Bug#859537: vdr: please explain how to scan channels

[A Mennucc]

Package: vdr
Severity: wishlist


Dear mantainers

I have installed "vdr" . It comes with a list of channels valid in UK.
So I wished to replace it with a list of channels valid for my country.
It took me a long time.
You may want to add some lines of instructions in README.Debian,
as follows.

vvvvvvvvvvvv

Note: all the following commands should be run as root.

Install the packages  dvb-tools and dtv-scan-tables with
# apt-get install dvb-tools dtv-scan-tables

Choose a file under the directory /usr/share/dvb/
that is apt for your country and your DVB adapter,
let-s say  "/usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/fr-All"

Scan for available channels.

# dvbv5-scan -o /tmp/temporary_channels.conf -O vdr /usr/share/dvb/dvb-t/fr-All

Edit the files  /var/lib/vdr/channels.conf
and delete from it all lines that represent channels that are not visible
in your country/town, add all lines from the file /tmp/temporary_channels.conf .

restart vdr and enjoy
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

thanks and bye. a



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)