[mythtv-users] clear qam channels & schedulesdirect

Brad Fuller bradallenfuller at gmail.com
Fri Jan 2 05:47:50 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Greg Zornetzer
<gzornetzer.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've just heard that recently comcast made almost all of the expanded basic
> channels available on QAM in the clear.
> I'd like to program these channels into mythtv and replace the use of analog
> cable, since I've heard stories that we'll lose analog cable at some point.
> Also, the idea of recording multiple programs with the same tuner is
> tempting.  However, I'm concerned about the channel numbering and getting
> the schedulesdirect to be happy with this.  If I change the QAM channel
> numbers (for example 5.1, 7.1, etc) to the channel numbers for comcast
> digital cable (101, 102, 103, etc), will mythtv automatically assign the
> channels to the proper feeds from schedulesdirect?  Or will i need to
> individually assign the xmltv id's?
> I'm hoping that others will have dealt with similar problems.


What I did:  I copied the xmlid from the current channel (like channel
7) and inserted it into the new QAM channel. I used MythWeb.

If there's a better way, I'd like to know!

brad


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