Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels? [In reply to]
>--On 1/19/06, Jason Beck wrote: > >Let me know how this goes with the Dvico Fusion5HDTV >Lite card. I was thinking of getting one of these to >replace one of my SD PVR cards. I got it working but with a different approach. I upgraded to pre .19 trunk version and did the scanning via mythtv-setup. It found few channels. Then I enabled those found channels in zap2it, then ran mythfilldatabase. I copied the xmltvid or either, you can copy the mplexid, serviceid and there is another one that you need to copy from the scanned channel onto the newly downloaded info via mythfilldatabase. Both works. Then you can just turn off visibility of that channel so that it's not duplicate. I tried importing the channels.conf but am unable to watch it. I don't know what's wrong. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
--- Jason Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Neil wrote: > > > > >>Let me know how this goes with the Dvico > > Fusion5HDTV > > >>Lite card. I was thinking of getting one of > these > > to > > >>replace one of my SD PVR cards. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I'm hitting a wall right now. Was really > wondering > > why I wasn't able to make > > >it work. I got the channels.conf, 114 services > > found as of last night by > > >atscscan. Then I went to zap2it and only selected > > the channel that was found > > >by atscscan. I ran mythfilldatabase to grab the > > channel lineup. For my test, > > >I only picked one channel. IIRC, atscscan called > > the channel as FOX-HD. > > >However, in zap2it, I guess FOX-HD is written as > > WFLD. I pulled those > > >mplexid, frequency, etc and then updated the > > channels table. > > > > > >Did I miss anything? > > > > > >Anyways, this morning, I upgraded to pre .19 > > mythtv. I restored my old > > >backup as of 2 days ago, ran mythtv-setup and > added > > the zap2it lineup. I did > > >a cable QAM-256 scan and it found about 20+ > > channels. Channels were like > > >C107#1, C107#2, C107#3 and so on. I closed setup > > ran mythfrontend. I am able > > >to see now the Comcast channels in Watch TV, > > however, I don't have any > > >program guide for those comcast channels. It is > > showing "No data". > > > > > > > > did you run mythfilldatabase > > > > >And another issue I'm seeing is, I always watch > > HGTV, Spike, A&E and my > > >kids, cartoon network in our regular television. > > It's just a straight > > >coaxial connection from outside house to our > > television. However, in my > > >other setup which is the Fusioncard on Mythtv, I > > scrolled through every > > >channel that myth found but most of them were > > advertisements, weather > > >channel and news. I didn't see the channels I > > really like to watch. ANy > > >ideas? I do see some HD though like WTTW-11 even > if > > I only have analog > > >subscription. > > > > > >What about QAM-64, QAM-128, what are these? Will > I > > find channels if I select > > >this? > > > > > >Thanks! > > >___ > > >mythtv-users mailing list > > >mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > Neil, > > I'd be happy to help. Lets try getting one channel > going first then go from there. First do you know > what any of the frequency and service id pairs are > for > any of you hdtv channels? Just what to know if we > need to start at the very beginning. > > -jason > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Neil, Login to your database and run the following querey. mysql> select mplexid,frequency from dtv_multiplex; Post the results. Please -jason __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
--- Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil wrote: > > >>Let me know how this goes with the Dvico > Fusion5HDTV > >>Lite card. I was thinking of getting one of these > to > >>replace one of my SD PVR cards. > >> > >> > > > >I'm hitting a wall right now. Was really wondering > why I wasn't able to make > >it work. I got the channels.conf, 114 services > found as of last night by > >atscscan. Then I went to zap2it and only selected > the channel that was found > >by atscscan. I ran mythfilldatabase to grab the > channel lineup. For my test, > >I only picked one channel. IIRC, atscscan called > the channel as FOX-HD. > >However, in zap2it, I guess FOX-HD is written as > WFLD. I pulled those > >mplexid, frequency, etc and then updated the > channels table. > > > >Did I miss anything? > > > >Anyways, this morning, I