[mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.

Andrew Ingram adingram at clara.co.uk
Sun Jun 1 21:30:55 EDT 2003


I see what you are getting at. Unfortunately, I have no idea how you do
that conversion :(

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
Sent: 01 June 2003 7:16 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.


Andrew Ingram wrote:

>That place I mentioned is the only place you need to put the frequency 
>in. I found those frequencies by using the Hauppage windows software 
>and letting it do a frequency scan. It found all 5 channels, and I 
>noted them down as listed below. I've not used xawtv at all for 
>arranging the frequencies.
>  
>
Yes, I did the same thing. I did the channel scan and then I did a 
frequency scan. The Hauppage Windows software found channel 57 and 
608.000 both corresponding to BBC1.

However, any of those numbers into myth doesn't seem to work.

I'm using NTL analog cable. Maybe that's the problem?

So, obviously, television channels are in Mghz right? So, how do I 
convert 608000 (608Mghz?) into a channel number? The idea being when 
mythtv coverts the channel number to a frequency it'll get the right
one(s)?

Thanks.


>Just FYI, here is my MySQL mythconverg.channels table (as a mysqldump).

>This is really all the data there is when setting up a channel:
>
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (1,'26',1,'BBC1','BBC1 
>(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-713.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc1.bbc
>.
>co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (2,'33',1,'BBC2','BBC2
>(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-724.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc2.bbc
.
>co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (3,'23',1,'ITV1','ITV1 (ITV1
>London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-49.gif',0,NULL,'carlton.com',3276
8
>,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (4,'30',1,'CH4','Channel
>4','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-53.gif',0,NULL,'channel4.com',32768,327
6
>8,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES
>(5,'37',1,'CH5','five','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-54.gif',0,NULL,'cha
n
>nel5.co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>
>You can see the frequency in the second row (channum).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net 
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
>Sent: 01 June 2003 1:35 PM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.
>
>
>Andrew Ingram wrote:
>
>  
>
>>mythfilldatabase --manual is where you specify the channel frequency.
>>Run mythfilldatabase --manual again, and when one of the questions
asks
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>for "channel number (as in xatv)" and offers you the default of the tv
>>channel's website as a value, enter the frequency channel here.
>>
>>FYI, the UK channels for me are:
>>BBC1 26
>>BBC2 33
>>ITV1 23
>>CH4  30
>>CH5  37
>>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>Hi,
>Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatly, that didn't work.
>
>I think there is a mis-match between what Mythtv and xawtv think the
>channel frequencies are and what they actually are.
>
>For example, if I plug the cable into the TV set. BBC1 shows up on
>"channel 57". However, if I put "57" into xawtv of when running 
>mythfilldatabase --manual, all I get is snow.
>
>Using the ivtv driver utility ptune.pl, I can tune BBC 1 by using the
>frequeny directly: 608000. I.e., ptune.pl -F 608000
>
>So, where can I tell mythtv that "channel number 57" should be 
>frequency
>
>"608000"?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
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