Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
here's a post I've found useful on this topic:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/150073 On 1/1/06, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what database tables and columns would i feed the contents ofhttp://www.digitalregime.com/patches/channels.conf-qam-correct into?it looks like the : is the field separator. On 12/31/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i don't even care about scanning.i just want to know why the import option isn't there for my atsc card, even though the source code says such an option should be showing up. On 12/31/05, Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 31 December 2005 17:14, Michael Freeman wrote: i know that i can always fall back to using phpMyAdmin to just put the damn info in the database, but i'd rather figure out why mythsetup is just plain not happy. see http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/109 as an explanation of what i'm trying to enable. On 12/31/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On 12/31/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a generic channels.conf i got from http://www.digitalregime.com/patches/channels.conf-qam-correct My issue is getting the bleeping scan wizard to show the Import channels.conf option like all indications say it should for ATSC cards (which is what it's detecting my pcHDTV 3000 as). Using dvb-atsc-tools from http://www.pchdtv.com/downloads.html, I was able to find that channel 104 was one of my local stations (by capturing a short clip from it). I just want to import the channels.conf into mythtv (and i'll then use C104 as a starting point to figure out what else I can get). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users That's not exactly how I did it.It was much more manual.never was able to get myth's scanning to work for the pcHDTV HD3000 card, I just created the db entries by hand from the channels.conf file, works like a charm. Of course, at some point it would be nice for Myth to actually properly scan with the HD3000... -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://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] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
I have a generic channels.conf i got from http://www.digitalregime.com/patches/channels.conf-qam-correct My issue is getting the bleeping scan wizard to show the Import channels.conf option like all indications say it should for ATSC cards (which is what it's detecting my pcHDTV 3000 as). Using dvb-atsc-tools from http://www.pchdtv.com/downloads.html, I was able to find that channel 104 was one of my local stations (by capturing a short clip from it). I just want to import the channels.conf into mythtv (and i'll then use C104 as a starting point to figure out what else I can get). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
On 12/31/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a generic channels.conf i got from http://www.digitalregime.com/patches/channels.conf-qam-correctMy issue is getting the bleeping scan wizard to show the Importchannels.conf option like all indications say it should forATSC cards (which is what it's detecting my pcHDTV 3000 as). Using dvb-atsc-tools from http://www.pchdtv.com/downloads.html, I wasable to find that channel 104 was one of my local stations (bycapturing a short clip from it). I just want to import the channels.conf into mythtv (and i'll then useC104 as a starting point to figure out what else I can get).___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users That's not exactly how I did it. It was much more manual. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
i know that i can always fall back to using phpMyAdmin to just put the damn info in the database, but i'd rather figure out why mythsetup is just plain not happy. see http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/109 as an explanation of what i'm trying to enable. On 12/31/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/31/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a generic channels.conf i got from http://www.digitalregime.com/patches/channels.conf-qam-correct My issue is getting the bleeping scan wizard to show the Import channels.conf option like all indications say it should for ATSC cards (which is what it's detecting my pcHDTV 3000 as). Using dvb-atsc-tools from http://www.pchdtv.com/downloads.html, I was able to find that channel 104 was one of my local stations (by capturing a short clip from it). I just want to import the channels.conf into mythtv (and i'll then use C104 as a starting point to figure out what else I can get). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users That's not exactly how I did it. It was much more manual. ___ 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] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
On Saturday 31 December 2005 17:14, Michael Freeman wrote: i know that i can always fall back to using phpMyAdmin to just put the damn info in the database, but i'd rather figure out why mythsetup is just plain not happy. see http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/109 as an explanation of what i'm trying to enable. On 12/31/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/31/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a generic channels.conf i got from http://www.digitalregime.com/patches/channels.conf-qam-correct My issue is getting the bleeping scan wizard to show the Import channels.conf option like all indications say it should for ATSC cards (which is what it's detecting my pcHDTV 3000 as). Using dvb-atsc-tools from http://www.pchdtv.com/downloads.html, I was able to find that channel 104 was one of my local stations (by capturing a short clip from it). I just want to import the channels.conf into mythtv (and i'll then use C104 as a starting point to figure out what else I can get). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users That's not exactly how I did it. It was much more manual. never was able to get myth's scanning to work for the pcHDTV HD3000 card, I just created the db entries by hand from the channels.conf file, works like a charm. Of course, at some point it would be nice for Myth to actually properly scan with the HD3000... -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
On 12/30/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to use my newly-acquired pcHDTV 3000 to pick up Comcastunencrypted digital (yeah, I know that for what I get ti'll be a waste of money, but at least I have one if / when the broadcast flag comes).Using the pcHDTV card tools, I was able to lock on to one localstation...but there appears to be no PSIP data.MythSetup scan can'tfind anything...so I did some research and supposedly there's a way to feed in a channels.conf file.I have that sitting on a volume on themachine...I'm running myth from SVN...supposedly, the ATSC cardsshould have an option to import config from channels.conf.I'verecompiled three or four times already...that option never shows. i'm using the pcHDTV 3000 drivers included with gentoo 2.6.12-r9kernel.Could those somehow be messing with the ATSC vs QAM vs DVBlogic in mythtv?___ mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Yeah, this is a bit of a chore, but completely do-able. Where are you at? I ask because you my be able to take short-cuts based on that. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
On 12/30/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/30/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to use my newly-acquired pcHDTV 3000 to pick up Comcast unencrypted digital (yeah, I know that for what I get ti'll be a waste of money, but at least I have one if / when the broadcast flag comes). Using the pcHDTV card tools, I was able to lock on to one local station...but there appears to be no PSIP data. MythSetup scan can't find anything...so I did some research and supposedly there's a way to feed in a channels.conf file. I have that sitting on a volume on the machine...I'm running myth from SVN...supposedly, the ATSC cards should have an option to import config from channels.conf. I've recompiled three or four times already...that option never shows. i'm using the pcHDTV 3000 drivers included with gentoo 2.6.12-r9 kernel. Could those somehow be messing with the ATSC vs QAM vs DVB logic in mythtv? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Yeah, this is a bit of a chore, but completely do-able. Where are you at? I ask because you my be able to take short-cuts based on that. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users do you mean location-wise? jacksonville, florida...if that helps. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] pchdtv 3000 and channels.conf
On 12/31/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/30/05, Michael Haan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/30/05, Michael Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to use my newly-acquired pcHDTV 3000 to pick up Comcast unencrypted digital (yeah, I know that for what I get ti'll be a waste of money, but at least I have one if / when the broadcast flag comes). Using the pcHDTV card tools, I was able to lock on to one local station...but there appears to be no PSIP data.MythSetup scan can't find anything...so I did some research and supposedly there's a way to feed in a channels.conf file.I have that sitting on a volume on the machine...I'm running myth from SVN...supposedly, the ATSC cards should have an option to import config from channels.conf.I've recompiled three or four times already...that option never shows. i'm using the pcHDTV 3000 drivers included with gentoo 2.6.12-r9 kernel.Could those somehow be messing with the ATSC vs QAM vs DVB logic in mythtv? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users Yeah, this is a bit of a chore, but completely do-able.Where are you at? I ask because you my be able to take short-cuts based on that. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users do you mean location-wise? jacksonville, florida...if that helps.___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-usersIt does, and doesn't. If you were in NoVA I could provide you with a working channels.conf. Personally, I think we should start a repository so that only one person has to go through the trouble of creating one of these (per zip, or whatever). ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
