[vdr] Re: automatic channel scan

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

Christian Berger wrote:
> 

> No actually you "scan" for them continiously. Isn't there a 
> way to just
> look what other pids are on the transponder you currently tune into,
> while still showing the channel you currently have? I think we are
> already doing this with the EPG. And when we do nightly EPG scans, we
> would also find almoust all new channels.

What you mean is the NIT (Network Information Table), this is a good
start, but sadly not all stations are listed in it, so you still have to
do a frequency sweep to catch all stations.

Ciao Ulrich