[mythtv-users] Confused about the channel editor / adding HDTV QAM channels

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On 2/7/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/7/07, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What am I missing when it comes to adding my channels from my new QAM
> > HDTV card?  I have the card installed, and I did a channel scan.  From
> > there, I was able to go into live TV mode (with no stuttering on a
> > 3000+)  and view the few HD channels I can get.  This is when I ran
> > into problems, though.
> >
> > I could edit the channels (mostly local), and I assigned the same
> > callsigns to them as my analog channels (for instance, WSB, which is
> > channel 3 on my analog cable.  After I did this, I could no longer
> > tune to that channel using the up/down keys.  Does this sound correct?
> >  It is as if Myth is trying to tune to the actual channel 3 (or it may
> > even be 2) on my HD card.
> >
> > In addition, when I just looked at my listings via Mythweb, I don't
> > even have my WSB listed.  In it's place, on channel 3, I now have:
> >
> > 3
> > Adding Channel 3
> >         NO DATA
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?  Hoe do I set up MythTV to (a) show only the HD
> > channels that I want to watch in HD and (b) let me tune into and
> > record listings off those channels?
> >
>
> Well, I've been able to add the channels in using a local broadcast
> DirectData feed, but it's changed my channel frequencies - for
> instance, it moved my ABC to 5#1, when it's somewhere in the 80's.
> Perhaps I shouldn't have obeyed the big bold warning at the told of
> this wiki entry:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Adding_QAM_Channels_For_HDTV_Tuner_Cards
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You may be better off using your local cable's digital lineup from
datadirect if you do not like the 5#1 listings.  This is what I use,
my cable provider puts the HD channels in the 200s.  In the end it is
just cosmetic, especially if you don't use the live TV function.