[mythtv-users] 0.20, mythtv-setup not getting all channels

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/11/06 22:41, Scott Walker wrote:

>Ok, just got through trying this, with no luck:
>1) dropped the mythconverg database.
>2) recreated the database per the docs.
>3) Started mythtv-setup, and set up the card and it's two sources.
>Created an "antenna" source, which is connected to the tuner input. I
>selected "fetch channels from lineup", and that worked fine. That is,
>the option where you set the initial channel for that source listed all
>the antenna channels from that lineup in Datadirect.
>Then I set up the 4DTV source, which is connected to the svideo input.
>Fetching the channels from Datadirect only seemed to retrieve the
>channels for one satellite, as seen from the initial channel selection.
>4) Ran mythfilldatabase --do-channel-updates, and let it chug a bit.
>When that finished, I started the backend, and frontend. The EPG
>displayed all the antenna channels, but only the 4DTV channels initially
>found by mythtv-setup.
>  
>
Yeah, because the "Fetch channels" button uses mythfilldatabase to get 
the channels.  Are you saying the lineup includes the additional 
channels?  Did you check this immediately before running the "Fetch 
channels"?  mythfilldatabase will automatically remove any channels from 
your lineup when you tell it not to use those channels, so it's possible 
that when you had things incorrectly set up, mfdb removed channels from 
the lineup, after which you won't get additional channels (because there 
are none).

mythfilldatabase logs (without the "-v all") should say, "Not adding 
channel..." if it sees a channel but you've told it not to use that 
channel.  Do you see those?

Mike