[mythtv-users] DVB - Recording from 'part time' channels

Julian Edwards myth at julian-edwards.com
Sun Apr 10 20:08:13 UTC 2005


Mark Smith wrote:

>If the box attempts to start a recording whilst the channel is off-air the
>recording of that programme (and any which follow on the same channel) will
>fail. This is a particular risk for anyone who is using the facility to have
>recordings start early.
>  
>
That's good to know, thanks.

One of the other problems with part time channels happens when the last 
programme that you recorded was on one of those channels.  If you try 
and watch live TV after the channel has gone off air, it won't tune and 
returns you back to the menu because it's defaulting to the last channel 
you recorded on.

The only option is to schedule a recording from another on-air DVB 
channel temporarily to reset the starting channel.

I did try and hack the "startchan" in the database, but it doesn't 
work.  Bizarrely, the startchan gets reset back to the non-working one!  
You need to stop the backend before you can do this so it sticks.


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