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[vdr] RE : Re: VDR 1.2.0, Autopid and cable scan
>
> > 2) The channel scan :
> > My cable provider use the satellite feeds the operator transpose the
> > channels from QSPK to QAM but don't transpose anything else. When I
> > lauch a scan, the plugins try to scan some stellite frequencies.
> > A while ago, I made a full scan using dvbscan/dvbtune and I discover
> > that the operator doesn't touch the nit so A lot of information is
> > useless because I get satellite frequencies/SR.
> > - Is it possible to force the scanner plugin to scan a given
frequency
> > without using the fake NIT information (Freq/SR) ?
>
> I can't see how this could be achived sanely at the moment. You should
> probably contact you provider and complain about this. Including a NIT
> that
> contains wrong/non existing frequencies violates the standard.
Well I thought that you could add an option like
- scan frequency only / scan frequency and use extended informations
>
> But there is a workarround. If you know _all_ frequencies, you could
> create a
> channels.conf with a fake channel for each frequency. Then acitvating
full
> channel updating in Setup/DVB and switch to each fake channel. The
autopid
> update feature will automaticly add all channels it find to the
> channels.conf.
Thanks, it works well I could get every channels I missed
>
> > 3) Lost channels :
> > Since I moved to VDR 1.2.0 I lost 3 or 4 channels.I can't remember
their
> > parameters. I tried to re-scan everything using dvbscan/dvbtune but
> > those tools do not work anymore (unable to lock on given frequency).
> > - As you worked on a similar tool (scanner plugin) perhaps you know
> > where I can find a good tool (working with the latest DVB driver) to
> > make a scan.
>
> scan from the dvb driver package usualy work for me.
I tried it but on some frequencies, the DVB/apps/scan find nothing. Your
tool (plugin scanner) works better, it find everything without any
trouble.
I'm looking for the DTV tools working with DVB HEAD.
>
> > 4) Feature request :
> > I would like to use a file with only frequencies and Symbol Rate to
make
> > a full channel scan straight into VDR (no TID as I don't know
them...).
>
> will come, hopefully.
That will be cool.
By the way, I don't know if Klaus will insert your patch into the VDR
code but It should do it (DVB 20030306, VDR 1.2.0, DVB-c, Autopid OK for
me)
Philippe
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