[mythtv-users] Confused on how to use channels.conf

[John Pullan]

On 25/05/07, Michelle Dupuis <support at ocg.ca> wrote:
> Is the format below good?
>
> And....I'm not trying to do a scan afterwards.  As soon as I click next (to
> import the channels.conf) a scan begins.  Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Michelle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Nick Morrott
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:49 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Confused on how to use channels.conf
>
> On 22/05/07, Michelle Dupuis <support at ocg.ca> wrote:
> >
> > I have my DVB-S card driver working, and scandvb finds the satellite
> > and lists a bunch of channels!! YAY! (This is a thrill for me, as I
> > didn't think I would get this far)
> >
> > I used scandvb to create a channels.conf file whose contents looks
> > like this (cut off after the first five lines):
> > HSTDv:12224:h:1:20000:4642:4644:84
> > CPACF:12224:h:1:20000:5666:5668:149
> > NEWS1:12224:h:1:20000:6434:6435:196
> > A-LON:12224:h:1:20000:4130:4131:220
> >
> > I then went to myth's back-end setup, where I have setup the dvb-s
> > card and the video source. I then created a new input and tried to
> > scan the satellite. I told myth to use the channels.conf I created,
> > but then Myth just times out while scanning (can't get a lock) - and
> > signal strength is 0%.
>
> If you import a good channels.conf file, you should not need to then scan
> for channels - this is the purpose of importing the (dvb)scan-generated
> channels.conf file in the first place.
> --
> Nick
>

You haven't got anything else opening the card at the same time have you ?

-- 
John