[mythtv-users] Empty Program Guide

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/03/2006 12:24 PM, Vasanth Venkatachalam wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running MythTV on a Fedora Core 5 system. I am
> using the DataDirect services to fetch channels.
> My problem is that the program guide is empty, even
> after running mythfilldatabase. If I enter the guide,
> I get the error, 
>
> GuideGrid: You don't have any channels defined in the
> database. Guide grid will have nothing to show you.
>
> Yet strangely enough I am able to use the "Program
> Finder" and if I go to Search Listings -> Channels,
> the channels are appearing in the channel search
> window; if I click on a channel I can scroll a
> vertical list of programs at different times.
>
> So the channels do seem to be there, they are just not
> appearing in the program guide.
>
>   

Because they're not associated with any inputs.  For the guide to work 
properly, you must have a videosource (which defines the channels) 
associated with an input...

> In case its relevant, I haven't yet installed a video
> capture card, but I didn't think this should matter
> since the program guide has been downloaded.
>   

which requires a capture card.  :)

Mike