Scannning Channels
Channel Scan depends on the Scan ini files in the ./BDA and sub directories.
./BDA
/ATSC (North America)
/DVB-C (Digital Cable)
/DVB-T (Digital Terrestrial)
/DVB-S (Digital Sattellite)
Download Scan files
The content of this zip file should replace your current BDA directories, to avoid duplicates, since a new naming standard is used for DVB-T and DVB-C ini files.
View DVB-T files
View DVB-C files
View DVB-S files
Download all BDA Scan Files (11 downloads)
File format
The scan file format is the TechnoTrend ini format. It is widely used by DVB-S software. TechnoTrend was a German company that made the first DVB-S, DVB-T and DVB-C PCI TV Cards. These Cards was OEM labeled by Hauppauge. TechnoTrend was purchased by the Portugees company Novabase, that terminated the TechnoTrend PC product line.
DVB-T - Digital Terrestrial
Each country shall have a DVB-T ini file with all frequencies used in that country. If your country is not listed, you can use the All Regions - All Channels file.
But scanning all frequencies will take som time, so ini files for a specific location will reduce scan time drastically.
Example of a DVB-T scan file
[TERTYPE]
1=Southern England
2=Crystal Palace
[DVB]
;Position = Channelname,Frequency(KHz),Inversion(0,1),0,Bandwidth (7MHz=7, 8MHz=8)
0=7
1=C25,505834,0,0,8
2=C22,481834,0,0,8
3=C32,561834,0,0,8
4=C28,529834,0,0,8
5=C34,578166,0,0,8
6=C29,537834,0,0,8
7=C31,554000,0,0,8
DVB-C - Digital Cable
Every Cable Network use their own frequencies, symbol rate and modulation, so a scan file for a cable network needs to be network specific.
Example of a DVB-C scan file
[CABTYPE]
1=Germany
2=Kabel Deutschland
[DVB]
;Position = Channelname,Frequency(KHz),SymbolRate xxxx, Modulation QAMxxx,Bandwidth (7MHz or 8MHz)
0=19
1=C,113000,6900,QAM64,8
2=C,121000,6900,QAM64,8
3=C,338000,6900,QAM256,8
4=C,346000,6900,QAM64,8
5=C,354000,6900,QAM64,8
6=C,362000,6900,QAM64,8
7=C,370000,6900,QAM64,8
8=C,378000,6900,QAM64,8
9=C,386000,6900,QAM64,8
10=C,394000,6900,QAM256,8
11=C,402000,6900,QAM256,8
12=C,410000,6900,QAM256,8
13=C,426000,6900,QAM256,8
14=C,434000,6900,QAM256,8
15=C,442000,6900,QAM256,8
16=C,450000,6900,QAM64,8
17=C,458000,6900,QAM64,8
18=C,466000,6900,QAM64,8
19=C,522000,6900,QAM256,8
DVB-S - Digital Satellite
TechnoTrend TT ini files can ne downloaded from:
http://joshyfun.260mb.com/transponders/index.html
DVB Resources
DVB Worldwide
http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television
DVB-T TV channels in Europe
http://mavise.obs.coe.int/welcome
Scan files status
Sweden
Scan files for DVB-T locations in Sweden is complete but not up to date.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
http://www.teracom.se/?page=5882
Finland
Scan files for DVB-T locations in Finland is complete but not up to date.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
Norway
Scan files for DVB-T locations in Norway are not made yet.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
Denmark
Scan files for DVB-T locations in Denmark are not made yet.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
http://www.boxertv.dk/?page=1729
http://www.digi-tv.dk/Indhold_og_tilbud/frekvenser.asp
United Kingdom
Scan files for DVB-T locations in UK is complete and up to date.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/reception_advice/digital_trans_guide/index.asp-region=show_all.html
France
Scan files for DVB-T locations in France is complete but not up to date.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
Netherlands
Scan files for DVB-T locations in Netherlands is not complete and not up to date.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes
New Zealand
Scan files for DVB-T locations in New Zealand is complete and up to date.
Here is the official list of transmitters and muxes