--- "Andy Walls" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-04-12 at 21:04 -0400, Jeff Campbell wrote:
> > -Is the configuration process as simple as scanning for channels and
> > then selecting one via a v4l-ctl (if working from the command line)?
> 
> No.  You've got to build a scan file for your cable provider or OTA
> locality.

And you might find something of use here:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Working_QAM_cable_layout

(If not, feel free to contribute)

> > -Any antennas you have had particularly good luck with (or anyone else
> > who wants to chime in)?
> 
> In the US, most stations are digital on UHF freq's.  Once the DTV
> cutover is complete, some stations will migrate back to their VHF
> assignments.

But many won't.  WGBH-TV ch 2 in Boston, for example, will remain on UHF/19,
and merely PSIP back to "Channel 2"... thus making another mapping "'channel
number' to frequency band, and thus antenna" useless.

Cheers,
-- jra
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