On 21/11/14 18:26, John Andersen wrote:
On November 20, 2014 10:46:31 PM PST, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
Can anyone please tell me how to create a list of terrestrial TV channels to be able to watch TV using VLC?
I have been using such a list for a very, very long time but two (2) days ago all our local channels changed frequencies following all the channels going digital (even though some were already digital, but now all are digital).
I created the list of channels for VLC way back in the "dim past" but now I cannot remember how I did it. I cannot see anywhere in the docs for VLC where this is covered.
So, if someone can help out here I would be grateful to hear from them.
(I also have Kaffeine installed and that has its own in-built channel scanner to create a list for itself but it does NOT pickup all the channels it previously did.
At the same time, all our normal TV sets/recorders have correctly scanned for all the (new) digital channel frequencies - only VLC and Kaffeine are out of the loop.)
BC
Thank you, John, for your attempt at "one-upmanship" :-) .
Terrestrial TV suggests to me to be over the air broadcasts.
Spot on. You have won a cigar. :-)
Yet I can't believe you are using a world wide mail list to ask for local ststions.
Why not, pray tell? I am only asking for help to recreate a channels list for use by VLC. If you look at /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t you will see that parameters for local stations for all countries. The one which I believe applies in my case is the "au-Canberra-Black-Mt". All I am asking is how to make use of it. I think that I used this file in the past but have forgotten what I used to make use of it.
So I suspect you want Internet streaming tv stations? But you are a clever guy and know how to use Google, so I'm more confused thsn ever.
I believe that it is the case that you are confused. I use VLC to view terrestrial TV channels in the very same way that people sit in front of their TV sets and watch TV programs. In other words, I use my computer and monitor as a TV set to view/record/playback television programs. There is no internet streaming involved. None at all.
If you had your vlc scanning your cable or antenna feed you need a new tuner card for your computer.
Google digital television standards to find what is used in your part of the world and shop for tuner csrds accordingly.
I am using, and have been for years, the Technisat DVB-T tuner - see http://digitalnow.com.au/dvbtcards.html - so there is no need for me to go shopping for another DVB-T tuner card. Our local TV stations have been digital for years but some were also transmitting in analog. However, at 0500 hours on 20 November the stations officially all went digital and as a result they had their frequencies "retuned" - which is the reason why I now need a new channel list for VLC. Kaffeine scans and recognises the new frequencies for most of the digital channels but does not recognise those for two of the providers: the ABC and the SBS (Australian Broadcasting Commission, and the Special Broadcasting Service, respectively) and it is these last 2 which I miss the most. You mention the word 'Google'. Well, I don't use 'google' as I don't see it as my 'friend' but I did search the web for the answer to my question before posting my question here. I do try and do my homework before asking for help here. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.1, KDE 4.14.3 & kernel 3.17.3-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org