[mythtv-users] ATSC channel scan broken in mythtvsetup?

[Brad Fuller]

On Thu July 19 2007 11:31 am, kim Gross wrote:
> William Munson wrote:
> > Gregg wrote:
> >> I scanned for OTA HDTV channels in mythtvsetup and it picks up all the
> >> channels, but If I go to watch them after mythfilldatabase I get the
> >> "no channel lock press ok" error.  I discovered that if I manually
> >> create the channel and add the frequency id to the second page in the
> >> creation process it works. I tried to add the frequency id to an
> >> existing channel through the web interface, but that did not work.
> >> Is the channel scanning broken in mythtvsetup?
> >> Is there a way to add the appropriate data to the channel table
> >> through an update statement without having to recreate the channels
> >> manually?
> >>
> >> -Gregg
> >
> > I am afraid I am the bearer of bad news. Channel scanning is broken.
> > Manual entry is the way to go. Be sure to check that the dtv_transport
> > table has the correct frequency and that the channels table has the
> > correct dtv_transport number and data stream number listed in the
> > record. To make sure that you can get update info from your listing
> > provider make sure the xmltvid number and callsign exactly match that
> > given in the listings.
>
> I would love to get my avermedia 180 HD up and running, but I have no
> idea how to find out the frequencies off of my cable setup.  Does
> anybody know of a howto on getting this to work correctly?

I guess it depends on what you mean by "cable setup".

try:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Working_QAM_cable_layout
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Adding_QAM_Channels_For_HDTV_Tuner_Cards