[mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r8860 by danielk

[mythtv@cvs.mythtv.org]

      Author: danielk
        Date: 2006-02-04 16:53:41 +0000 (Sat, 04 Feb 2006)
New Revision: 8860
   Changeset: http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/8860

Modified:

   trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dvbconfparser.cpp
   trunk/mythtv/libs/libmythtv/dvbconfparser.h

Log:

Closes #1203 by applying modified patch.

This is based off version 2 of the patch, but I believe I had already made the fix that Boleslaw made for version 3.

Anyway this allows you to import a channels.conf from atscscan, which is included in the dvb-apps repository at:
{{{
  cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous at cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/linuxtv co -P dvb-apps"
}}}

The procedure is still insanely complicated, but is a little bit simpler
than it was:

 * cd dvb-apps/util/scan ; make
 * ./atscscan atsc/us-Cable-[your cable providers standard] > channels.conf
 * Replace the first field of each line of channels.conf with a unique string.
 * Run mythtv-setup (create source, import channels.conf in Channel Scanner)
 * Run mythbackend & mythfrontend, and tune to every channel, renaming the unique strings in the channels.conf with the callsign as listed in your listings provider's channel lineup.
 * Add each channel you found to your listings provider's list of provided channels (with datadirect this means check the checkboxes next to the channel in the labs.zip2it.com HTML interface.)
 * Now quit mythbackend & mythfrontend and run mythtv-setup
 * In "Channel Editor", set Video Source to the source you imported channels.conf into originially and hit the Delete Channels button and confirm.
 * In "Input Connections" select a device connected to the source and press "Fetch channels from listings source". This can take a long time, and the output is sent to the terminal.
 * In the same device window press the "Scan for channels" button to the left of the fetch button, there select "Import channels.conf" as the scan type and import the channels again; this time most of the channels should be using the same channel numbers as your listings provider. Those which do not need additional attention.

NOTE: Any listings channel that is pulled in but does not have matching
      tuning information from channels.conf may severe problems.

The rest of the configuration is as with any MythTV source.