If
multimedia/w_scan is a supported application by the DVB-S device, then it’s easy to generate a playlist for vlc.
w_scan(0)
Code:
-L generate VLC xspf playlist (experimental).
E.g.:
w_scan -fs -c UK -L > vlc-channel-list.xspf
. If
w_scan does not capture all channels, the list can be extended by adding channels manually.
When I used to watch tv on FreeBSD, I used a vlc
multimedia/tvbrowser combination.
TV-Browser has a switch plugin to change channels. It was very comfortable to choose from the TV guide the tv program to watch and switch with a mouse click.