[mythtv-users] Problems testing my card.

Batshua bat Yehonatan batshua at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 00:42:03 UTC 2009


I haven't yet reached the point where I can even configure the mythbackend
properly.  Doesn't scanning for channels come in later, at that step?

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Eppo Eppleston <eppo120 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <
> cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
>
>> Phil Bridges wrote:
>>
>>> You don't want to scan for ATSC channels if you're connected to the
>>> cable - you want to scan for QAM channels.
>>>
>>
>> Incorrect statement.  ATSC includes both QAM and 8VSB (which is the OTA
>> encoding).  You probably mean that he doesn't want to scan for 8VSB, but for
>> QAM instead.
>>
>> But, I cannot find any information from the OP (except his vague ATSC
>> reference) on *where* he is on order to advise him on possible protocols to
>> check for....
>>
>>  If you do want to scan for cable channels, try bypassing your converter
>>> box.
>>>
>>
>> Do we know what the output of his convert box is?  Analog or digital?
>> (Is he trying to plug an analog input into a digital encoder card?)
>> If his cable is encoded, is it worth trying to scan it directly for
>> channels?  It will tell him which channels are available, and also which are
>> encoded.
>>
>> If he is scanning for channels at the output of his convert box, he won't
>> find any (will he?)  What *is* the output of his converter box?
>> (Sorry, I'm repeating myself.)
>>
>
> i dont think you want to scan for channels. you want to fetch channel
> listings.
>
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