upgraded to pre .19 > mythtv. I restored my old > >backup as of 2 days ago, ran mythtv-setup and added > the zap2it lineup. I did > >a cable QAM-256 scan and it found about 20+ > channels. Channels were like > >C107#1, C107#2, C107#3 and so on. I closed setup > ran mythfrontend. I am able > >to see now the Comcast channels in Watch TV, > however, I don't have any > >program guide for those comcast channels. It is > showing "No data". > > > > > did you run mythfilldatabase > > >And another issue I'm seeing is, I always watch > HGTV, Spike, A&E and my > >kids, cartoon network in our regular television. > It's just a straight > >coaxial connection from outside house to our > television. However, in my > >other setup which is the Fusioncard on Mythtv, I > scrolled through every > >channel that myth found but most of them were > advertisements, weather > >channel and news. I didn't see the channels I > really like to watch. ANy > >ideas? I do see some HD though like WTTW-11 even if > I only have analog > >subscription. > > > >What about QAM-64, QAM-128, what are these? Will I > find channels if I select > >this? > > > >Thanks! > >___ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >mythtv-users@mythtv.org > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Neil, I'd be happy to help. Lets try getting one channel going first then go from there. First do you know what any of the frequency and service id pairs are for any of you hdtv channels? Just what to know if we need to start at the very beginning. -jason __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
Neil wrote: Let me know how this goes with the Dvico Fusion5HDTV Lite card. I was thinking of getting one of these to replace one of my SD PVR cards. I'm hitting a wall right now. Was really wondering why I wasn't able to make it work. I got the channels.conf, 114 services found as of last night by atscscan. Then I went to zap2it and only selected the channel that was found by atscscan. I ran mythfilldatabase to grab the channel lineup. For my test, I only picked one channel. IIRC, atscscan called the channel as FOX-HD. However, in zap2it, I guess FOX-HD is written as WFLD. I pulled those mplexid, frequency, etc and then updated the channels table. Did I miss anything? Anyways, this morning, I upgraded to pre .19 mythtv. I restored my old backup as of 2 days ago, ran mythtv-setup and added the zap2it lineup. I did a cable QAM-256 scan and it found about 20+ channels. Channels were like C107#1, C107#2, C107#3 and so on. I closed setup ran mythfrontend. I am able to see now the Comcast channels in Watch TV, however, I don't have any program guide for those comcast channels. It is showing "No data". did you run mythfilldatabase And another issue I'm seeing is, I always watch HGTV, Spike, A&E and my kids, cartoon network in our regular television. It's just a straight coaxial connection from outside house to our television. However, in my other setup which is the Fusioncard on Mythtv, I scrolled through every channel that myth found but most of them were advertisements, weather channel and news. I didn't see the channels I really like to watch. ANy ideas? I do see some HD though like WTTW-11 even if I only have analog subscription. What about QAM-64, QAM-128, what are these? Will I find channels if I select this? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
>Let me know how this goes with the Dvico Fusion5HDTV >Lite card. I was thinking of getting one of these to >replace one of my SD PVR cards. I'm hitting a wall right now. Was really wondering why I wasn't able to make it work. I got the channels.conf, 114 services found as of last night by atscscan. Then I went to zap2it and only selected the channel that was found by atscscan. I ran mythfilldatabase to grab the channel lineup. For my test, I only picked one channel. IIRC, atscscan called the channel as FOX-HD. However, in zap2it, I guess FOX-HD is written as WFLD. I pulled those mplexid, frequency, etc and then updated the channels table. Did I miss anything? Anyways, this morning, I upgraded to pre .19 mythtv. I restored my old backup as of 2 days ago, ran mythtv-setup and added the zap2it lineup. I did a cable QAM-256 scan and it found about 20+ channels. Channels were like C107#1, C107#2, C107#3 and so on. I closed setup ran mythfrontend. I am able to see now the Comcast channels in Watch TV, however, I don't have any program guide for those comcast channels. It is showing "No data". And another issue I'm seeing is, I always watch HGTV, Spike, A&E and my kids, cartoon network in our regular television. It's just a straight coaxial connection from outside house to our television. However, in my other setup which is the Fusioncard on Mythtv, I scrolled through every channel that myth found but most of them were advertisements, weather channel and news. I didn't see the channels I really like to watch. ANy ideas? I do see some HD though like WTTW-11 even if I only have analog subscription. What about QAM-64, QAM-128, what are these? Will I find channels if I select this? Thanks! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
--- Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will try the steps here tonight. :) > I will also try to contribute by automating it :D > > All I'm missing is adding channels in myth! :) > > My setup is 2 cards > > 1.) Air2PC-> OTA(adapter0) and > 2.) Dvico Fusion5HDTVLite->QAM256(adapter1) just > installed last night > 3.) Kernel 2.6.15.1 > 4.) 0.18.2 mythtv > 5.) v4l-dvb cvs > 6.) dvb-apps cvs > > I'll keep you posted guys! > > Kudos to Jason! > ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > Let me know how this goes with the Dvico Fusion5HDTV Lite card. I was thinking of getting one of these to replace one of my SD PVR cards. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
I will try the steps here tonight. :) I will also try to contribute by automating it :D All I'm missing is adding channels in myth! :) My setup is 2 cards 1.) Air2PC-> OTA(adapter0) and 2.) Dvico Fusion5HDTVLite->QAM256(adapter1) just installed last night 3.) Kernel 2.6.15.1 4.) 0.18.2 mythtv 5.) v4l-dvb cvs 6.) dvb-apps cvs I'll keep you posted guys! Kudos to Jason! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
I just wanted to thank you all for this thread, as it helped me get my hd3000 working. i had tried working on it long ago and became frustrated and had only slight success, but now it's working great using these instructions. I have comcast and they don't help out by sending the psip information. i get the standard broadcast hd stations now! Best of all, i get many of the regular analog stations too, which look even better than on the analog capture card, the analog tv, or even the digital-cable hd-dvr box. Thanks again!AdamOn 9/16/05, Jason Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Awesome I'm glad you got it working. I threw thistogether off the top of my head while at work today...I just went through this last week and it was prettydifficult to gather all of the info to make it work. Along with a lot of trail and error.Another Tip.It may or may not apply. There is a nifty shortcut toquckly gather all of you QAM freq if you have an HDSTB. I have a Scientific-Atlanta 3250HD. The SA box is all I can speak to but I'm sure other STBs willhave something similar. If you can get into thestatus menu of you STB you can tune one of you HDchannels and it will display the QAM freq.Its kind of nice when trying to find which channel is on what freq. For example channel 708 is my localHDCBS channel via my STB. I tune the STB to 708, thenhold the + button on the STB until the mail ledflashes the hit the info button on the STB. Wala! the status menu. Check www.avsforum.com for details onhow to get the status menus on your specific model.This has saved me a bunch of time on finding channels. Now all I have to do is use the STB to find the freq. Then do the dvb scan to find the serviceid. Saves alot of trial and error.__Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005http://mail.yahoo.com ___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
Awesome I'm glad you got it working. I threw this together off the top of my head while at work today... I just went through this last week and it was pretty difficult to gather all of the info to make it work. Along with a lot of trail and error. Another Tip. It may or may not apply. There is a nifty shortcut to quckly gather all of you QAM freq if you have an HD STB. I have a Scientific-Atlanta 3250HD. The SA box is all I can speak to but I'm sure other STBs will have something similar. If you can get into the status menu of you STB you can tune one of you HD channels and it will display the QAM freq. Its kind of nice when trying to find which channel is on what freq. For example channel 708 is my local HDCBS channel via my STB. I tune the STB to 708, then hold the + button on the STB until the mail led flashes the hit the info button on the STB. Wala! the status menu. Check www.avsforum.com for details on how to get the status menus on your specific model. This has saved me a bunch of time on finding channels. Now all I have to do is use the STB to find the freq. Then do the dvb scan to find the serviceid. Saves a lot of trial and error. __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
