[mythtv-users] Interpreting capturecard for HDHomeRun

[Tom Dexter]

On 3/15/20, Ross Boylan <rossboylan at stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
> Along the way to writing a program to update channels for the repack

This caught my eye. I'm assuming you're referring the U.S. ATSC
channel repack(?). Some time ago I posted two perl scripts, both with
extensive -h (--help) info: One to check and or update existing
channel frequencies, program ids, etc including the ability to create
dtv_multiplex records as needed. That was called
mythtv-us-atsc-freq-check and I posted it here:

https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/626309

I also wrote a similar program to create new channels. While this one
can't create new dtv_multiplex entries, that can be done with the
above. That was called mythtv-us-atsc-add-channel and was posted here:

https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/users/626404

I used both in the repacks of last year and they worked flawlessly.

That was with version 29.1. They only involve the channel and
dtv_multiplex tables, which didn't change in version 30 (don't know
about version 31 however).

Also note that, for convenience, those use the MythTV perl bindings to
get the database connection. For anyone who doesn't have them
installed, I have other versions that instead have the database login
info hard coded into the script.

Tom