[mythtv] Bug in tv_rec.cpp (TVRec::GetStartChannel)

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Wed Nov 23 12:53:31 EST 2005


Michael T. Dean wrote:

> spam wrote:
>
>> Michael T. Dean wrote:
>>
>>> Make sure you provide a valid value for every input you have 
>>> associated with a video source.
>>>
>>> Starting LiveTV channel.
>>> This is updated on every successful channel change.
>>
>>
>> In my case I had a HD3000 card in the machine then added a air2pc 
>> card. The 3000 would setup and tune ok, but the new card only 
>> received a '' for the channel from the database. I then removed all 
>> cards in mythtv-setup and reconfig'd them both. Now both cards have 
>> no starting channel.
>>
>> Starting up as the master server.
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.293 New DB connection, total: 2
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.300 mythbackend: MythBackend started as master 
>> server
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.359 TVRec(1) Error: Start channel '' invalid, 
>> setting to '222' on input DVBInput instead.
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.364 DVB#0 Using DVB card 0, with frontend 'Oren 
>> OR51132 VSB/QAM Frontend'.
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.384 New DB connection, total: 3
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.404 TVRec(2) Error: Start channel '' invalid, 
>> setting to '222' on input DVBInput instead.
>> 2005-11-23 06:13:04.444 DVB#1 Using DVB card 1, with frontend 
>> 'Broadcom BCM3510 VSB/QAM frontend'.
>
>
> You also need to specify a valid Starting LiveTV channel (now, after 
> deleting your card config, for both cards).  Look closely through the 
> mythtv-setup program and you'll find it (the words of the setting are 
> above).
>
> Mike
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Oh, I have a valid channel as the start channel and 222 is good because 
I can record from it. Looks like default settings for DVB/ATSC is 
selecting "television" not "dvbinput" like it should by default in the 
card setup. So it's not a bug it's a feature.


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