On 9/16/05, Jason Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One other thing I forgot to mention is cleaning up thebum channels from the scan. The easiest way is viaMythWeb.In MythWeb click settings-->channels. Then find thechannels you could not tune or dont want and put a check the the delete box. Then click "save" at thebottom. You should be good to go. Worked great. Thanks for that tip too. :) ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'm making a few edits, just to clear up a few things I hit following these directions. Hopefully this will also help others.On 9/16/05, Jason Beck < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:If your provider is not kind enough to send the PSIP info you will have to add the channels manually to thedatabase.I'll try to explain how using you channels.conf as anexample. The database tables that need to be modifiedare channel and dtv_multiplex. dtv_multiplex should be populated by the channel scan and the channel tableyou will need to modify yourself. Below is an exampleof how you would setup your NBC (assumingch#707)channel in Myth.1.) go to zap2it and build your listing for your local HD broadcast channels. And this is documented elsewhere, but I it's probably a good place to note: uncheck all the channels you don't intend to receive. In my case, there are only 4 HDTV channels I can receive from my cable system. 2.) assign that listing to your dvb 3k in mythtvsetup3.) go into the channel editor (still in mythtvsetup) select your new listing and do a scan (select type"cable") You need to stop mythbackend before step 3) above or else the scan can't get ahold of the card to do it's thing. Maybe it's just me, but I had to be sure to arrow-down and select "Finish". The first time through I just hit the Enter key and the results of the scan didn't show up in the Channels window (so Cancel was probably highlighted.) The scan will take some time. Mostly likely you won'treally get anything useful, but what this will do it populate the dtv_multiplex table in your db. You willneed this later on.4.) exit mythtvsetup and run mythfilldatabase. Thiswill now provide you with your xmltvids to callsignmappings. mythtv-setup may complain on exit about the start channel not existing, at this point, I chose "I know what I'm doing" (or something like that ;-) and exited. I'm not positive, but I think mythbackend should be running when you run mythfilldatabase (maybe it doesn't matter, and if that's the case, someone can correct me.) I started mythbackend back up before running mythfilldatabase. At this point you still will not be able to tuneanything yet so don't try. 5.) ***Important*** stop mythbackend.6.) edit your channels.conf and remove your PSIPvalues. You don't need them for Myth. So your filewill look like this.NBC:56100:QAM_256:0:0ABC:56100:QAM_256:0:0 CBS:56700:QAM_256:0:0FOX:56700:QAM_256:0:07.) go ahead and fire up azap and tune a channel.$ azap -r NBC8.) in a second terminial run dvbscan -c$ dvbscan -cWhat you need is the serviceid. This is the number in the [000#] at the far left. Your provider will mostlikely be using the same frequency for multiplechannels. So you may have more then one service perfreq. In this example your serviceid for NBC would be 2.Example:dumping lists (1 services)[0002] (0x0002) 00: PCR == V V0x0010 A 0x0011 (eng) In my go at it, here's what dvbscan -c found for one azap tuned channel: dumping lists (3 services) [0001] (0x0001) 00: PCR == V V 0x0010 A 0x0011 [0003] (0x0003) 00: PCR == V V 0x0090 A 0x0091 (eng) [0002] (0x0002) 00: PCR == V V 0x0050 A 0x0051 (eng) Now stop your dvbscan and azap tune.9.) log into your database.