[vdr] Re: documentation of dvb-c channels.conf

[Juha Pahkala <juhis@trinity.is-a-geek.com>]

Indeed, there's the documentation I've been looking for. 

Thank's for your help Jan,

Juhis



On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:46, Jan Ekholm wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004, Juha Pahkala wrote:
> 
> >
> >Hi there list,
> >
> >This is sort of offtopic, but also probably the place with the most
> >knowledge regarding this, so I'll give it a shot.
> >
> >I'm trying out the dvb support in MythTV, but am having difficulties in
> >configuring the channels. So I thought I'd ask here about the different
> >fields in channels.conf file.
> >
> >The thing is, MythTV expects the channel information in a database table.
> >The fields in the database table are as follows:
> >
> >-chanid | serviceid | networkid | providerid | transportid | frequency |
> >-inversion | symbolrate | fec  | polarity | satid | modulation | bandwidth |
> >-lp_code_rate | transmission_mode | guard_interval | hierarchy |
> >
> >and my vdr-syle channels.conf file (dvb-c) is as follows:
> >
> >TV1:283:M128:C:5900:512+128:650,651:2321:1:17:0:0:0
> >
> >so, I'm guessing here, but in the channels.conf row:
> >
> >TV1     =  channel id
> >283     =  frequency
> >M128    =  modulation
> >C       =  ?
> >5900    =  ?
> >512+128 =  ?
> >650     =  video pid
> >651     =  audio pid
> >
> >and the rest of the numbers I have no idea. So, could somebody be kind
> >enough to shed some light on the fields in the channels.conf file. Is
> >there some kind of documentation somewhere?
> 
> Check vdr.5 from the VDR source distribution, it documents all fields
> fully.
> 
> I however would think that:
> 
> 	C = cable channel (S/T being the others)
> 	5900 = symbol rate
> 
> -- 
>   The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.
>                                         -- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
> 



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