[mythtv-users] dvb channel data into myth.

[John Pullan]

On 05/11/05, ffrr <ffrr at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> John Pullan wrote:
>
> >On 05/11/05, ffrr <ffrr at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Frank Simorjay wrote:
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> >>
> >>>Thanks for the info.
> >>>I'm still a bit unclear as to how you generate your config file.
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> >>>>>Mine accepted the channels.conf file I generated using tzap and scan
> >>>>>(see http://www.linuxtv.org/). Mine is a DVB-T card.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>DVB-T terrestrial right?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Yes
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> >>
> >>><snip>
> >>>
> >>>So how do you get to your format?
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> >>>
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> >>I used 'scan' which is one of the utilities on the
> >>
> >>http://www.linuxtv.org/  site I mentioned.
> >>
> >>The actual command is like this
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> >>
> >>./scan dvb-t/canberra-au | tee mychannels.conf
> >>
> >>
> >>The source for scan, and example tuning data files for many places in the world are in the utilities package (named linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.0) This package also comes with szap/tzap/czap   (satellite/terrestrial/cable)
> >>
> >>
> >>Now, I don't know azap and dvbscan (the utilities you are using). Maybe they're an alternative someone else wrote?  But the ones I compiled from the source from the linuxtv.org package above seem to make myth happy :-)
> >>
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> >Three things :
> >
> >azap is part of dvb-apps (certainly under cvs)
> >
> >
> I don't see it in the the 1.1.0 version I downloaded, so it must be
> something new.  Zap isn't actually used to generate the channels.conf,
> so it's the dvbscan vs scan app change that must be causing the
> problems, and why myth doesn't like the resulting file.
>
>
> >svn mythtv-setup can import channels.conf files (your mileage may
> >vary).
> >
>
> I assumed he must have a version of myth that at least attempts to
> import the file.  Knoppmyth has the option, btw.
>
>
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> >The actual format is : name:frequency:modulation:serviceid.
> >I'd be very wary about using any external import scripts unless they
> >can cope with the post 0.16 setup.
> >
> >
>
> I don't thing anyone's using any scripts.  We are simply importing the
> channels.conf file, as generated by the dvb app utility, into myth using
> it's 'scan' option.
>
>
> It worked for me using the PLF rpms of mythtv, and it also worked for me
> using Knoppmyth R5A22.

See the thread :
Re: [mythtv-users] KnoppMyth R5A22 seriously broken (was: RE: Mythtv
-0.18.1 using protocol 15)

I don't mind people using svn as long as they know it's svn. Using
packages based on svn can cause problems due to claims that they are
official versions.

--
John