[mythtv-users] Working SF Bay area channels.conf?

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Yeechang Lee schrieb:
> Two questions:
> 1) Does the feature added in 0.19 to import channels from a
>    channels.conf file actually work? I've tried several channels.conf
>    files found through searches but none actually seemed to do
>    anything.
> 2) Assuming a positive answer to 1) I'd love to see someone's
>    verified-as-working channels.conf for over-the-air broadcasts for
>    SF Bay area stations. Here in my downtown San Francisco highrise
>    apartment, channel scanning from mythtv-setup gets me KTVU (Fox),
>    KBHK (UPN), KRON (Ind), KCSM (PBS), KKPX (i), but no KGO (ABC),
>    KNTV (NBC), KPIX (CBS), or KQED (PBS). (I did get KBWB [WB] for a
>    few weeks, before suddenly and mysteriously descending into
>    horrible static-filled pictures despite no changes whatsoever in
>    antenna orientation or software setup.)  I am using a Silver Sensor
>    indoor antenna and a HD5000 capture card (the driver for which
>    unfortunately doesn't provide a usable signal-strength readout).

It worked for me quite nice for adding a few channels mythtv refuses to 
add to the channel list. Here is what i did:

- dvbscan -n /usr/share/dvb/scan/dvb-c/de-iesy > new_channel.conf.
- deleted all unwanted channels
- imported the file into mythtv