[mythtv-users] Feature Request: Force external channel changer
to always change channel
Justin Mayfield
mayfield at mc702.org
Tue Jul 1 16:08:45 EDT 2003
I agree. Same boat.
JM
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 14:31, John Klimek wrote:
> I'm not sure how many people have this problem, but I use my satellite
> receiver to watch TV and then when I'm not home, MythTV records off of it
> (using my external channel changer [rca.pl]).
>
> The problem is that sometimes I will turn off my satellite receiver and it
> will be on channel 309 (for example). However, MythTV thinks the receiver
> is still on channel 354 because that is what it last changed it to.
>
> Would it be possible to add a "Force external chanel changer to always
> change channel" option to the mythtv setup?
>
> As far as the code, I'm fairly sure that I found where the problem is...
> channel.cpp, line 376. (inside of void Channel::SwitchToInput).
>
> The first statement, if (newcapchannel == currentcapchannel) return;
>
> I've patched my source so that it doesn't check anymore (always changes the
> channel), but everytime I update to the new CVS I have to re-patch the code.
> The change is super easy, but I just thought that maybe other people have
> this same problem and it could be added to cvs permanently.
>
>
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