[mythtv-users] channel scan missing channels

[Steven Adeff]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Michael T. Dean
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>>  On 12/13/2010 04:54 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>> In doing a channel scan on my parents new mythbackend we've noticed
>>> that Myth isn't finding all the channels that we find using the
>>> digital tuner in their HDTV. I've done full scans of "Cable", "Cable
>>> IRC" and "Cable HRC" at QAM-64, 128 and 256. I just can't seem to get
>>> Myth to see the channels. I need to try to create the channel by hand
>>> to see if Myth can tune them, but I'm wondering if anyone else has run
>>> into this before?
>>
>> You are using a current 0.24-fixes system, right?  There were some pretty
>> important channel scanner changes at the end of the 0.23-fixes cycle.
>
> Sorry, yes, 0.24-fixes from the mythbuntu autobuild.
>
> Is it possible to insert my own channel if the mplex id is already
> there for another sub channel? Could I just copy that channel and
> change the service id number?
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
>> What type of tuner are you using?  If it's an HDHR, have you tested
>> using the libhdhomerun scanner?
>
> it's an HD3000, PCI.

anyone have any ideas? there's a few channel's Myth just won't find
that the digital tuners they have *do* find, and they are HD channels
so it would be nice if I could get Myth to tune them.

-- 
Steve
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