dvbscan output Channel Number into final stdout?
Can we get dvbscan to output the Channel Number into the final stdout somehow?
A likely format would be something such as the following.
Current output:
KATN-DT:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KWFA-DT:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
...
Suggested output:
2.1:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
2.2:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
...
The reason for this, the local ATSC broadcast over the air channels are not assigning unique channel names. However, channel numbers seem to be consistent between the published TV Guide/TV Listings and are unique! This seems to be the norm for the past several years now.
There have been some minor changes with channel numbers within the past years, but if channel numbers are used such as in the above example, mplayer should be able to recognize mplayer dvb://2.1 or mplayer dvb://2.2, etc?
One should also be able to do something like 'dvbscan | sort' instead of trying to test each channel to see which channel is really 2.1 or 2.2!
Currently, dvbscan outputs the channel number only when the channel is first found and with a colon. (ie. 2:1, 2:2, ...)
1) Get/Keep Channel Number found
2) Convert/reassign the colon to a period (ie. 2:1 == 2.1, 2:2 == 2.2)
3) Print Channel Number instead of Channel Name on final stdout.
In the meantime, I should test whether mplayer has any issues with using "mplayer dvb://2.1" instead of the channel name. It would be really nice to be able to schedule a cron job here with "dvbscan > .mplayer/channels.conf" to keep channels updated and have a decent channels.conf I can use within mplayer/mencoder scripts for playback/recording. Currently, I have to go through and manually run mplayer on each station frequency to figure out which is 2.1 and which is 2.2, and so on. Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
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Can we get dvbscan to output the Channel Number into the final stdout somehow?
A likely format would be something such as the following.
Current output:
KATN-DT:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KWFA-DT:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
...Suggested output:
2.1:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
2.2:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
...
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The reason for this, the local ATSC broadcast over the air channels are not assigning unique channel names. However, channel numbers seem to be consistent between the published TV Guide/TV Listings and are unique! This seems to be the norm for the past several years now.
Trouble is, internationally channel numbering is regional, and has variations in many countries.
Not to show the channel name would confuse users, but to show both with the number first in a string might be an idea.
Quoted 23 lines · tvboxspy
Quoted 16 lines · Roger
Can we get dvbscan to output the Channel Number into the final stdout somehow?
A likely format would be something such as the following.
Current output:
KATN-DT:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KWFA-DT:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
...Suggested output:
2.1:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
2.2:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
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The reason for this, the local ATSC broadcast over the air channels are not assigning unique channel names. However, channel numbers seem to be consistent between the published TV Guide/TV Listings and are unique! This seems to be the norm for the past several years now.
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Trouble is, internationally channel numbering is regional, and has variations in many countries.
Not to show the channel name would confuse users, but to show both with the number first in a string might be an idea.
True. However we're talking an additional option to output, the already gotten, channel numbers instead of channel names into the final output.
We're not talking standard here. We are talking an additional option to make it easier for scripting and updating the channel.conf file. Channel names here have changed many times over the past year. Channel names are also duplicated instead of being assigned a unique name. However, channel numbers have stayed somewhat more stable, noting only one or two changes over the past year. And, channel numbers have always been more commonly referred to when changing the channel on the TV. (ie. Hey, lets watch channel 11 news! We usually don't hear, "Hey, lets watch NBC news.")
(On the flip to chew the fat here, from a local perspective, most things are done by channel number and not channel name. It all depends on your point of view! ;-)
Anyways, since I know the information (channel num) is already already gotten and ditched, I'm thinking it won't be too much more code to assign it a variable and print instead of channel name.
Another idea, I might have been able to code my script to map to regular channel numbers. However, updating the channel.conf using dvbscan will then break things, causing me to finger through manually to figure out which channel name is which number.
Maybe I should output my full channel.conf here, as it might help show the problem better:
[0001]:213028615:8VSB:65:68:1
KATN-DT:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KWFA-DT:497028615:8VSB:65:68:4
KJNP-DT:509028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KFXF-DTC:177028615:8VSB:49:52:3
K13XD-DC:177028615:8VSB:65:68:4
KUAC-DTC:189028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KUAC-DTC:189028615:8VSB:65:68:4
KUAC-DT:189028615:8VSB:81:84:5
KUAC-DT:189028616:8VSB:97:100:6
KTVF DT:545028615:8VSB:65:68:4
KTVF DT:545028615:8VSB:49:52:3
K13XD-D:521028615:8VSB:49:52:3
KFXF-DT:521028615:8VSB:65:68:4
Can you tell me which KUAC-DTC is the man channel for my area? 24.1 is the channel number. Of the four, there's no real way of telling unless you memorize the frequency data?
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Even that won't always save you. In my area, we have 2 distinct signals, both identifying themselves as "KAKE-DT" on virtual channel 10.1, so even that isn't guaranteed to be unique.
Quoted 4 lines · On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:34:41PM -0500, [email protected] wrote:
Even that won't always save you. In my area, we have 2 distinct signals, both identifying themselves as "KAKE-DT" on virtual channel 10.1, so even that isn't guaranteed to be unique.
Eh, what fun.
Technically, should just output both, the channel_name and channel_num.
ie. For my channel 2:1 here (using chicken scratch):
-- KATN-DT:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
++ KATN-DT:2.1:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
or
++ 2.1:KATN-DT:497028615:8VSB:49:52:3
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