[mythtv-users] DVB Channel data in Sydney

[David Collett]

Also, you proably want to use the tv_grab_au which has been posted to
this list, as the other one uses d1.com.au is not reliable (or is d1
working again).

Using this new script, here is how I setup my mythtv box:

1. edit tv_grab_au to configure it for your area
2. copy it into you path, and run it to make sure it actually works
3. run the mythtv setup program
- set the source to 'Australia', it will exec "tv_grab_au --configure"
which will return imediately (and do nothing, but thats ok since you
configured in in step 1)
4. complete the rest of the 'source' setup, but dont do the channel setup.
5. quit mythtv setup program
7. run channels.conf-import.pl to import your DVB settings directly
into the database
8. run mythtv setup again and look in the channels, they should be
there, and be associated with the correct xmltv id's (the import
script helps you to get this right)
9. you may have to edit the channels slightly, for example mine did
not have channel numbers, so I added them by hand, bit every other
field was correct.
10. quit mythtv setup and run mythfilldatabase, it will run tv_grab_au
and populate the database with program information.

Now everything should work and you can run mythfrontend.

OK, so I am only about 99% sure the above procedure is what I did, but
it sounds about right...

Hope this helps,
Dave

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:22:33 +1100, David Collett
<david.collett at gmail.com> wrote:
> I rebuild my mythtv box recently and this time around I found the
> wonderful script channels.conf-import.pl in the contrib directory of
> the mythtv cvs (not sure if it is in the releases). It (as you can
> probably guess) takes your channels.conf file (the one you use for
> mplayer, probably generated by scan) and imports that into the mythtv
> database scheme. More details and instructions are included in the
> header of the program.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:04:09 +1100, Ed Murray <mail at avenuedesign.net> wrote:
> > I had to alter a line of code in ir-kbd-gpio and recompile it and it
> > then worked fine.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 14:24 +1000, David Whyte wrote:
> > > You enter this data into mythtvsetup under channels (i think, its been
> > > a while).  Once you go to the DVB specific settings, it should be
> > > quite straight forward.  The large number is the frequency and the
> > > other ones will be obvious from the field prompts.  I can't go into
> > > more detail as I am not near my myth box, I am at work :P
> > >
> > > Also, if you select  DVB from the input options, myth should tell you
> > > if it has pcked up the card OK.
> > >
> > > How did you get the remote working?  By plugging it into the jack on
> > > the back, or did you have to go a long way around?
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:51:47 +1100, Ed Murray <mail at avenuedesign.net> wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I (think) I am most of the way through a myth setup.
> > > > I have the avermedia DVB-TV card running successfully in mplayer. The
> > > > remote also works well.
> > > > I am stuck at putting the channel data correctly into the mythconverg
> > > > database. I have got tv_grab_au (version 0.6) and after altering the
> > > > code askQuestion calls to ask_choice it seems to l. It will not run from
> > > > myth-setup so I am using mythfilldatabase. This results in some sql
> > > > errors. So I then ran mythfilldatabase --manual it then runs
> > > > successfully except it asks me for some information about the channel.
> > > >
> > > > I have information like this from the scan generated channels.conf
> > > >
> > > > ABC TV
> > > > Sydney:226500000:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:512:650:545
> > > >
> > > > Could somebody explain how I can translate this into something that I
> > > > can enter into the mythfilldatabase
> > > > ie. How can I convert this into:
> > > >
> > > > freq id
> > > > channel name
> > > >
> > > > also does the channel id have to reference anything else?
> > > >
> > > > Am I going about this the right way?
> > > >
> > > > Is this all the info I need?
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Ed Murray
> > > >
> > > >
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