Services are automatically pulled from muxes and can be mapped to Channels.

The columns have the following functions:

Play

Opens a playlist (M3U of XSPF, depending on your startup options) to allow you to stream this service to another application, e.g. to watch a channel in VLC.

Details

Display details on this service, e.g. PID, streams, audio/video CODECs, languages, etc.

Enabled

Whether or not this service is available for use

Automatic Checking

Check for the service presence. If service is no longer broadcasted, this field will become as "Missing In PAT/SDT". The check can be also disabled for given service using this column.

Priority

Define priority (range 0-10) for this service. The higher value means more preferred. Note that this value is _added_ to the input (tuner) priority. Take this in account when you set the input priorities.

Channel

The channel to which the service is mapped

Service Name

The name of the service, detected when the service was discovered

Encrypted

Whether or not the service is scrambled

Network

The network on which this service resides (i.e. whether it's a cable channel or a terrestrial one)

Mux

The mux which carries this service. This is typically the frequency of the carrier signal in kHz, with polarisation (H or V) as applicable.

Service ID

A unique identifier for this service within this mux/transport stream.

Local Channel Number

Channel number as assigned by the broadcaster.

Provider

Any supplied provider string, e.g. where multiple broadcasters share a platform, such as for free-to-air and pay TV.

CRID Authority

The group responsible for the Content Reference Identifier for this service. This is effectively a URL/URI to an authoritative source for programme data (e.g. series link).

Service Type

The service type flag as defined by the DVB specifications (e.g. 0x02 = radio, 0x11 = MPEG2 HD TV, 0x19 = H.264 HD TV)

Pref. CA PID

The Preferred Conditional Access Packet Identifier. Used for decrypting scrambled streams.

Lock Pref. CA PID

The locking mechanism selection for The Preferred Conditional Access Packet Identifier.

Off

Automatic Preferred Conditional Access Packet Identifier selection.

On

Keep Preferred Conditional Access Packet Identifier selection (no automatic modifications allowed).

Only Pref. CA PID

Filter mode - use only Preferred Conditional Access Packet Identifier for the streams decryption.

Character Set

The character encoding for this service (e.g. UTF-8).