DVB-T via VLC - comfortable with m3u list - partially SOLVED

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Hi all,

sorry for (ab)using this "corner" for my question (and the solution I have found), yet since this ain't really about troubleshooting , but much more about making use of VLC more comfortable for my particular purpose, ...

For quite a while I have been enjyoing IP-TV not only on my TV set, but also on my PC via VLC. This was possible after I've gotten hold of a file containing all stations available on Austrian A1TV and adapted it to my personal taste (guess that would that be called a playlist or m3u list).

Recently I figured watching DVB-T on my lightweight netbook might be fun as well. Thus I purchased a rather cheap USB stick. It came with ArcSoft MediaTotal software, but that did not agree with my netbook at all. After some digging in the WWW, I have eventually found a way for accessing DVB-T signals from the 2 local transmitters via VLC. However, changing channels by keying in the frequencies via copy/paste each time (5 different channels, a total of 21 different programs) is sort of boring.

Thus I wondered*: Would it be possible to compile a list that probably might look like similar to the one used for watching IP-TV. That one goes like this

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#EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,001_ ORFeins udp://@239.0.16.1:8208 #EXTINF:0,002_ ORF2-Sbg udp://@239.0.16.69:8208

and so on.


Channels and frequencies I'm thinking of accessing more easily on VLC include eg

• frequency 562000 kHz = channel 32
  ORF 1
  ORF 2 Salzburg
  ORF 2 Oberösterreich
  ATV

Since frequencies of particular transmitters and channel numbers can be found in wikipedia, just one question remains: how would I find out the individual designation (i.e. program number - I hear it is referred to as "Service ID" number) for each of those 4 (or sometimes more) programs contained in each channel (or "bouquet" as they call it in German).

EDITED:
*And, to answer my own question, at least in part : the program number can be found in VLC under Extras\Codec Info (one might need to scroll down somewhat, depending on the station watched). However, this works only for programs that I can view via DVB-T at the place where I am right now.

So if I want to prepare a m3u-list for DVB-T access via netbook some place I'm planning to visit, how would I go about finding out this SID number for channels I can't access right now? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

For those with a general interest in this topic: a compiled m3u file (with the syntax copied from some file found on wikipedia as well) for watching DVB-T starts like this - with the from-a-distance-not-so-easy-to-find program numbers marked in blue color:

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#EXTM3U #EXTINF:0,01 DVB_ORF1 #EXTVLCOPT:program=[color=#0000BF]10101[/color] dvb-t://frequency=562000000 #EXTINF:0,02 DVB_ORF2 OOe #EXTVLCOPT:program=[color=#0000BF]10127[/color] dvb-t://frequency=562000000 #EXTINF:0,03 DVB_ARD Das Erste #EXTVLCOPT:program=[color=#0000BF]32[/color] dvb-t://frequency=698000000 #EXTINF:0,04 DVB_ZDF #EXTVLCOPT:program=[color=#0000BF]514[/color] dvb-t://frequency=642000000 #EXTINF:0,05 DVB_3sat Oe #EXTVLCOPT:program=[color=#0000BF]11302[/color] dvb-t://frequency=538000000

So now I've two different m3u files on my desktop. With just one double click, they will open VLC for me: one for viewing DVB-T files (which requires a USB DVB-T dongle plus 14cm indoor antenna, currently located 50cm from a window) and the other file for accessing IP-TV (A1TV originally subscribed to in order to replace more expensive Cable TV on the telly) via WLAN/WiFi