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

[Jan Ekholm <chakie@infa.abo.fi>]

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

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