[opensuse] Creating a list of DVB-T channels list for VLC
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 -- 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
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
Terrestrial TV suggests to me to be over the air broadcasts. Yet I can't believe you are using a world wide mail list to ask for local ststions. 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. 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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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
On 2014-11-21 07:46, Basil Chupin wrote:
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.)
Years ago, when my part of the world started to switch to digital terrestrial broadcast tv, however it is called, and as my existing analog tv card died, I bought an hybrid one, both digital and analog. Tuning the digital channels was an horrible experience. Apparently you had to download the list and frequencies and whatnot from somewhere and convert the format to whatever the Linux program wanted. Some could scan but had other problems, and the file could not easily be used on others. The same computer, running Windows with the included card software, had no problems at all. In the end, I gave up, removed the card, and bought an external tuner connected to a small flat display set up on the wall behind my desktop table, and never looked back. Sigh. Interestingly, that external tuner runs Linux, and has no problems at all in finding all the stations by itself. But part of its software, specially the tuner part, is proprietary and very closed and protected. Suggestions: try mythtv, it turns your computer into a media center. Only a media center, though, you can not run LO at the same time, no screen space. But at least it should be able to tune the stations, IF the card is supported. We no longer have analog tv transmissions here, it is all digital. Some of the bandwidth is being converted for mobile communications usage about now. I have to say that it is a good thing, after all. On the other hand, digital radio is unknown, at least the kind that was tested on the UK. Only the kind shared with TV transmissions, and I have not seen standalone receivers anywhere) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
Le 21/11/2014 09:00, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
In the end, I gave up, removed the card, and bought an external tuner connected to a small flat display set up on the wall behind my desktop table, and never looked back. Sigh.
small flat TV are so cheap :-) - same for me
seen standalone receivers anywhere)
simply search for "digital radio" on google, but at least in France there are no emitters. so many individual analog radios are everywhere, asking people to buy new ones is definitively a problem :-( jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 21/11/14 19:00, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2014-11-21 07:46, Basil Chupin wrote:
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.) Years ago, when my part of the world started to switch to digital terrestrial broadcast tv, however it is called, and as my existing analog tv card died, I bought an hybrid one, both digital and analog.
Tuning the digital channels was an horrible experience.
Apparently you had to download the list and frequencies and whatnot from somewhere and convert the format to whatever the Linux program wanted. Some could scan but had other problems, and the file could not easily be used on others.
The same computer, running Windows with the included card software, had no problems at all.
In the end, I gave up, removed the card, and bought an external tuner connected to a small flat display set up on the wall behind my desktop table, and never looked back. Sigh.
Interestingly, that external tuner runs Linux, and has no problems at all in finding all the stations by itself. But part of its software, specially the tuner part, is proprietary and very closed and protected.
Suggestions: try mythtv, it turns your computer into a media center. Only a media center, though, you can not run LO at the same time, no screen space. But at least it should be able to tune the stations, IF the card is supported.
We no longer have analog tv transmissions here, it is all digital. Some of the bandwidth is being converted for mobile communications usage about now. I have to say that it is a good thing, after all. On the other hand, digital radio is unknown, at least the kind that was tested on the UK. Only the kind shared with TV transmissions, and I have not seen standalone receivers anywhere)
Many thabks, Carlos, but see my reply to Malcolm (following). 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
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Suggestions: try mythtv, it turns your computer into a media center. Only a media center, though, you can not run LO at the same time, no screen space.
uh, you can run mythtv in a window, no problem.
We no longer have analog tv transmissions here, it is all digital. Some of the bandwidth is being converted for mobile communications usage about now. I have to say that it is a good thing, after all. On the other hand, digital radio is unknown, at least the kind that was tested on the UK.
DAB? According to this, Spain has DAB: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting_in_Europa -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.9°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2014-11-21 18:06, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Suggestions: try mythtv, it turns your computer into a media center. Only a media center, though, you can not run LO at the same time, no screen space.
uh, you can run mythtv in a window, no problem.
Ah, good. Didn't know that.
We no longer have analog tv transmissions here, it is all digital. Some of the bandwidth is being converted for mobile communications usage about now. I have to say that it is a good thing, after all. On the other hand, digital radio is unknown, at least the kind that was tested on the UK.
DAB?
Possibly. Let me read [...] Yes, I think this is the one. Current and incompatible version is DAB+.
According to this, Spain has DAB:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting_in_Europa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_using_DAB/DMB :-) Well, I'm surprised. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_using_DAB/DMB#Spain it points to a local web page for more info, www.radiodigitaldab.com, but the site doesn't even resolve. I see google entries on forums dated 2005. So it died. This may have more up to date info on Spain: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting Apparently only Madrid and Barcelona have real coverage, and some transmitters ceased working. Dead thing. They say that big radio broadcasters are not interested in more competition (DAB+ allows more than 100 stations with only 7 "multiplexers"), so they oppose. And receivers are more expensive, so the public didn't buy them. We'll keep using FM for another 50 years. And AM. Oh, yes, AM... Spain is hilly. Still useful on cars. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)
Basil Chupin [21.11.2014 07:46]:
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 don't know what you already tried, but /usr/bin/atscscan looks promising ;) I did a "zypper se dvb", followed by "zypper in dvb dvbtune" (which brings along dtv-scan-tables, which contains /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Canberra-Black-Mt). So my guess is that you have these packages already installed. I can't test it, because my office box unfortunately does not include a dvb-t card ;) Regards, Werner -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 21/11/14 22:32, Werner Flamme 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 don't know what you already tried, but /usr/bin/atscscan looks
Basil Chupin [21.11.2014 07:46]: promising ;)
I did a "zypper se dvb", followed by "zypper in dvb dvbtune" (which brings along dtv-scan-tables, which contains /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Canberra-Black-Mt). So my guess is that you have these packages already installed.
