The channel scanner is based on linux-tv's dvb-apps scan utility. It incorporates fixes necessary for scanning north american (echostar/nimiq) satellites.
wget http://www.phobos.ca/dvb/files/linuxtv-dvb-apps-na-1.1.2.tar.bz2 tar xfj linuxtv-dvb-apps-na-1.1.2.tar.bz2 cd linuxtv-dvb-apps-na-1.1.2/util/scan make # Scan echostar 119W on diseqc port 0 ./dvbscan -G -lDBS -o vdr -e 3 -s 0 -x 1800 -p dvb-s/echostar-119w > channels.conf.119w # Scan echostar 110W on diseqc port 1 ./dvbscan -G -lDBS -o vdr -e 3 -s 1 -x 1800 -p dvb-s/echostar-110w > channels.conf.110w # Scan nimiq 91W on diseqc port 2 ./dvbscan -lDBS -o vdr -e 3 -s 2 -x 1234 -R 2 -p dvb-s/Nimiq1-91.0W > channels.conf.91w # convert to vdr 1.3.x channels.conf format cat channels.conf.119w channels.conf.110w channels.conf.91w > channels.conf