[mythtv-users] Command Line Channel Scan

[jim]

On 05/04/2015 06:27 PM, Another Sillyname wrote:
> Install dvb-apps instead.
>
> On 4 May 2015 at 23:13, jim <jim_32766 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Using information from the mythtv.org wiki I have attempted to run a channel
>> scan from the command line, and have had no success. Even the simple
>> mythtv-setup --scan command does not function. According to the wiki that
>> simple command should reveal IDs for the available tuners.
>>
>> When I stop the backend and run the command two events occur. There is a
>> transient window, that I cannot read due to the speed at which if flashes
>> by, followed by the normal prompt to start the backend. When I try to run
>> the command without stopping the backend a prompt appears indicating that
>> the backend must be stopped before continuing. Neither work.
>>
>> Does anyone know the right way to initiate the channel scan from the command
>> line? Thanks.
>>
Will the dvb-apps populate the proper tables in the mythconverg 
database? I guess I could write a script to do that, but it would be 
nice to have it all done with the one call.