<p>On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Robert Kulagowski <<a href="mailto:rkulagow@gmail.com">rkulagow@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Another Sillyname<br>
> <<a href="mailto:anothersname@googlemail.com">anothersname@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> When you did your scan the BBC HD channel would be set a chanid of<br>
>> 6940 as that's the number that would get assigned by the satellite<br>
>> source, have a look here.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A-and-Astra-1N-2A-2B.html">http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A-and-Astra-1N-2A-2B.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> Go down to BBC HD channel on 10847 V on transponder 50 read across to<br>
>> BBC HD UK and you'll see in the SID (service identifier) column the<br>
>> value of 6940.<br>
><br>
> OK, I think that helps. The list that I was looking at didn't include<br>
> service identifier. A SID is going to be unique on a per-satellite<br>
> basis, or is it truly unique in that satellite providers coordinate to<br>
> ensure that there is no SID collision?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>If someone who has a scan for North America can contact me I'd appreciate it.</p>