[mythtv] . . . Fetch Channels From Listing Source option DOES NOT FUNCTION!

[Raymond Wagner]

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On 2/3/2014 12:43 AM, John Critchfield Jr. wrote:
> In the MythTV Backend  configuration, option 5 Input Connections,
 > select an input connection to edit or add a new one, the Fetch
 > Channels From Listing Source option DOES NOT FUNCTION!

Of course it does.  It just only works for channels that exist as a 
single number, such as analog cable, or digital cable when used with a 
virtual channel table.  You're trying to access ATSC channels, which 
means a physical channel and a stream ID.  MythTV is not able to pull 
both of these values, along with the handful of other necessary 
settings, from Schedules Direct at this time.

> This means one must RELY on the  Scan For Channels option

Correct.

> which doesnot create an  automatic channel entry for a channel that
 > is too weak to pick up on small antenna!

If you cannot pick up the channel in a scan, then you're not going to be 
able to pick it up to record from either.  This isn't like analog 
television, where you can watch a fuzzy signal.  Digital television 
includes redundant data, so the stream can be recovered completely and 
perfectly up to a certain percentage loss, after which you very rapidly 
drop to nothing.  If there's no potential to record the channel, there's 
no reason to insert it into the database during a scan either, so 
there's no harm done.  Get a better antenna or a more sensitive tuner card.