[mythtv-users] Entering USA Cable channels into the DVB tables

Michael Freeman mlfreeman at gmail.com
Mon Jan 16 01:57:53 UTC 2006


you don't need to enter the PIDs.  you need the service ID from PID 0x0000
for each channel.
if you set the mplexid and the serviceid, myth will find the rest
automatically (as a crapcast subscriber, i'm envious that you have actual
PSIP data for your channels)


On 1/15/06, Len Reed <crunchyfrog at charter.net> wrote:
>
> I'm using 0.18.2....
>
> There have been a number of posting on the DVB channel tables, but it
> still isn't clear to me.  I've also looked at
>
> http://www.cuymedia.com/doxygen-dev-docs/html/group__db__schema.html
>
> Maybe with an example someone can clear it up.
>
> I have an HD5000 card connected to cable.  Here is a sample channel, as
> seen by azap.  Using this information, I can use the DVB utils to
> capture the signal and play it via mplayer. The following example is for
> my local (Atlanta) FOX affiliate on Gwinnett Charter cable, for what
> it's worth:
>
> FOX:669000000:QAM_256:2048:2049:2
>
> So, my dtv_multiplex table has an entry with
> mplexid=4, frequency=669000000, sourceid=qam_256, etc.
>
> In the database, Fox digital is my chanid 3785.  So I assume I should
>
> update channel set freqid = 4 where chanid = 3785;
>
> where '4' is the mplexid from the dtv_multiplex table for 669Mhz.
>
> I further guess that the channel table should get the serviceid (last
> column of the azap line, "2"):
>
> update channel set serviceid = 2 where chanid = 3785;
>
> Where do I encode the video and audio pids (2048 and 2049 in hex, 8264
> and 8265 in decimal)?
>
> Now, assuming that I can get this all working, do I then need an
> additional rows in dtv_multiplex for the other channel on 669 MHz?
>
> CBS:669000000:QAM_256:2176:2177:1
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Len
>
>
>
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