[mythtv-users] Anyone with a MythTV and Free-to-air satellite setup in the United States?

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:50 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> On 07/13/2012 05:33 PM, Robert Kulagowski wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Another Sillyname
>>> <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When you did your scan the BBC HD channel would be set a chanid of
>>>> 6940 as that's the number that would get assigned by the satellite
>>>> source, have a look here.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A-and-Astra-1N-2A-2B.html
>>>>
>>>> Go down to BBC HD channel on 10847 V on transponder 50 read across to
>>>> BBC HD UK and you'll see in the SID (service identifier) column the
>>>> value of 6940.
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, I think that helps. The list that I was looking at didn't include
>>> service identifier. A SID is going to be unique on a per-satellite
>>> basis, or is it truly unique in that satellite providers coordinate to
>>> ensure that there is no SID collision?
>>
>>
>> OK, so doing some more reading makes me think that once MythTV has scanned
>> a satellite, it will fill in the dtv_multiplex and channel tables, and
>> that
>> the combination of parameters will result in a unique value.
>>
>> If someone who has a scan for North America can contact me I'd appreciate
>> it.
>
>
>
> Ok Second time, actually give the url.
>
> http://www.saveandreplay.com/channels.asp


http://www.lyngsat.com/ gives info about many many satellites.

I believe myth's database stores the serviceid rather than the vpid and apid.