[mythtv-users] ITV2 + 1 EIT Data

[John Pullan]

On 03/05/07, Steve Milner <mythtv-users at stephen-milner.me.uk> wrote:
> I have recently added the ITV2 +1 channel to my UK DVB-T Myth box but I
> am not able to obtain any EIT data from the transmitted guide. I have
> ticked the Use On Air Guide for this channel.
>
> At the same time I added FiveUS and FiveLife which are both receiving
> this data.
>
> Could someone give me an explanation of how the 'over the air guide' works.
>
> In what format is the data transmitted and how does mythtv work out
> which channel the data is meant for.
>
> I suspect that the data is being transmitted, but getting 'lost' somewhere.
>

I think you might be right. At least it certainly appears on my Sony box.

> It is of course possible that no data is being transmitted and I'm
> wondering if it's possible to script a job for mythconverg to delete the
> itv2 +1 guide data and then insert the itv2 data time-shifted by an hour
> into the itv2 +1 channel.
>
> I'm SQL adept so just a few pointers towards the tables in mythconverg
> would help, plus an idea of how the time format is stored so that I can
> easily shift by an hour.
>
> Regards,
> Steve

I *think* that the tables you need are the channel.sourceid entry,
channel.useonairguide also the dtv_multiplex,networkid and
dtv_multiplex.transportid. I'm really not sure as to why you're not
seeing the information especially when seeing it for the other
channels.

-- 
John