[mythtv-users] Problem with tuning DVB card - tzap, mplayer ok mythtv not

[Simon Allcorn]

Hi David

Cheers for the response - I was being a complete idiot - I didn't fill
in any values, under advanced, new transport. what a muppet !!

Anyway, all tuned in now, on to the rest of the config !

Thanks

Simon


On 10/24/05, David Watkins <watkinshome at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24/10/05, Simon Allcorn <simon.allcorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > Thanks for the response, I think you may have hit the nail on the head !
> >
> > > I got these from tzap and, as I say, they worked for me.
> > How did you get tzap to do this ? I can't see an option for this !
> > Can't see a version number in tzap either  (downloaded 20th April I
> > think). Can you post the full output of tzap showing you this config ?
> > thanks
>
> Simon,
>
> Actually I mis-remembered.
>
> The file is used by tzap but generated by scan.
>
> This was the command I used to generate the channels.conf for tzap.
>
> # ./scan dvb-t/uk-CrystalPalace > channels.conf
>
> (IIRC scan, tzap and uk-CrystalPalace were included in the dvb-utils package)
>
> Though I guess you must already have this working
>
>
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where mythtv stores this dvb tuning information ? I
> > presume in the database although I'm not sure. I think it may be
> > highly possible that the config that mythtv is looking at may be
> > different to that which tzap is using.
>
> You're right, that channels.conf is not used by mythtv, which holds
> its channel parameters in the database.   I think there used to be a
> utility which sucked the channels.conf file the database, but I used
> mythtv's channel scan which worked a treat.
>
> I took the first line from the tzap channels.conf (which happened to
> be BBC1) and copied those parameters(the ones I posted earlier) into
> myth's scan dialog. It scanned all the muliplexes and channels (I
> don't know how) and populated the database.
>
> If you get stuck, I'm pretty sure that this is the guide I was following
>
> http://www.ethics-gradient.net/myth/mythdvb.html       (thanks Martin)
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