Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:33:21 -0700 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: Jeff <jeff@doeshosting.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: For those using PVR-XXX Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0804150933i57e198dcu27919d0c4615e30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <895C58D6-609C-4D81-8F2E-F5148226149A@doeshosting.com> References: <80f4f2b20804080605x4a2e063av4327e8480d0ac9e7@mail.gmail.com> <200804081339.m38DdVWD006894@lava.sentex.ca> <80f4f2b20804080714s437adf26n3890ab01737334ff@mail.gmail.com> <1d3ed48c0804080721s1395a0c9wc72bcc6b9df50037@mail.gmail.com> <c39ec84c0804110805s384d34b8x705786e48038dd40@mail.gmail.com> <895C58D6-609C-4D81-8F2E-F5148226149A@doeshosting.com>
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Jeff <jeff@doeshosting.com> wrote:
> I made a lil script to help me be lazier while changing channels. I do not have a remote anymore, so I must do it at console. In case anyone is going to make something similar for themselves, here is mine so you do not need to:
>
> it expects a file in the same dir named chaninput containing only the following:
> <channel number> <frequency>
> for example:
> 2 55.25
> 3 61.25
> 4 67.25
>
>
> the script is as follows:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> start=`head -n1 chaninput|awk '{print $1}'`
> finish=`tail -n1 chaninput|awk '{print $1}'`
> echo "echo \"What channel do you want?\" " > channel-change.sh
> echo "echo \"Please choose a number between $start and ${finish}\" " >>channel-change.sh
> echo "read chan" >> channel-change.sh
> echo "case \$chan in" >> channel-change.sh
> for i in `cat chaninput|awk '{print $1}'`
> do
> echo " ${i}) " >>channel-change.sh
> freq=`grep -w -e ^${i} chaninput|awk '{print $2}'` >>channel-change.sh
> echo " pvr250-setchannel $freq " >>channel-change.sh
> echo " ;; " >>channel-change.sh
> done
> echo "esac" >>channel-change.sh
> chmod +x channel-change.sh
>
>
> It then outputs a script named channel-change.sh which is ready to change channels for you.
> I did not make this for real public release, mainly because it is so simple, but I figure maybe someone besides myself would get use from it.
>
> -krzee
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channel(){
/usr/local/bin/pvr250-setchannel `egrep \^$1\ $HOME/cable.txt|cut
-f 2 -d \ `
}
where cable.txt is a list of channels and freqs. I think I got mine
off wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cable_television_frequencies
--
The Mafia way is that we pursue larger goals under the guise of
personal relationships.
Fisheye
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