[mythtv-users] Can mythtv generate channels.conf ?

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Wed Nov 12 19:39:30 UTC 2008


On 12/11/2008, Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers at computer.org> wrote:
> Nick Morrott wrote:
>  > Have you
>  > tried running (dvb)scan, which was designed for this exact purpose?
>
>
> I've tried scan (part of dvb-utils), and that produced part of the file
>  I showed in my earlier post. The fact that scan does not do any tuning
>  is a major pain.

You can use tzap (DVB-T) and szap (DVB-S) for tuning to a particular
station defined in a channels.conf file. If you pass (dvb)scan a tuing
file (available from dvb-apps) it should scan available transponders
and find all of your available channels.

-- 
Nick Morrott

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