[mythtv-users] Myth and a DEC2000

[John Pullan]

On 14/11/05, meh at runlevel6.net <meh at runlevel6.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> I think you're correct re the tv_grab_dvb output. The XML file doesn't contain
> anything relating to the channel frequencies etc.
> I can't for the life of me find anything in the setup to allow a channels.conf
> to be imported however :S
>
> Ben
>
> On Monday 14 November 2005 11:01, Andrew Wilson wrote:
> > Here's my understanding of what's going on. Note that this could all
> > be wrong - someone please correct me if it is :-)
> >
> > tv_grab_dvb only populates the program listings, not the channel info
> > required to tune the box to a TV station. I have this on my system
> > (and it works fine)  but only because I got it up and going before
> > this stuff was implemented in myth itself - look for "EIT" stuff ==
> > event information table, ie program listings.
> >
> > However, this is stage 2... you still need to get to stage 1: tune to
> > a tv signal... :-)
> >
> > I'm pretty sure there is an option in the the myth setup program to
> > import a working channels.conf into the database. After this, you will
> > need to tweak the database to get the listings - xmltvid needs set -
> >
> > If you've not yet installed phpMyAdmin, now would be a good time to do
> > so :-) It makes working with the database 10 times easier.
> >
> > good luck
> > Andrew

It's in the svn version. (Live TV is disabled in this version
currently). I've been told that it's escaped into knopmyth though so
you *might* want to try that.

regards
--
John