[mythtv-commits] Ticket #1203: Fix channels.conf import for ATSC OTA/QAM

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#1203: Fix channels.conf import for ATSC OTA/QAM
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 Reporter:  bolek-mythtv at curl.com (Boleslaw Ciesielski)  |        Owner:  danielk
     Type:  patch                                        |       Status:  closed 
 Priority:  minor                                        |    Milestone:  0.20   
Component:  mythtv                                       |      Version:  head   
 Severity:  medium                                       |   Resolution:  fixed  
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Changes (by danielk):

  * resolution:  => fixed
  * status:  new => closed

Comment:

 (In [8860]) 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.

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