[mythtv] A perl QAM scanner - call for volunteers

[Grant McChesney]

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Grant McChesney <grantmc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Grant McChesney <grantmc at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Robert:
> >> > I'm having some issues with the script.  I've ran it a few times now.
> >> >  It
> >> > scans through all the virtual channels, and creates my conf file
> >> > (UT43414\:X.qam.conf).  The problem I'm having is the conf file is
> >> > always
> >> > empty.  Any ideas?
> >>
> >> If you change the $debug variable at the top of the script it will
> >> generate a lot more output, and then I can see what I mis-programmed.
> >>
> >> Have you downloaded the latest version?  I received some feedback and
> >> made adjustments a few days ago.
> >>
> >
> > I verified I have the latest version.  I've enabled debug, and there is
> more
> > output now, but I don't see a smoking gun.  He's a snippet of the output.
> > Getting QAM data for channel 663
> > channel is 663 vcgvs is:
> > vch=663 name=DSCHDTV auth=subscribed cci=unrestricted cgms=n/a
> > Getting QAM data for channel 664
> > channel is 664 vcgvs is:
> > vch=664 name=Life HD auth=subscribed cci=unrestricted cgms=n/a
> > Getting QAM data for channel 665
> > channel is 665 vcgvs is:
> > vch=665 name=Palladia auth=subscribed cci=unrestricted cgms=n/a
> > Getting QAM data for channel 666
> > vcss is ERROR: invalid virtual channel
>
> That shouldn't be a blocker - it just means that 666 doesn't exist in
> your lineup.
>
> If you run qamscanner.pl 2 20
>
> Does it run all the way through and create a file on the channels up to 20?
>
> If yes, then try running 2 665
> so that we can see if there's something else happening.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I've tried several different channel ranges and still get an empty conf
file.
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