[mythtv-users] Myth can't change channels on my dct2000

[Michael T. Dean]

On 06/30/2006 01:39 AM, Owen Mehegan wrote:
> OK, on a hunch I looked at the mythconverg database, and I figured out 
> where Myth is getting these whacky channel numbers:
>
> mysql> select channum,freqid from channel where channum = 9;
> +---------+--------+
> | channum | freqid |
> +---------+--------+
> | 9       | 187250 |
> +---------+--------+
>
>
> So, when I tell Myth to change to channel 9, it feeds channel 187250 
> to the channel changing app. Is something screwed up in my listings 
> feed? I'm getting it from Data Direct/Zap2It or whatever, in San 
> Francisco, CA. Or, is there some way I can tell Myth to use the 
> channum column instead of the freqid column when I give it channels to 
> change to? Not all of the channels are screwed up like this, but a 
> whole lot of them are. If I tell Myth to change to a channel that is 
> configured normally in the db, it is able to do so with no errors. I'm 
> SO CLOSE!!

freqid can be channel number /or/ frequency (in kHz)--your choice...

Mike