[mythtv] Directv and channel changing problem

[mark at zzo.com]

External channel changing program ONLY gets called when not in
'Television' mode I believe - as you've experienced.
    M

Robert Middleswarth(robert at middleswarth.net)@2003.03.05 20:31:17 +0000:
> Robert wrote:
> 
> >Ok, I'm up and running but I can't seem to get Myth to change my channels. 
> >I've got Directv and a working perl script for changing channels.  I've 
> >put the path to my script (/usr/local/bin/controlsat) in the myth settings 
> >for external channel changer but myth still doesn't change the channels.  
> >I originally had my broadcast source as "us-bcast" but myth kept trying to 
> >change the tuner (and I need it on channel 3).  Once I set it to 
> >"us-cable" it only seems to want to change the channel to 3 using the 
> >tuner.  Any suggestions? 
> >
> Check the arcive 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Dev_F10/ for info 
> about this.  If I rember right you must be in compsite for the external 
> channel changer to work.
> 
> Robert
> 
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