[mythtv-users] How to import w_scan channels.conf for a pctv tripleStick 292e?

[Peter Carlsson]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 06:58:02AM -0500, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 11/23/2014 08:07 AM, Peter Carlsson wrote:
> >On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 03:04:52PM +1300, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> >>On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:38:43 +0100, you wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello!
> >>>
> >>>I have performed a scan with w_scan that successfully found the DVB-T2 channels
> >>>as well as the ordinary DVB-T channels of my new pctv tripleStick 292e.
> >>>
> >>>I set the output format to tzap but in MythTV 0.27.4 I can no longer find the
> >>>option to import an existing channels.conf file.
> >>>
> >>>I think it used to be under the Input Connections / Scan type in mythtv-setup,
> >>>but it seems to have been (re)moved.
> >>>
> >>>How should I do?
> >>>
> >>>I am running Debian 7.7 with a 3.11 kernel from backports.
> >>If you write SQL, then you can put the channels.conf file into a
> >>format that is CSV compatible, then use the SQL ability to load a CSV
> >>file into a new database table, and then use SQL to update the
> >>channels table and others from the data in the new table, before
> >>deleting your extra table.  I did that for my DVB-S channels from
> >>SkyTV here in New Zealand.  There were 140+ channels to deal with, so
> >>it was far too much to add manually.  If you would like to take a look
> >>at the code I used, let me know and I can post it on my web server for
> >>you.
> >Thanks for the answer!
> >
> >Although I know some SQL I was hoping for a more recommended way of importing
> >the channels.conf.
> 
> There is none (the output of the various external channel scanners
> differs between programs/versions and doesn't provide all the
> information we need, so we dropped support for importing those
> files).  The recommended approach for getting your channel list is
> to use the
> 
> >Maybe there is a way to have MythTV actually scan/find the DVB-T2 channels and
> >not have to use an external application such as w_scan?
> 
> mythtv-setup channel scanner.

It finds the DVB-T channels but for me it failed to find the DVB-T2 channels
although it was within the scan range.

Do I need to do something special to scan for both DVB-T and DVB-T2?

Best regards,
Peter Carlsson