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mythfilldatabase --manual is where you specify the channel frequency.
Run mythfilldatabase --manual again, and when one of the questions asks
for "channel number (as in xatv)" and offers you the default of the tv
channel's website as a value, enter the frequency channel here.

FYI, the UK channels for me are:
BBC1 26
BBC2 33
ITV1 23
CH4 30
CH5 37

Obviously these will vary over the country, but these work in North
London OK.
If you are good with MySQL, you could manually edit the channels table
in the database to set the frequency (I think this will work!).

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
Sent: 31 May 2003 12:37 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.


Hi,
I finally got mythtv actually running. I.e., I can run the mythfrontend
and see the GUI. Wow! It looks very slick and professional.

Now on to my problem...

I've gone through the Configuring Mythtv intructions. I've gotten xmltv
configured and I can go into the program guide and see shows that look
like they're right (UK shows on the channels and times I expect).

I set up the database with mythfilldatabase --manual.

But here's the problem, I can't seem to figure out how to tell mythtv
what frequency to use with my WinTV PVR-250.

I know setting PAL and Europe-west should work, but when using the ivtv
driver utilities, I have to change channels with the frequency number
because the frequencies used by Video::Frequencies don't really work.

For example, if I do ./ptune.pl -F 624000 ; cat /dev/video0 > ~/test.mpg
and then play test.mpg, I see BBC2.

So, how do I tell Mythtv that BBC2 is at 624000?

Thanks.


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Andrew Ingram wrote:

>mythfilldatabase --manual is where you specify the channel frequency.
>Run mythfilldatabase --manual again, and when one of the questions asks
>for "channel number (as in xatv)" and offers you the default of the tv
>channel's website as a value, enter the frequency channel here.
>
>FYI, the UK channels for me are:
>BBC1 26
>BBC2 33
>ITV1 23
>CH4 30
>CH5 37
>
>
>
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatly, that didn't work.

I think there is a mis-match between what Mythtv and xawtv think the
channel frequencies are and what they actually are.

For example, if I plug the cable into the TV set. BBC1 shows up on
"channel 57". However, if I put "57" into xawtv of when running
mythfilldatabase --manual, all I get is snow.

Using the ivtv driver utility ptune.pl, I can tune BBC 1 by using the
frequeny directly: 608000. I.e., ptune.pl -F 608000

So, where can I tell mythtv that "channel number 57" should be frequency
"608000"?

Thanks.

That place I mentioned is the only place you need to put the frequency
in. I found those frequencies by using the Hauppage windows software and
letting it do a frequency scan. It found all 5 channels, and I noted
them down as listed below. I've not used xawtv at all for arranging the
frequencies.

Just FYI, here is my MySQL mythconverg.channels table (as a mysqldump).
This is really all the data there is when setting up a channel:

INSERT INTO channel VALUES (1,'26',1,'BBC1','BBC1
(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-713.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc1.bbc.
co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
INSERT INTO channel VALUES (2,'33',1,'BBC2','BBC2
(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-724.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc2.bbc.
co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
INSERT INTO channel VALUES (3,'23',1,'ITV1','ITV1 (ITV1
London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-49.gif',0,NULL,'carlton.com',32768
,32768,32768);
INSERT INTO channel VALUES (4,'30',1,'CH4','Channel
4','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-53.gif',0,NULL,'channel4.com',32768,3276
8,32768);
INSERT INTO channel VALUES
(5,'37',1,'CH5','five','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-54.gif',0,NULL,'chan
nel5.co.uk',32768,32768,32768);

You can see the frequency in the second row (channum).

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
Sent: 01 June 2003 1:35 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.


Andrew Ingram wrote:

>mythfilldatabase --manual is where you specify the channel frequency.
>Run mythfilldatabase --manual again, and when one of the questions asks

>for "channel number (as in xatv)" and offers you the default of the tv
>channel's website as a value, enter the frequency channel here.
>
>FYI, the UK channels for me are:
>BBC1 26
>BBC2 33
>ITV1 23
>CH4 30
>CH5 37
>
>
>
Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatly, that didn't work.

I think there is a mis-match between what Mythtv and xawtv think the
channel frequencies are and what they actually are.

For example, if I plug the cable into the TV set. BBC1 shows up on
"channel 57". However, if I put "57" into xawtv of when running
mythfilldatabase --manual, all I get is snow.

Using the ivtv driver utility ptune.pl, I can tune BBC 1 by using the
frequeny directly: 608000. I.e., ptune.pl -F 608000

So, where can I tell mythtv that "channel number 57" should be frequency

"608000"?

Thanks.




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Andrew Ingram wrote:

>That place I mentioned is the only place you need to put the frequency
>in. I found those frequencies by using the Hauppage windows software and
>letting it do a frequency scan. It found all 5 channels, and I noted
>them down as listed below. I've not used xawtv at all for arranging the
>frequencies.
>
>
Yes, I did the same thing. I did the channel scan and then I did a
frequency scan. The Hauppage Windows software found channel 57 and
608.000 both corresponding to BBC1.

However, any of those numbers into myth doesn't seem to work.

I'm using NTL analog cable. Maybe that's the problem?

So, obviously, television channels are in Mghz right? So, how do I
convert 608000 (608Mghz?) into a channel number? The idea being when
mythtv coverts the channel number to a frequency it'll get the right one(s)?

Thanks.


