"Custom" channel list?

[eirinn1975]

Hi,
I've just installed Nextpvr on my ubuntu laptop. All fine except the dvb channel scan from my hauppauge usb receiver. I just can't find a profile able to find more than 5 channels. I've used W_scan to create a list of channel and converted it to a format like the .conf file as found in the /var/opt/nextpvr folder, it's much more quicker than having to try 40 different scan profiles, but that list is not taken into account into the backend.
I'm wondering if there's a way to import my custom channel list, cause frankly having to spot the right scan profile is not working for me (not even the closest location!).

Thanks for helping!

[mvallevand]

No there is no import, but if you remove the duplicate frequencies from the conf file you made then you could use that as input by putting it in /usr/share/dvb-?

It that still fails upload the zipped logs from the settings page.

Martin

[eirinn1975]

It worked! I've copied my conf file to /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t and after scanning the file it found all the channels
Thanks a lot!

[mvallevand]

Thank you too I often forget to tell people to w_scan because it takes so long but it is a good option for users who don't have a good conf file.

Martin

[eirinn1975]

Is w_scan able to produce a format compatible with those scan files? I used a small script to make the conversion,but of course one step less would be even better.

[mvallevand]

No but w_scan2 https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/w_scan2 has a -5 option that does.

On systems where getting that or building that is impossible w_scan -x will create a format that is compatible with the conversion utility included with libdvbv5 file

dvb-format-convert -I CHANNEL -O DVBV5 inputfile output.conf.

Martin

[bgowland]

Is w_scan able to produce a format compatible with those scan files? I used a small script to make the conversion,but of course one step less would be even better.

You  can use auto-Default or auto-With167kHzOffsets scan files with NextPVR to scan every UHF dvb-t frequency which takes longer than an individual region scan file but it should find everything.

Cheers,
Brian

[mvallevand]

My preference would be the w_scan approach since the file can be reused so the long scan might only need to be done once.

Martin

[bgowland]

My preference would be the w_scan approach since the file can be reused so the long scan might only need to be done once.

Martin

I think using the auto-XXX scan files takes about 5 minutes (certainly less than 10 minutes) and the relevant conf files are generated in the process.

Cheers,
Brian

[mvallevand]

For atsc and dvb-c there are no good auto file and I like to offer one primary tool for the toolchest.

My point really was the NextPVR scan doesn't create a resusable scan file, so rescans might always be long handy when conditions weren't good. The auto-default is ok to try but the 167 offsets will be 3x longer and they both miss 6MHZ.

Martin