[linux-dvb] Re: Problem with scan app

2003-12-09 Thread Stuart Wallace
I've made a simple modification to the scan app that will check if the frequency has already been used. It now gets three of the UK FTA DTT multiplexes but not any of the others. There is still some repetition but no endless loops. My solution is far from ideal (it's essentially an array of

[linux-dvb] Re: Problem with scan app

2003-12-09 Thread jp
I had a similar problem scanning Craigkelly transmitter in Scotland, presumably other repeater transmitters will show similar behaviour, if you use -n when runnning scan you should get all the multiplexes. This uses all the available frequency descriptors in the NIT. Scan goes into a loop

[linux-dvb] Re: Problem with scan app

2003-12-09 Thread Johannes Stezenbach
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:19:47AM +, jp wrote: IMHO scan is too clever for its own good. It does it the right way(tm) but in practical terms not every transmitter is set up the right way. Heck some transmitters don't even include the NIT. The only safe approach is to try to scan

[linux-dvb] Re: Problem with scan app

2003-12-05 Thread Gavin Hamill
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:06:25PM +, Stuart Wallace wrote: Hi, I'm trying to use 'scan' to generate a channels.conf file for my local digital terrestrial transmitter, for use with VDR. I was wondering what I'm doing wrong? You're not actually doing anything wrong - I'm guessing