[vdr] Re: Problem with auto-updating channels.conf

[Gavin Hamill <gdh@acentral.co.uk>]

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 10:56:15PM +0000, Tony Houghton wrote:
> I think the problems I've been having lately are mainly caused by
> channels.conf becoming inconsistent after an automatic EPG scan. I'm
> using a Budget DVB-T card and I generate channels.conf with 
> `scan -o vdr -x 0 -u`. channels.conf looks like this:
> 
> :@1
> BBC ONE;BBC:489833330:C34D34M16B8T2G32Y0:T:27500:600:601=eng,602=eng:0:0:4163:9018:4099:0
> :@2
> BBC TWO;BBC:489833330:C34D34M16B8T2G32Y0:T:27500:610:611=eng,612=eng:0:0:4227:9018:4099:0
> 
> etc
> 
> The automatic scan tries to append some channels without the Freeview
> numbers. 

This is off the top of my head, but compare the lines that VDR's autopid 
engine adds with your manual / scan -o vdr ones. In my experience, the 
difference is usually that the frequency is stored as 6 digits versus 9 
- if you use the 6-digit format, VDR will likely just update your 
exising entries than try to create new ones..

Cheers,
Gavin.