[mythtv] Channel changing Bugs...

[Tony Clark]

On Saturday 12 April 2003 21.34, Chris Palmer wrote:
> Tony Clark wrote
>
> > On Saturday 12 April 2003 20.02, Chris Palmer wrote:
> > > so...  help me understand the european tv system a little better.
> >
> > The concept of channel numbers is foriegn in Europe.  You could think of
> > it as slots I guess.
> > Slot 1 tuned to channel SE16
> > Slot 2     "			"	E11
> > My neighbour  Likes it a little different, we both use the same cable.
> > Slot 1				E5
> > Slot 2				SE16
> > I think you can find out the frequencies from the bttv documentation.  It
> > may also have other info about different countries.  Here is a bit from
> > my .xawtv
>
> ..snip..
>
> > [TV4]
> > channel = E6
> > capture = on
> >
> > [ZTV (E8)]
> > channel = E8
> > capture = on
>
> So... what are "TV4" and "E6"?  Is "TV4" the station identifier
> that the broadcaster says they are (like "CNN" or "HBO")?  And
> is "E6" the "channel" (though, not a number) that uniquely maps
> to the frequency?

TV4, ZTV are station identifiers like CNN and HBO.  E6 is the channel.
>
> Also, does "E6" exist all over europe, even though there might
> be a different station there with different cable providers?

Different parts of Europe use different numbering I suspect.  Uk and Sweden 
are both in Western Europe, use different forms of PAL and have different 
sound IF freq.

>
> I'm guessing, but do your TV's (real TV's, not Myth/xawtv) then
> have numbers for the "slots"?  Is it something like this?
>
> TV slot -> freq num -> station
> 1 -> E6 -> TV4
> 2 -> E8 -> ZTV
> 3 -> SE16 -> CNN

Yep.


>
> so, to watch ZTV, you change to "2" on your TV remote?

Yep

tony

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