Thanks for the perl script! It generates channels.conf like this:

Canal + Dcine:11436:vC23:S19.2E:22000:160:81:0:0:29903:0:0:0 TVC Internacional:11686:v:S19.2E:22000:161:84:0:0:30201:0:0:0

Will VDR 1.7.7 be able to read them and update them to the current format?