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How to scan for channels? pcHDTV tuner, Ubuntu 9.04, AMD64

Asked by Farrell

I am trying to get my pcHDTV card working with me-tv but I'm stuck at how to scan for channels. I installed dvb-utils and ran scan, but I'm confused as to what options to pass to the scan command. It seems scan can't scan without some sort of "initial tuning data" ... how do I get that? I'm only interested in ATSC and I'm in the Orange County, CA area if that makes a difference.

I used to run MythTV but I'm fed up with its bloat and needing to mess with databases. Is there any easy way to scan for channels like MythTV does, or can someone who has done this with a pcHDTV card point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
-Farrell

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Michael Lamothe (lamothe-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

There is a guy that is looking into implementing scanning for ATSC so people don't have to go through this pain in the future.

Now, to get the initial scan files install the dvb-apps or dvb-utils package (depends on distro). Then do something like,

`scan /usr/share/dvb/atsc/us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB`

The location of the us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB file also depends on the distro/version.

Thanks,

Michael

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Farrell (upgrdman) said : 		#2

That worked great, thanks!