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mdhelp: WIP - add various additional details to configure_tvheadend.md
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Expand Up @@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ but they do go out of date as broadcasters move services around and national
authorities change entire pieces of spectrum. As such, you should try the
pre-defined values, but you may need to add muxes manually.

**TODO: Critical configuration items at this stage: ........**
* When creating a DVB-S network be sure to set the orbital
position of the satellite your dish is pointing at as some satellites
provide additional information related to other nearby satellites that
you may not be able to receive.
* Network discovery (enabled by default) increases the likelihood of
receiving all available muxes and services.

###3. Associate the Network with the Respective Tuner(s)

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having a separate SD network associated with an independent SD (e.g. MPEG-2)
tuner.

**TODO: Critical configuration items at this stage: ........**

At this point, your tuners now know what networks to use: one network can
appear on multiple tuners (many-to-one), and one tuner can have multiple
networks.
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this is where you can manually add missing muxes. You only really need to
worry about this if the pre-defined list didn't work (e.g. because of
out-of-date data as broadcasters re-arrange their services or because automatic
detection hasn't successfully found all the muxes over time.
detection (network discovery) hasn't successfully found all the muxes over time.

If you do need to add something manually, you'll need to search the Internet
for details of the appropriate transmitter and settings: satellites tend not
to change much and are universal over a large area, but terrestrial muxes
are typically very localised and you'll need to know which specific transmitter
you're listening to.

**Note**: some tuners (or drivers) require more tuning parameters than others so
**be sure to enter as many tuning parameters as possible**.

Good sources of transmitter/mux information include:

* [KingofSat](http://en.kingofsat.net) for all European satellite information
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* [Interactive EU DVB-T map](http://www.dvbtmap.eu/mapmux.html) for primarily
central and northern Europe

> other major sources....?
##NOTE: TODO: TEXT REQUIRED
* [Lyngsat](http://www.lyngsat.com/) for worldwide satellite information.

You can also use [dvbscan](http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Dvbscan) to
force a scan and effectively ask your tuner what it can see.

**TODO: Critical configuration items at this stage: ........**

### 5. Scan for Services

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that describe the audio stream(s), the video stream(s), the subtitle stream(s)
and language(s), and so on.

(For the technically-minded, these unique identifiers - the elementary streams
- are referred to as 'packet identifiers' or 'PIDs').
(For the technically-minded, these unique identifiers - the elementary streams - are referred to as 'packet identifiers' or 'PIDs').

> To force a scan ...
##NOTE: TODO: TEXT REQUIRED
#### 5.1. Forcing a Scan

You may force a scan by going to:

**Tvheadend web interface: _Configuration -> DVB Inputs -> Networks_**

Highlight the network(s) you would like to force scan and then press
the "Force Scan" button.

Tip: You may select more than one network by holding ctrl and
clicking on additional networks.

* Force scanning can take some time, you may continue to
use Tvheadend while a scan is in-progress but doing so will increase
the time needed for it to complete - the time needed can vary depending
on a number of factors, the number of available tuners and how many muxes
you have etc.

### 6. Map Services to Channels

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