[mythtv-users] Finding channel frequency

[John Pilkington]

On 01/08/2012 12:13 AM, Raymond Norton wrote:
>
>
> On 01/07/2012 02:24 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>>     select c.sourceid, c.chanid, c.freqid, c.channum,
>>     c.callsign, c.name, m.frequency, c.serviceid from
>>     channel as c, dtv_multiplex as m
>>     where c.mplexid = m.mplexid order by c.chanid;
>>
>
> That worked to get the channel info. My goal is to use VLC to stream
> live tv from my mythbox. I know this is off-topic now, but I have only
> been able to get 1 channel to play (Hallmark channel) when using the dvb
> capture of VLC, regardless of the frequency entered. I am not sure if
> that has something to do with the default channel on myth. In my
> testing, I have killed mythtv-backend, open vlc capture, selected dvb-s
> and entered a frequency from the list below, but they all play the
> Hallmark channel, so I know I am somehow getting it wrong. Here is a
> snipit of the results I received via the mysql query:
>
> |        1 |   1523 | 51     | 51-13   | 1523     |     | 387012500
> |        13 |
> |        1 |   1525 | 51     | 51-15   | 1525     |     | 387012500
> |        15 |
> |        1 |   1529 | 51     | 51-19   | 1529     |     | 387012500
> |        19 |
> |        1 |   1531 | 51     | 51-21   | 1531     |     | 387012500
> |        21 |
>
> Anyone know how to configure VLC  to play each individual channel with
> the information I have posted?
>
>
> Raymond
>

I'm not sure how it goes from the command line, but in the vlc gui you 
can get different channels from the selected mux via Playback > Program

HTH

John P