[mythtv-users] DVB scans

[David Watkins]

On 02/11/05, Frank Simorjay <franks at simorjay.com> wrote:
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> After laborious efforts I have put together a frequency list of channels
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> azap, but nothing else.
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> I'd like to get the data imported into channel info of myth, I see that a
> script exists for importing channels.conf file that have tzap format, but no
> docs on how to format my data to get to work.
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> Currently I my file format:
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> Channel:Freq:QAM_256:0:0
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> tzap has extra feilds that I can't fake (I think) or at least I'm not sure
> how to collect the info to make my config file work.
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> here us a azap file format I found
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> channel:freq:INVERSION_AUTO:BANDWIDTH_7_MHZ:FEC_3_4:FEC_1_2:
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> QAM_64:TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K:GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16:HIERARCHY_NONE:
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> 2307:0:544
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> not sure what inversion,bandwidth,fec,transmit
> mode,hirarchy,or the third numeric value at the end are.


Why don't you just do a myth channel scan?   In the Channel Setup Page
of mythtvsetup is  a  scan button which, if your dvb card is currectly
installed ( and I think you have to make sure mythbackend is not
running) will be enabled.  Pick a channel from your tzap channels.conf
file and type them into the advanced options and myth should scan for
all the available channels - worked well for me.

Otherwise I believe that there's a zap2myth script that does what I
think you as for, but I've never used it.