[mythtv] Still problem using dvb

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Mon May 19 15:51:26 EDT 2003


On Monday 19 May 2003 10:42 am, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> Leandro Dardini wrote:
> >mysql> select * from cardinput;
> >[snip]
>
> tunechan and startchan must not be null. Set them to valid channels, for
> now, just set them both to 1
>
> (What is the difference between startchan and tunechan anyways, and
> which channel field do each of them reference: chanid or channum?)

They're tuneable channel numbers.  So, channum.  startchan is simply the 
starting position when it starts the TVRec object -- it can't be null.  It 
gets saved between runs/whenever you exit live tv, so it keeps it on the same 
channel you last were using.  tunechan is for silly people that are using 
their tuner input for a cable/satellite box.  If tunechan is non-null, it 
will be set on the tuner, and the external change command will be used to 
switch channels instead of the tuner.  

Isaac


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