediately (and do nothing, but thats ok since you
> > configured in in step 1)
> > 4. complete the rest of the 'source' setup, but dont do the channel setup.
> > 5. quit mythtv setup program
> > 7. run channels.conf-import.pl to import your DVB settings directly
> > into the database
> > 8. run mythtv setup again and look in the channels, they should be
> > there, and be associated with the correct xmltv id's (the import
> > script helps you to get this right)
> > 9. you may have to edit the channels slightly, for example mine did
> > not have channel numbers, so I added them by hand, bit every other
> > field was correct.
> > 10. quit mythtv setup and run mythfilldatabase, it will run tv_grab_au
> > and populate the database with program information.
> > 
> > Now everything should work and you can run mythfrontend.
> > 
> > OK, so I am only about 99% sure the above procedure is what I did, but
> > it sounds about right...
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > Dave
> > 
> > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:22:33 +1100, David Collett
> > <david.collett at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I rebuild my mythtv box recently and this time around I found the
> > > wonderful script channels.conf-import.pl in the contrib directory of
> > > the mythtv cvs (not sure if it is in the releases). It (as you can
> > > probably guess) takes your channels.conf file (the one you use for
> > > mplayer, probably generated by scan) and imports that into the mythtv
> > > database scheme. More details and instructions are included in the
> > > header of the program.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:04:09 +1100, Ed Murray <mail at avenuedesign.net> wrote:
> > > > I had to alter a line of code in ir-kbd-gpio and recompile it and it
> > > > then worked fine.
> > > >
> > > > Ed
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:24 +1000, David Whyte wrote:
> > > > > You enter this data into mythtvsetup under channels (i think, its been
> > > > > a while).  Once you go to the DVB specific settings, it should be
> > > > > quite straight forward.  The large number is the frequency and the
> > > > > other ones will be obvious from the field prompts.  I can't go into
> > > > > more detail as I am not near my myth box, I am at work :P
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, if you select  DVB from the input options, myth should tell you
> > > > > if it has pcked up the card OK.
> > > > >
> > > > > How did you get the remote working?  By plugging it into the jack on
> > > > > the back, or did you have to go a long way around?
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:51:47 +1100, Ed Murray <mail at avenuedesign.net> wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > > I (think) I am most of the way through a myth setup.
> > > > > > I have the avermedia DVB-TV card running successfully in mplayer. The
> > > > > > remote also works well.
> > > > > > I am stuck at putting the channel data correctly into the mythconverg
> > > > > > database. I have got tv_grab_au (version 0.6) and after altering the
> > > > > > code askQuestion calls to ask_choice it seems to l. It will not run from
> > > > > > myth-setup so I am using mythfilldatabase. This results in some sql
> > > > > > errors. So I then ran mythfilldatabase --manual it then runs
> > > > > > successfully except it asks me for some information about the channel.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have information like this from the scan generated channels.conf
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ABC TV
> > > > > > Sydney:226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:512:650:545
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could somebody explain how I can translate this into something that I
> > > > > > can enter into the mythfilldatabase
> > > > > > ie. How can I convert this into:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > freq id
> > > > > > channel name
> > > > > >
> > > > > > also does the channel id have to reference anything else?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Am I going about this the right way?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is this all the info I need?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any help would be much appreciated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ed Murray
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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