Using vlc with a list of scanned TV channels

Wouldn't that be Media / Open Network Stream ? That scanned channel list is just a text file, you can copy-paste the channels from there.
 
balanga said:
When running multimedia/w_scan2 there is an option to save a scanned channel list in a format suitable for multimedia/vlc.
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Do you mean the XSPF format? Please be more precise so we know exactly what you are talking about and give you the best possible answer.

balanga said:
Has anyone got an example of how to run vlc with this scanned list?
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If you mean by 'run ... scanned list' loading a playlist:
  1. https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Playlist/#Load_Playlist
  2. From a file manager right click on .xspf file, choose from menu 'Open With'
  3. From command line: vlc *.xspf
 
T-Daemon said:
Do you mean the XSPF format? Please be more precise so we know exactly what you are talking about and give you the best possible answer.


If you mean by 'run ... scanned list' loading the playlist: https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Playlist/#Load_Playlist
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I was follow this guide and right at the end this command is run vlc vlc.xspf

I found I needed to run cvlc - this is what I got:-


Code: 
Script started on Fri Jun 25 21:29:42 2021
Command: cvlc channels.conf
VLC media player 3.0.14 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2)
[^[[32;1m0000000800914ba0^[[0m] dummy interface: ^[[0;1musing the dummy interface module...^[[0m
[^[[32;1m0000000801076260^[[0m] main playlist: ^[[0;1mend of playlist, exiting^[[0m


Command exit status: 0
Script done on Fri Jun 25 21:29:42 2021
 
Haven't watched the video, when you said
balanga said:
When running multimedia/w_scan2 there is an option to save a scanned channel list in a format suitable for multimedia/vlc.
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I assumed you are referring to https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/VLC_media_player#DVB_TV_with_VLC

DVB TV with VLC

w_scan has an experimental option to create a vlc playlist which is probably the easiest method to view dvb streams with vlc. To create a playlist (-ft -terrestrial, -c DE Germany) and start viewing TV use

Code: 
w_scan -ft -c DE -L >vlcchans.xspf
vlc vlcchans.xspf
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From w_scan2/src/scan.c
Code: 
       -L, --output-VLC\n"
               generate VLC xspf playlist (experimental)\n"
 
T-Daemon said:
Haven't watched the video, when you said

I assumed you are referring to https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/VLC_media_player#DVB_TV_with_VLC



From w_scan2/src/scan.c
Code: 
       -L, --output-VLC\n"
               generate VLC xspf playlist (experimental)\n"
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Here is what i ran


w_scan2 -f s -c GB -s S13E0 -L > channels.xspf

I edited out the following because there were over 1000 entries and created a channel list with just one entry:-
Code: 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<playlist xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/" xmlns:vlc="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/ns/0/" version="1">
        <title>DVB Playlist</title>
        <creator>w_scan2-1.0.12</creator>
        <info>https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/w_scan2</info>
        <trackList>
                <track>
                        <title>0701. France 24 HD (in English)</title>
                        <location>dvb-s2://frequency=11566000</location>
                        <extension application="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/playlist/0">
                                <vlc:option>dvb-polarization=H</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-srate=29900000</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-ts-id=15300</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-modulation=8PSK</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-rolloff=35</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-fec=3/4</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-lnb-low=9750000</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-lnb-high=10600000</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:option>dvb-lnb-switch=11700000</vlc:option>
                                <vlc:id>702</vlc:id>
                                <vlc:option>program=808</vlc:option>
                        </extension>
                </track>
        </trackList>
</playlist>

Vlc comes up with these errors:-

Digital broadcasting:
The selected digital tuner does not support the specified parameters.
Please check the preferences.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvb-s2://frequency=11566000'. Check the log for details.
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In vlc, I've tried:

Media -> Open Capture Device -> Capture Mode -> TV - digital -> Device Selection -> /dev/dvb/adapter0
-> Delivery System -> DVB-S2

Don't know if anything else needs to be set from the options, as I though any other required options would be derived from the provided channel list.
 
The selected digital tuner does not support the specified parameters.
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Have you tried other "Delivery Sytem" ?

Check the log for details.
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Have you checked the log? In case the logger is not specified: Preferences -> All -> Advanced -> Logger -> checkbox "Log to file" , "Log filename" , "Verbosity Debug".

Make sure the directory the log file is creates in has user rwx permissions. Restart multimedia/vlc to take effect.
 
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