[mythtv-users] Entering USA Cable channels into the DVB tables

[Michael Freeman]

for instance, my fox affiliate is on 675 MHz as service 1 according to PID
0x0000...which is mplexid 274, serviceid 1 for digital channel 168 in my
channels db

On 1/15/06, Michael Freeman <mlfreeman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> you don't need to enter the PIDs.  you need the service ID from PID 0x0000
> for each channel.
> if you set the mplexid and the serviceid, myth will find the rest
> automatically (as a crapcast subscriber, i'm envious that you have actual
> PSIP data for your channels)
>
>
> On 1/15/06, Len Reed <crunchyfrog at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm using 0.18.2....
> >
> > There have been a number of posting on the DVB channel tables, but it
> > still isn't clear to me.  I've also looked at
> >
> > http://www.cuymedia.com/doxygen-dev-docs/html/group__db__schema.html
> >
> > Maybe with an example someone can clear it up.
> >
> > I have an HD5000 card connected to cable.  Here is a sample channel, as
> > seen by azap.  Using this information, I can use the DVB utils to
> > capture the signal and play it via mplayer. The following example is for
> > my local (Atlanta) FOX affiliate on Gwinnett Charter cable, for what
> > it's worth:
> >
> > FOX:669000000:QAM_256:2048:2049:2
> >
> > So, my dtv_multiplex table has an entry with
> > mplexid=4, frequency=669000000, sourceid=qam_256, etc.
> >
> > In the database, Fox digital is my chanid 3785.  So I assume I should
> >
> > update channel set freqid = 4 where chanid = 3785;
> >
> > where '4' is the mplexid from the dtv_multiplex table for 669Mhz.
> >
> > I further guess that the channel table should get the serviceid (last
> > column of the azap line, "2"):
> >
> > update channel set serviceid = 2 where chanid = 3785;
> >
> > Where do I encode the video and audio pids (2048 and 2049 in hex, 8264
> > and 8265 in decimal)?
> >
> > Now, assuming that I can get this all working, do I then need an
> > additional rows in dtv_multiplex for the other channel on 669 MHz?
> >
> > CBS:669000000:QAM_256:2176:2177:1
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> > Len
> >
> >
> >
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