[mythtv-users] 18.1 dvb channel scan

[John Pullan]

On 14/09/05, ffrr <ffrr at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:
> 
> >On 14/09/05, Pat Sheerin <pat.sheerin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have been using myth quite happly for a year or so with version 16.
> >>I recently upgraded to 18.1 so that i could use knoppmyth as i wanted
> >>a pvr box to sit under my telly. It was working for a while but i
> >>appear to have deleted my channel setup so I tried to run the setup
> >>agin to get the channels back but when I run the scan it is able to
> >>find the transports but when it does not find any channels.
> >> I am using a dec-2000 with linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4. scan
> >>dvb-t/uk-crystalplace works and finds all the channels and used to be
> >>how i populated the settings in myth. Is there any way to fill in the
> >>channel information manually? I says Signal Locked but the progress
> >>bar takes a very very long time to go anywhere and then appears to
> >>hang at 100%. Signal Strength and Signal/Noise never change from 0%.
> >>If you would like me to send any more information then let me know.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >You can use xawtv to detect all the channels and then use
> >mytfilldatabase --xawchannels to populate the db. All you have to know
> >is the id of the source. If you have only singly source it's usually
> >1. If you have more then one then:
> ># mysql mythconverg
> >mysql> select * from videosource;
> >
> >sourceid is the number you are looking for.
> >
> >regards
> >pshemko
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> The way I do it is to create a channels.conf using tzap (need that for
> other apps like xine based Kaffeine anyway).  Then import the
> channels.conf into myth (it's one of the scan options)
> 
Only in svn.

Also I believe the dec-2000 has problematic drivers. You may wish to
search the -dev lists from about 6 months back. I *think* it was
fixed, but failing that, there were some patches.


-- 
John