[mythtv-users] BBC THREE/FOUR

[Paul Woodward]

> Simon wrote:
> > Malcolm Smith wrote:
> > > I would check your pids. I've been working with Daniel on a
> > > script that takes the output of scan and loads up the various
> > > tables. I could let you have a copy. (It's not complete yet).
> >
> > That would be the most obvious solution.. Might I suggest for
> > a future direction that the mythtv setup program be enhanced
> > to allow a external tuner application to be run to do this.
> > That way it should be possible to automate the process for
> > other DVB types and even analog if somebody knocks together
> > the scan/detection app.
> 
> I have always had `in house` code in mind. If someone would
> write simple code to parse/import the vdr .conf files it's
> acceptable, and even a extra feature. It should be really
> simple to write also, since it's just a bounch of :::::::::'s
> and newlines + the parameter wording. I might consider helping
> with a rewrite of the parsers in DVBChannel and DB if someone
> writes the logic for setup.
> 
> If this get's done, all someone have to do is scan before
> running mythsetup (verifying that the card works at the
> same time), and import the channel.conf. If someone already
> has a 1000+ line channel.conf from vdr, they could just
> import and be set :)
> 
> Ciao,
> Kenneth
> 


I'm slightly confused - I thought that the pids changed in real time to indicate the state of transmission. Isn't it therefore necessary to effectively scan on changing to that channel rather than at configuration time?

Pls correct me if I'm wrong.