Hi David, Well, the initial scan files need to be supplied for dvbv5-scan somehow. The initial scan files that are maintained in the the git repo I posted earlier are updated by users who notice differencies. Basically I and some other users have created scripts that automatically generate the files for my country, so it's rather easy. I don't know how it works for other countries. Anyway, if you prefer to generate the data yourself you can use w_scan to generate it in DVBV3 format: w_scan -ft -c FI -x > ~/initial_v3.conf Then use the dvb-format-convert tool that comes in the v4l-utils package: dvb-format-convert -I CHANNEL -O DVBV5 ~/initial_v3.conf ~/initial_data_v5.conf Then you can run dvbv5-scan with this file: dvbv5-scan ~/initial_data_v5.conf Alternatively you can skip the whole conversion phase and run dvbv5-scan with the DVBV3 initial tuning data: dvbv5-scan -I CHANNEL ~/initial_v3.conf Cheers, -olli On 30 December 2014 at 10:23, David Liontooth <lionteeth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Ah, thank you Olli -- much appreciated! > > If dvbv5-scan expects the initial scan files in the new DVBV5 format, does > that mean that these still somewhat mysterious "initial scan files" have to > be supplied, as in the link to the dtv-scan-tables? How are these "initial > scan files" themselves generated? > > Surely there must be thousands of different dvb signal locations -- is > linux-tv going to try to maintain these thousands of scan tables for > download? What do users do when their particular location is not represented > in the dtv-scan-tables.git? > > Finally, I'm using gnutv to record television; I imagine it still only > accepts the old format? What's the new alternative? > > Cheers, > David > > On 12/29/14, 11:55 PM, Olli Salonen wrote: >> >> Hello David, >> >> Coincidentally I was just yesterday working with dvbv5-scan and the >> initial scan files. dvbv5-scan expects the initial scan files in the >> new DVBV5 format. w_scan is not producing results in this format. >> >> The scan tables at >> http://git.linuxtv.org/cgit.cgi/dtv-scan-tables.git/ are in the new >> format. Some of them are a bit outdated though (send in a patch if you >> can update it for your area). >> >> The v4l-utils package also includes tools to convert between the old >> and the new format. >> >> Cheers, >> -olli >> >> >> On 29 December 2014 at 22:09, David Liontooth <lionteeth@xxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Greetings -- >>> >>> How do you actually use dvbv5-scan? It seems to require some kind of >>> input >>> file but there is no man page and the --help screen doesn't say anything >>> about it. >>> >>> Could we document this? I tried >>> >>> $ dvbv5-scan >>> Usage: dvbv5-scan [OPTION...] <initial file> >>> scan DVB services using the channel file >>> >>> What is "the channel file"? Maybe the channels.conf file? (I created mine >>> using "w_scan -ft -A3 -X -cUS -o7 -a /dev/dvb/adapter0/") >>> >>> $ dvbv5-scan /etc/channels.conf >>> ERROR key/value without a channel group while parsing line 1 of >>> /etc/channels.conf >>> >>> So it knows what it wants -- but what is it? Or is this a matter of dvb >>> versions, and my /etc/channels.conf is in the older format? >>> >>> Very mysterious. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> David >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