>Just FYI, here is my MySQL mythconverg.channels table (as a mysqldump).
>This is really all the data there is when setting up a channel:
>
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (1,'26',1,'BBC1','BBC1
>(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-713.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc1.bbc.
>co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (2,'33',1,'BBC2','BBC2
>(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-724.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc2.bbc.
>co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (3,'23',1,'ITV1','ITV1 (ITV1
>London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-49.gif',0,NULL,'carlton.com',32768
>,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (4,'30',1,'CH4','Channel
>4','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-53.gif',0,NULL,'channel4.com',32768,3276
>8,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES
>(5,'37',1,'CH5','five','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-54.gif',0,NULL,'chan
>nel5.co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>
>You can see the frequency in the second row (channum).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
>Sent: 01 June 2003 1:35 PM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.
>
>
>Andrew Ingram wrote:
>
>
>
>>mythfilldatabase --manual is where you specify the channel frequency.
>>Run mythfilldatabase --manual again, and when one of the questions asks
>>
>>
>
>
>
>>for "channel number (as in xatv)" and offers you the default of the tv
>>channel's website as a value, enter the frequency channel here.
>>
>>FYI, the UK channels for me are:
>>BBC1 26
>>BBC2 33
>>ITV1 23
>>CH4 30
>>CH5 37
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Hi,
>Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatly, that didn't work.
>
>I think there is a mis-match between what Mythtv and xawtv think the
>channel frequencies are and what they actually are.
>
>For example, if I plug the cable into the TV set. BBC1 shows up on
>"channel 57". However, if I put "57" into xawtv of when running
>mythfilldatabase --manual, all I get is snow.
>
>Using the ivtv driver utility ptune.pl, I can tune BBC 1 by using the
>frequeny directly: 608000. I.e., ptune.pl -F 608000
>
>So, where can I tell mythtv that "channel number 57" should be frequency
>
>"608000"?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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I see what you are getting at. Unfortunately, I have no idea how you do
that conversion :(

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
Sent: 01 June 2003 7:16 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.


Andrew Ingram wrote:

>That place I mentioned is the only place you need to put the frequency
>in. I found those frequencies by using the Hauppage windows software
>and letting it do a frequency scan. It found all 5 channels, and I
>noted them down as listed below. I've not used xawtv at all for
>arranging the frequencies.
>
>
Yes, I did the same thing. I did the channel scan and then I did a
frequency scan. The Hauppage Windows software found channel 57 and
608.000 both corresponding to BBC1.

However, any of those numbers into myth doesn't seem to work.

I'm using NTL analog cable. Maybe that's the problem?

So, obviously, television channels are in Mghz right? So, how do I
convert 608000 (608Mghz?) into a channel number? The idea being when
mythtv coverts the channel number to a frequency it'll get the right
one(s)?

Thanks.


>Just FYI, here is my MySQL mythconverg.channels table (as a mysqldump).

>This is really all the data there is when setting up a channel:
>
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (1,'26',1,'BBC1','BBC1
>(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-713.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc1.bbc
>.
>co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (2,'33',1,'BBC2','BBC2
>(London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-724.gif',0,NULL,'london.bbc2.bbc
.
>co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (3,'23',1,'ITV1','ITV1 (ITV1
>London)','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-49.gif',0,NULL,'carlton.com',3276
8
>,32768,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES (4,'30',1,'CH4','Channel
>4','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-53.gif',0,NULL,'channel4.com',32768,327
6
>8,32768);
>INSERT INTO channel VALUES
>(5,'37',1,'CH5','five','/root/.mythtv/channels/logo-54.gif',0,NULL,'cha
n
>nel5.co.uk',32768,32768,32768);
>
>You can see the frequency in the second row (channum).
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of Mark Levitt
>Sent: 01 June 2003 1:35 PM
>To: Discussion about mythtv
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Help with channel setup in the UK.
>
>
>Andrew Ingram wrote:
>
>
>
>>mythfilldatabase --manual is where you specify the channel frequency.
>>Run mythfilldatabase --manual again, and when one of the questions
asks
>>
>>
>
>
>
>>for "channel number (as in xatv)" and offers you the default of the tv
>>channel's website as a value, enter the frequency channel here.
>>
>>FYI, the UK channels for me are:
>>BBC1 26
>>BBC2 33
>>ITV1 23
>>CH4 30
>>CH5 37
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Hi,
>Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunatly, that didn't work.
>
>I think there is a mis-match between what Mythtv and xawtv think the
>channel frequencies are and what they actually are.
>
>For example, if I plug the cable into the TV set. BBC1 shows up on
>"channel 57". However, if I put "57" into xawtv of when running
>mythfilldatabase --manual, all I get is snow.
>
>Using the ivtv driver utility ptune.pl, I can tune BBC 1 by using the
>frequeny directly: 608000. I.e., ptune.pl -F 608000
>
>So, where can I tell mythtv that "channel number 57" should be
>frequency
>
>"608000"?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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On Sunday 01 June 2003 02:15 pm, Mark Levitt wrote:
> So, obviously, television channels are in Mghz right? So, how do I
> convert 608000 (608Mghz?) into a channel number? The idea being when
> mythtv coverts the channel number to a frequency it'll get the right
> one(s)?

Could always use the scantv program that comes with xawtv to get all the
proper channel numbers..

Isaac

----- Original Message -----
From: "Isaac Richards" <ijr@po.cwru.edu>
> Could always use the scantv program that comes with xawtv to get all the
> proper channel numbers..
>

Yeah, I'd thought of that. Unfortunatly, RedHet 9 doesn't seem to install
scantv with xawtv.

I went to the xawtv site and downloaded the latest source, but although it
has a scatv.c file, it doesn't seem to get compiled during make and it
doesn't compile on its own.

Does anyone know where I can find scantv for RedHat 9?

Thanks.