$mysql -u root -p mythconverg To tune the 3k you will need to find the mplexid foryou known frequency.10.) finding the mplexidmysql> select mplexid from dtv_multiplex wherefrequency = '56100';+-+ | mplexid |+-+| 25 |+-+1 row in set (0.01 sec)Write down the mplexid value. For example sake wewill say it was 25. Hmmm. I got this far, only to find the DVB QAM scan found two frequencies I wasn't expecting and neither of the ones my manual dvbscan found. Go Figure! select frequency from dtv_multiplex; +---+ | frequency | +---+ | 71700 | | 57900 | +---+ I went back into mythtv-setup, to channel editor, and chose to import (my already edited) channels.conf file. BTW, I am running the MythTV CVS version I got earlier today. I don't think 18.1 let you import a channels.conf though the mythtv-setup app. This seemed to work. Back in the database: mysql> select frequency from dtv_multiplex; +---+ | frequency | +---+ | 71700 | | 57900 | | 56100 | | 56700 | +---+ 561 and 567 MHz are the channels I was expecting to find. mysql> select mplexid from dtv_multiplex where frequency = '56100'; +-+ | mplexid | +-+ | 3 | +-+ mysql> select mplexid from dtv_multiplex where frequency = '56700'; +-+ | mplexid | +-+ | 4 | +-+ 11.) Now you are ready to setup the channel. You havethe freqency (56100),mplexid(25),and the serviceid(2). Assuming that you now have a channel707 from the previous mythfilldatabase above. Confirmed the mythfilldatabase gave me the channels I
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
One other thing I forgot to mention is cleaning up the bum channels from the scan. The easiest way is via MythWeb. In MythWeb click settings-->channels. Then find the channels you could not tune or dont want and put a check the the delete box. Then click "save" at the bottom. You should be good to go. __ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
--- Dennis Lou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Brian McEntire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I'd heard rumors that PC HD3000 cards could > >receive clear QAM. I can > >confirm. Mine is working well. I had to grab the > >latest dvb-apps > > Cool. > > >It found many more but most are probably > >the encrypted QAM variety. After testing > >them by tuning with azap and then cat'ing and > >mplaying the (below), > > There's an easier way. If your mplayer is > compiled with dvb, you can put channels.conf > in your ~/.mplayer directory and do: > mplayer dvb:// > > >I found the four I expected to be clear QAM > >and threw out the rest. > >NBC:56100:QAM_256:16:17:1 > >ABC:56100:QAM_256:144:145:3 > >CBS:56700:QAM_256:16:17:1 > >FOX:56700:QAM_256:144:145:3 > > Those look like broadcast channels. Your cable > operator should transmit the PSIP data for them > so that you shouldn't have to rename them to > something more user friendly. If there's no > PSIP data, then something is wrong. > > >Now the question... Has anyone figured out how > >to import these channels into > >MythTV? I'm running 0.18.1. Inside of mythtv-setup, > > >the only channel scan > >setup options seem to be ATSC or Cable. I tried > >cable but it doesn't find > >these channels even though the newer versions > >of dvb-apps find channels > >while scanning. (Not too suprising.) > > If there's PSIP data, you shouldn't have to. > mythtvsetup should pick them up automagically. > > >I see there is a manual way to add channels, and > >since I only have 4, that > >would be fine, but is there a way to find out > >the zap2it XMLTV ID? > > Go to labs.zap2it.com, add those channels to > your lineup and do a mythfilldatabase. It > should show up in your channel table where you > can go poke for it. In the past, I bypassed > xmltvid and went to mythweb->settings->channels > and set the freqid to zap2it's cable channel number > but I don't know if it still works the latest svn > code. > > Also, you never know what you'll find unencrypted. > Attached is a script I wrote that does the scan for > me. > On my system, it takes about 12 mins to scan the > frequencies and another 20 or so to capture > streams and test all the pids. > > -Dennis > > > > __ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com> ___ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > If your provider is not kind enough to send the PSIP info you will have to add the channels manually to the database. I'll try to explain how using you channels.conf as an example. The database tables that need to be modified are channel and dtv_multiplex. dtv_multiplex should be populated by the channel scan and the channel table you will need to modify yourself. Below is an example of how you would setup your NBC (assuming ch#707)channel in Myth. 1.) go to zap2it and build your listing for your local HD broadcast channels. 