[mythtv-users] Myth not calling channel change script

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/14/2008 03:04 PM, John H wrote:
> I as well need my card tuned to a specific channel plus I need an IR
> Blaster. In the previous version of MythTV, the preset to channel
> didn't work so what I did is I added a statement to my rc.local so on
> boot thus the card is automatically set to the proper channel so I
> just leave the preset blank in mythtv. The card tunes to the proper
> channel and the IR Blaster works.
>
> /usr/bin/ivtv-tune -c 7 -d /dev/video0
>
> where 7 is the preset channel and the /dev/video0 is the device you want preset.

Or, you can add that command to your external channel change script (the 
one that uses irsend to change the STB's channel--just have it also 
change the capture card's channel with ivtv-tune or whatever).

Mike