[mythtv-users] UK DVB-S Channel Numbering

[Chris Lewis]

I see but the Sid for a number of channels has changed recently I think.

See http://en.kingofsat.net/news28.2E.php for details of some of the recent
changes.  If the Sid was static life would be so much easier

Chris
On Apr 9, 2012 10:08 PM, "Nick Morrott" <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 April 2012 21:57, Chris Lewis <chrislewis915 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sounds excellent.  I've never got XML TV working reliably so have never
> used
> > it and just had a 7 day guide with EIT.
> >
> > Would you mind if I ask how you plan on keeping up with all the frequency
> > changes etc that happen on dvb-s.  The dvb-t stuff should settle down a
> lot
> > once digital switchover is complete but my experience is that the
> satellite
> > stuff is fairly fluid.
>
> Lineups do not store any digital tuning information, only identifiers
> for the channels. The identifiers stored within a lineup are the
> original network id (onid) and the service id (sid). The onid is
> static for Freeview, the sid may change during DSO and so will need to
> be updated. As a fallback it should be possible to match a digital
> channel against its broadcast name (the name embedded in the digital
> stream and output by dvbscan) but ideally users from across the
> country will provide a channels.conf so that variations can be added
> to the relevant digital lineups.
>
> > And tell me to piss off if you like but any idea when you may release the
> > first version?
>
> I would hope in the next week or two. I'll post as soon as it's up for
> testing.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick
>
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