2.) assign that listing to your dvb 3k in mythtvsetup 3.) go into the channel editor (still in mythtvsetup) select your new listing and do a scan (select type "cable") The scan will take some time. Mostly likely you won't really get anything useful, but what this will do it populate the dtv_multiplex table in your db. You will need this later on. 4.) exit mythtvsetup and run mythfilldatabase. This will now provide you with your xmltvids to callsign mappings. At this point you still will not be able to tune anything yet so don't try. 5.) ***Important*** stop mythbackend. 6.) edit your channels.conf and remove your PSIP values. You don't need them for Myth. So your file will look like this. NBC:56100:QAM_256:0:0 ABC:56100:QAM_256:0:0 CBS:56700:QAM_256:0:0 FOX:56700:QAM_256:0:0 7.) go ahead and fire up azap and tune a channel. $ azap -r NBC 8.) in a second terminial run dvbscan -c $ dvbscan -c What you need is the serviceid. This is the number in the [000#] at the far left. Your provider will most likely be using the same frequency for multiple channels. So you may have more then one service per freq. In this example your serviceid for NBC would be 2. Example: dumping lists (1 services) [0002] (0x0002) 00: PCR == V V 0x0010 A 0x0011 (eng) Now stop your dvbscan and azap tune. 9.) log into your database. $mysql -u root -p mythconverg To tune the 3k you will need to find the mplexid for you known frequency. 10.) finding the mplexid mysql> select mplexid from dtv_multiplex where frequency = '56100'; +-+ | mplexid | +-+ | 25 | +-+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) Write down the mplexid value. For example sake we will say it was 25. 11.) Now you are ready to setup the channel. You have the freqency (56100),mplexid(25),and the serviceid(2). Assuming that
Re: [mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
Thank you for that QAM scanning script! I ran it and I'll include the results below... Those look like broadcast channels. Your cableoperator should transmit the PSIP data for them so that you shouldn't have to rename them tosomething more user friendly. If there's noPSIP data, then something is wrong. Are you sure? I think I've seen many posts about cable operaters not providing PSIP information. Here is the output of channels.conf generated by the script you attached: [000-0001]:56100:QAM_256:16:17:1 [001-0003]:56100:QAM_256:144:145:3 [002-0002]:56100:QAM_256:80:81:2 ... There are about 15 more entries, but the top three ought to be enought to discuss. 1) Is the left most field what you would expect to see? How about the rest of the lines? 2) I tuned into those channels by "name" (ie [000-0001]) and could watch some of them with Mplayer. I could watch NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX which I expected to be in clear QAM. The rest were probably encrypted because I could get a lock but couldn't see anything. In the output above, the first two are viewable with mplayer, the last is not. >Now the question... Has anyone figured out how>to import these channels into >MythTV? I'm running 0.18.1. Inside of mythtv-setup,>the only channel scan>setup options seem to be ATSC or Cable. I tried>cable but it doesn't find>these channels even though the newer versions >of dvb-apps find channels>while scanning. (Not too suprising.)If there's PSIP data, you shouldn't have to.mythtvsetup should pick them up automagically. And if not? :) ... This must be where it gets tricky. I tried doing a manual transport scan within the channel editor and I selected one of the frequencies above which I new I could view with mplayer. This kinda worked, but Myth made weird channel named, literally like "2#2". I could actually tune to one or two of them and watch them within Myth, which is very exciting, but the guide data was wrong and two others wouldn't tune, so I'm not there yet. Go to labs.zap2it.com, add those channels toyour lineup and do a mythfilldatabase. It should show up in your channel table where youcan go poke for it. In the past, I bypassedxmltvid and went to mythweb->settings->channelsand set the freqid to zap2it's cable channel numberbut I don't know if it still works the latest svn code. Okay, I was able to do that and get the XMLTV IDs. On the other hand, this didn't help get the guide data into the imported channels and also doesn't help them tune in any better. (Maybe a more experienced Myth guru wouldn't expect it to :) So anyway, I'm getting there. If anyone has any more ideas, please let me know. It feels tantilizingly close since I can tune channels manually and watch them, it seems like it must just be a matter of getting the channel numbers and such into the right format for Myth to understand. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
