Hi, On Sat, 21 May 2005, Bob Igo wrote: >> Can you tell me the advantages of using this script to generate a >> channels.conf instead of using the atsc-scanner in >> dvb-apps/util/scan/? > > I don't know offhand. I've seen instructions that indicate to use > make_atsc_chanconf.pl, and when I tried it, it didn't work. So I made > it work :) If the use of make_atsc_chanconf.pl is obsolete, then > there are some howtos that need to be rewritten. > > If 'scan' looks at the air to get a channel listing (just guessing), Yes it does, by parsing some MPEG tables. > it would only get currently-available channels with strong signals. > make_atsc_chanconf.pl creates a list of all the channels you _should_ > be able to get, making it a tool to facilitate antenna tweaking for > tuning in channels with weak signals. I tried the script with the zip code for the area I have (ssh-)access to. Scan found 30 services, the script puts out only 20 with empty Audio and Video PIDs. Can you please try the scan-utility for your region? > Sorry about that. I had just read the kernel patch submission > guidelines, and they were explicit about _not_ sending attachments. > I'll attach the patch here. Thanks for your patience. I think this guideline only refers to mime/base64-encoded attachments. Patch applied and committed, thanks. best regards, Patrick. -- Mail: patrick.boettcher@xxxxxxx WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/