I can't test it, because my office box unfortunately does not include a dvb-t card ;)
Regards, Werner
Thanks, Werner, for your response. I couldn't see anywhere '/usr/bin/atscscan' but even if it existed there were no instructions on how to use dvdtune (which I assume it was pointing to). But see my reply to Malcolm (following). 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
On 11/21/2014 03:50 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
Thanks, Werner, for your response. I couldn't see anywhere '/usr/bin/atscscan'
- some stuff : http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Dvbscan ............. regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 22/11/14 01:05, ellanios82 wrote:
On 11/21/2014 03:50 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
Thanks, Werner, for your response. I couldn't see anywhere '/usr/bin/atscscan'
- some stuff :
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Dvbscan
.............
regards
Thank you for this URL. I have looked at it and tried some of the commands - but to no avail :-( . I think that this 'article' is probably out of date (as most of the info found on the net is :-( ). I note that in the above there is mention of w_scan which I remember using way back in the days when...... but trying it out earlier today produced nothing but frustration. But all is now academic as Malcolm provided the basis for the producing the needed channels list and I am now able to once again watch all the digital channels available to me :-) . This is the one great thing about openSUSE lists - there will always be someone who knows the answer to a problem. 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
Basil Chupin [21.11.2014 14:50]:
On 21/11/14 22:32, Werner Flamme 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 don't know what you already tried, but /usr/bin/atscscan looks
Basil Chupin [21.11.2014 07:46]: promising ;)
I did a "zypper se dvb", followed by "zypper in dvb dvbtune" (which brings along dtv-scan-tables, which contains /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Canberra-Black-Mt). So my guess is that you have these packages already installed.
I can't test it, because my office box unfortunately does not include a dvb-t card ;)
Regards, Werner
Thanks, Werner, for your response. I couldn't see anywhere '/usr/bin/atscscan' but even if it existed there were no instructions on how to use dvdtune (which I assume it was pointing to).
rpm -qf /usr/bin/atscscan dvb-1.1.1_20120913-9.1.x86_64 This is one of the two packages I installed, where I (obviously wrongly) assumed that you already had them installed. In the meantime, I found a 5 year old blog, where the package "linuxtv-dvb-apps" from http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/ was mentioned. I guess this is what Malcolm suggested. Glad to hear that you are watching TV again :) Werner -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 22/11/14 01:39, Werner Flamme wrote:
Basil Chupin [21.11.2014 14:50]:
On 21/11/14 22:32, Werner Flamme 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 don't know what you already tried, but /usr/bin/atscscan looks
Basil Chupin [21.11.2014 07:46]: promising ;)
I did a "zypper se dvb", followed by "zypper in dvb dvbtune" (which brings along dtv-scan-tables, which contains /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/au-Canberra-Black-Mt). So my guess is that you have these packages already installed.
I can't test it, because my office box unfortunately does not include a dvb-t card ;)
Regards, Werner Thanks, Werner, for your response. I couldn't see anywhere '/usr/bin/atscscan' but even if it existed there were no instructions on how to use dvdtune (which I assume it was pointing to). rpm -qf /usr/bin/atscscan dvb-1.1.1_20120913-9.1.x86_64
This is one of the two packages I installed, where I (obviously wrongly) assumed that you already had them installed.
In the meantime, I found a 5 year old blog, where the package "linuxtv-dvb-apps" from http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/ was mentioned. I guess this is what Malcolm suggested.
Glad to hear that you are watching TV again :)
Werner
Thank you , Werner. Believe me I, too, am glad that I have my TV back again :-) . My wife and I have different viewing tastes so she watches her programs in the lounge room and I watch my shows on my monitor screen - and switch over to play Spider when the commercials start :-) . 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
On Fri 21 Nov 2014 05:46:31 PM CST, Basil Chupin wrote:
Can anyone please tell me how to create a list of terrestrial TV channels to be able to watch TV using VLC?
Hi From the forum circa 2009; scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf Modify file scanned as required, channels.conf is/was recognized by VLC. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.28-4-default up 5 days 17:04, 5 users, load average: 0.22, 0.21, 0.14 CPU Intel® B840@1.9GHz | GPU Intel® Sandybridge Mobile -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 21/11/14 23:47, Malcolm wrote:
On Fri 21 Nov 2014 05:46:31 PM CST, Basil Chupin wrote:
Can anyone please tell me how to create a list of terrestrial TV channels to be able to watch TV using VLC?