From: Brian McEntire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I'd heard rumors that PC HD3000 cards could >receive clear QAM. I can >confirm. Mine is working well. I had to grab the >latest dvb-apps Cool. >It found many more but most are probably >the encrypted QAM variety. After testing >them by tuning with azap and then cat'ing and >mplaying the (below), There's an easier way. If your mplayer is compiled with dvb, you can put channels.conf in your ~/.mplayer directory and do: mplayer dvb:// >I found the four I expected to be clear QAM >and threw out the rest. >NBC:56100:QAM_256:16:17:1 >ABC:56100:QAM_256:144:145:3 >CBS:56700:QAM_256:16:17:1 >FOX:56700:QAM_256:144:145:3 Those look like broadcast channels. Your cable operator should transmit the PSIP data for them so that you shouldn't have to rename them to something more user friendly. If there's no PSIP data, then something is wrong. >Now the question... Has anyone figured out how >to import these channels into >MythTV? I'm running 0.18.1. Inside of mythtv-setup, >the only channel scan >setup options seem to be ATSC or Cable. I tried >cable but it doesn't find >these channels even though the newer versions >of dvb-apps find channels >while scanning. (Not too suprising.) If there's PSIP data, you shouldn't have to. mythtvsetup should pick them up automagically. >I see there is a manual way to add channels, and >since I only have 4, that >would be fine, but is there a way to find out >the zap2it XMLTV ID? Go to labs.zap2it.com, add those channels to your lineup and do a mythfilldatabase. It should show up in your channel table where you can go poke for it. In the past, I bypassed xmltvid and went to mythweb->settings->channels and set the freqid to zap2it's cable channel number but I don't know if it still works the latest svn code. Also, you never know what you'll find unencrypted. Attached is a script I wrote that does the scan for me. On my system, it takes about 12 mins to scan the frequencies and another 20 or so to capture streams and test all the pids. -Dennis __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com qamscan Description: 789681936-qamscan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Sweet! PC HD3000 QAM_256 working, now about importing those channels?
Hi all, I'd heard rumors that PC HD3000 cards could receive clear QAM. I can confirm. Mine is working well. I had to grab the latest dvb-apps from linuxtv.org, make them, then scanned with: ./util/scan/dvbscan -vv -a0 -A2 ./util/scan/atsc/us-Cable-Standard-center-frequencies-QAM256 After a few minutes, this dumped all the channels found to stdout. It found many more but most are probably the encrypted QAM variety. After testing them by tuning with azap and then cat'ing and mplaying the (below), I found the four I expected to be clear QAM and threw out the rest. Filtered (known working) results, changed only the first field to end up with: NBC:56100:QAM_256:16:17:1 ABC:56100:QAM_256:144:145:3 CBS:56700:QAM_256:16:17:1 FOX:56700:QAM_256:144:145:3 Now I can successfully tune to any of those channels like so: azap -c ~/.azap/channels.conf -r NBC status 1f | signal fdf2 | snr fd9f | ber | unc | FE_HAS_LOCK status 1f | signal fdf2 | snr fd8d | ber | unc | FE_HAS_LOCK And I can cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 > /tmp/out And play thay back (and it looks really nice) with: mplayer -vo xv -fs -zoom -vf pp=lb -framedrop /tmp/out I hope this might help someone with the same card or other DVB cards. I've gotten this far from a couple of excellent posts seen here recently. Now the question... Has anyone figured out how to import these channels into MythTV? I'm running 0.18.1. Inside of mythtv-setup, the only channel scan setup options seem to be ATSC or Cable. I tried cable but it doesn't find these channels even though the newer versions of dvb-apps find channels while scanning. (Not too suprising.) I see there is a manual way to add channels, and since I only have 4, that would be fine, but is there a way to find out the zap2it XMLTV ID? I'm signed up with zap2it, and I selected a program line-up and unchecked all but those for channels in the 700 range which are clear QAM. But now I'm a but stuck as to how to proceed. I previously downloaded zap2it listings when I was using OTA ATSC but not that I'm trying to get QAM working, I'm not sure how to get these channels set up in MythTV. Any ideas? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
