[mythtv-users] How to import w_scan channels.conf for a pctv tripleStick 292e?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:38:43 +0100, you wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I have performed a scan with w_scan that successfully found the DVB-T2 channels
>as well as the ordinary DVB-T channels of my new pctv tripleStick 292e.
>
>I set the output format to tzap but in MythTV 0.27.4 I can no longer find the
>option to import an existing channels.conf file.
>
>I think it used to be under the Input Connections / Scan type in mythtv-setup,
>but it seems to have been (re)moved.
>
>How should I do?
>
>I am running Debian 7.7 with a 3.11 kernel from backports.
>
>Best regards,
>Peter Carlsson

If you write SQL, then you can put the channels.conf file into a
format that is CSV compatible, then use the SQL ability to load a CSV
file into a new database table, and then use SQL to update the
channels table and others from the data in the new table, before
deleting your extra table.  I did that for my DVB-S channels from
SkyTV here in New Zealand.  There were 140+ channels to deal with, so
it was far too much to add manually.  If you would like to take a look
at the code I used, let me know and I can post it on my web server for
you.