[mythtv-users] Adding channels for my HD-PVR
Harry Devine
lifter89 at comcast.net
Thu Nov 12 03:22:00 UTC 2009
Kenneth Emerson wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net
> <mailto:lifter89 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> OK, so I upgraded to 0.22 on Mythbuntu 9.10 today and it went
> fairly smoothly. I can capture from my HD-PVR using "cat
> /dev/video0 > <filename>" so the kernel sees it. I added the
> HD-PVR as a tuner card, but I'm a little unsure how to tie the
> channels from my cable box to it. So, can anyone give me some
> pointers with the following:
>
> 1) I have a lot of my channels in my SchedulesDirect lineup that I
> can only get from my cable box (originally I wanted to capture
> them over Firewire). How do I get these channels into Myth? I
> may have had them once but used the channel editor to remove them
> since I could never get Firewire to work. Do I have to make a new
> Input connection for them?
>
> 2) When I added the HD-PVR, I put in "/usr/bin/6200ch" as the
> channel change script. I realized that I don't have 6200ch. I
> know I can compile it so that's not a problem. Is
> "/usr/bin/6200ch" enough to have on that command line, or are
> there other parameters that I need to pass in?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Harry
>
> What I did was to create a new line-up in SD using my cable
> providers digital package (Mediacom - Digital). I then eliminated
> the channels that were known to not work (on the SD web site) plus
> the ones I'd never watch (ie HSN, etc.). You then reference this
> line-up on the Input Connection screen of mythtv-setup for the
> particular input you are using on the HD-PVR (probably component
> for HD). Click on the "Get channels from source" button once you
> have selected your line-up. Do not try to scan. Since you are
> using the HD-PVR, you probably are not sharing this line-up with
> any other tuner device. If you are, I do not know how you would
> disable some channels for a particular input (but I suspect there
> is a way). I have three line-ups on SD: LocalBroadcast (antenna),
> Cable (NTSC/clear QAM), and DigitalCable (HD-PVR). Only the
> HD-PVR uses the DigitalCable line-up. I would also recommend that
> you use the mythchanger application. It doesn't require knowing
> what firewire port you are using. You would enter the command as
> "mythchanger -c ". Hope this helps.
>
>
> -- Ken
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I got the Lineup stuff worked out, so thanks for that tip. As for the
channel changing, I was able to get the 6200ch application to compile
and I can run it from the command line to change the channel on my STB.
What do I need to add to the HD-PVR card in mythtv-setup? Also, my
system doesn't seem to have mythchanger, so would you have any more info
on what it is or where I get it?
Thanks,
Harry
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