Hi From the forum circa 2009;
scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf
Modify file scanned as required, channels.conf is/was recognized by VLC.
Thank you Malcolm. Just the information I was looking for :-) . While I have no idea of what '-o zap | tee ~/channels.conf' is supposed to do, I was able, with some slight modification, to produce a channel list of ALL the channels I have available which VLC now displays on my monitor and which I was able to view until a couple of days ago :-) . (The most important bit which produces the result for me to have *all* the digital channels available for me as in the past was use the 'auto-Australia' file in '/usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/'. Using the 'au-Canberra-Black-Mt' file produced only a short list of digital TV channels. ) Once again, thank you, Malcolm, for remembering what was mentioned in the Forum way back in 2009 or so :-) . 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
On Sat 22 Nov 2014 01:09:15 AM CST, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 21/11/14 23:47, Malcolm wrote:
On Fri 21 Nov 2014 05:46:31 PM CST, Basil Chupin wrote:
Can anyone please tell me how to create a list of terrestrial TV channels to be able to watch TV using VLC?
Hi From the forum circa 2009;
scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf
Modify file scanned as required, channels.conf is/was recognized by VLC.
Thank you Malcolm.
Just the information I was looking for :-) .
While I have no idea of what '-o zap | tee ~/channels.conf' is supposed to do, I was able, with some slight modification, to produce a channel list of ALL the channels I have available which VLC now displays on my monitor and which I was able to view until a couple of days ago :-) .
(The most important bit which produces the result for me to have *all* the digital channels available for me as in the past was use the 'auto-Australia' file in '/usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/'. Using the 'au-Canberra-Black-Mt' file produced only a short list of digital TV channels. )
Once again, thank you, Malcolm, for remembering what was mentioned in the Forum way back in 2009 or so :-) .
BC
Hi The only reason I remembered because i wrote about it ;) I have a usb device which I need to patch and recompile the au8028 kernel module if/when I want to use it for FTA channels here. -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° LFCS, SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GNOME 3.10.1 Kernel 3.12.28-4-default up 0:02, 3 users, load average: 0.35, 0.40, 0.17 CPU Intel® B840@1.9GHz | GPU Intel® Sandybridge Mobile -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 22/11/14 01:21, Malcolm wrote:
On Sat 22 Nov 2014 01:09:15 AM CST, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 21/11/14 23:47, Malcolm wrote:
On Fri 21 Nov 2014 05:46:31 PM CST, Basil Chupin wrote:
Can anyone please tell me how to create a list of terrestrial TV channels to be able to watch TV using VLC?
Hi From the forum circa 2009;
scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-NTSC-center-frequencies-8VSB -o zap | tee ~/channels.conf
Modify file scanned as required, channels.conf is/was recognized by VLC. Thank you Malcolm.
Just the information I was looking for :-) .
While I have no idea of what '-o zap | tee ~/channels.conf' is supposed to do, I was able, with some slight modification, to produce a channel list of ALL the channels I have available which VLC now displays on my monitor and which I was able to view until a couple of days ago :-) .
(The most important bit which produces the result for me to have *all* the digital channels available for me as in the past was use the 'auto-Australia' file in '/usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/'. Using the 'au-Canberra-Black-Mt' file produced only a short list of digital TV channels. )
Once again, thank you, Malcolm, for remembering what was mentioned in the Forum way back in 2009 or so :-) .
BC
Hi The only reason I remembered because i wrote about it ;) I have a usb device which I need to patch and recompile the au8028 kernel module if/when I want to use it for FTA channels here.
Whatever the reason, the main thing is that you remembered :-) . I knew that I did something those years ago but couldn't remember what that was. I have now made the entry in my "little black book" for future reference :-) . 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
On 11/21/2014 01:46 AM, Basil Chupin 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
How are you receiving TV with VLC? Are you connecting a cable system to the computer? If so, you must have some kind of TV-receiver card in the computer. You can't just connect RF to a normal computer port. Please explain! Thanx--doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 22/11/14 04:15, Doug wrote:
On 11/21/2014 01:46 AM, Basil Chupin 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
How are you receiving TV with VLC? Are you connecting a cable system to the computer? If so, you must have some kind of TV-receiver card in the computer. You can't just connect RF to a normal computer port. Please explain! Thanx--doug
Yes, you need a TV tuner to be able to pick up the TV channels. These tuners come in 2 forms: a USB v2.0 "stick", and a PCI card. These also come, in most cases, designed to work with DVB-T, or DVB-S, or DVB-C (Terrestrial, Satellite, Cable, respectively). You can see examples of both the USB "stick" and the PCI card tuners here: http://digitalnow.com.au/dvbtcards.html . I have a USB "stick" (but not the one, V3a, shown at that URL) for use on my laptop, and for the computer I have the Technisat AirStar 2 DVB-T card (made n Germany). The TV aerial plugs into either - just like it does on a normal television set. One can use either VLC or Kaffeine for TV viewing. I use VLC because it is more configurable and, in my opinion, produces a better picture. Kaffeine has a built-in scanner for channels while for VLC one has to produce a list manually (see previous posts in this thread on how to do this). 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
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