NOTE: This document applies to version DVBEdit 3.0b10 (or later)

If you want to make text files for import into DVBEdit, simply use this format:

123456789.123456789.
== ASTRA 19° Est    

For satellite marker "channels" make the line exactly 20 characters in length.

123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.12
ASTRA-Info 1         12552 22000 5/6 30 V 00A4 0070 0024 1FFF 1FFF 02E0 0000 PAL  N 0v  0 Auto 00 0000 0000 0000
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BBBBB CCCCC DDD EE F GGGG HHHH IIII JJJJ KKKK LLLL MMMM NNNN O PPP Q RRRR SS TTTT UUUU VVVV

For normal channels, the following fields are defined - all must be completed or the channel
will not be imported:

A = Channel name. Pad out with spaces and not nulls
B = Frequency
C = Symbol Rate
D = FEC. Values supported are 1/1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 and AUT (for Auto)
E = Acquision bandwidth
F = Polarity. Values supported are V and H
G = Video PID (hex)
H = Audio PID (hex)
I = PMT PID (hex)
J = PCR PID (hex)
K = Teletext PID (hex)
L = PMC field (used for encrypted signals) (hex)
M = Encrypted signal flags (hex)
N = Video encoder/decoder format. NTSC or PAL are supported. PAL needs to
    be padded out to four characters
O = Audio mode: N = Normal, V = Reversed, L = Left both, R = Right both
P = 12v mode. Values supported are 0v and 12v
Q = DiSEqC selection: 0-3 supported
R = Spectrum Inversion modes: Auto, On or Off
S = Service type flags (hex)
T = Transport stream id (hex)
U = Channel ID (hex)
V = Network ID (hex)

DVBEdit shows the channel type according to this rule:

TV Channel (color bar icon) - both video and audio PID are non 1FFF
Radio Channel (speaker icon) - video pid is 1FFF and audio PID is non 1FFF
Data Channel (0101 icon) - both video and audio PIDs are 1FFF
Satellite Marker Channel - frequency is zero