[mythtv-users] zap2it not working for OTA digital listings

[Brad Fuller]

jafa wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I know there have been several threads on this topic with lots of
>information but I still can't get anything to work.
>
>Most of the information has been from this thread:
>http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/236492#236492
>
>1) Clean starting point: delete all channels in zap2it and in MythTV
>BTW - MythTV is SVN trunk as of the weekend.
>
>2) I ran a channel scan in mythtv-setup. It finds all my usual OTA channels.
>
>3) I enabled channel 56 = KTUVDT in zap2it.
>
>4) I renamed channel 2.1 KTUV-HD to KTUVDT in the channel editor.
>
>5) I did a "get channels from listing".
>
>6) Running mythfilldatabase reports not adding channel KTUVDT
>
>7) The channel editor shows the XMLID as blank.
>
>8) MythTV has no guide data for channel 2.1.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>As a fallback I tried using EIT data but after two days it still hasn't 
>attempted to get data for channels 2.1 and 2.2.
>
>Is there any way to force it to get EIT data for a given channel?
>  
>
I had to add the xmlid's for each channel.

(KTVUDT is 19571 for my area)