[mythtv-users] HD Homerun Tuning Problems

Kirk Bocek t004 at kbocek.com
Wed Jun 13 04:26:28 UTC 2007



Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> The "mythbackend -v record,channel,siparser" log will hopefully
> tell us exactly where the problem lies. :)

Will do. Do you want the results posted here or on a bug report?

> This is only available in SVN head, in the 'Input Connections'
> pane. If you haven't already tried SVN head, you should. Even
> without 'Quick Tune' there are several additional hacks that
> work around problems with bad info from the stream. For example,
> we added encryption monitoring to the signal monitor. This was
> actually a requested feature for DVB countries where people can
> buy or rent "Conditional Access" modules in order to receive
> restricted content, but it has the side effect of allowing you
> to tune to ATSC and MPEG channels where the streams are
> mislabeled as being encrypted. The UPN network at one point a
> couple years ago began labeling their OTA streams, which by
> law are not encrypted, as being encrypted. We added a special
> case hack at the time, but with encryption monitoring we catch
> all such cases.

Rick has encouraged me try out the latest and greatest and has GUARANTEED that 
  the downgrade back to stable will go without a hitch. :) I've just gotta 
figure out how to enable the bleeding packages on ATrpms.

Thanks,
Kirk Bocek



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