[mythtv-users] ATSC Channel numbers

[Patrick Doyle]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 01/03/2010 09:06 AM, Patrick Doyle wrote:
>> Is there a separator character that I can use when changing channels
>> while watching TV with MythTV?  My TV remote uses a "." character.  My
>> TiVo remote overloads the "|->" button.  My family is used to entering
>> a character between the channel number and the multiplex number.
>>
>
> You'll have to set up a button for it in your LIRC config.  No code in
> Myth will interpret some other button and convert it to a separator for you.
>

No, my problem was that I tried using a hyphen and a dot for the
channel separators and neither worked.  When I looked more closely at
the channel numbers, I saw that the separator character was an
underscore.

Brent Bolin said "I thought there was an option when setting up the
backend to specify "-", "." or none for channel separators".  I've
been poking around looking for that setting, but have been unable to
find it.  Can anybody point me in the direction of where it is
defined?  (Is it a compile-time constant perhaps?)

It looks I could use MythWeb to change the channel numbers for all of
my channels to use a hyphen or a period for the separator, but now I'm
thinking that's probably not worth it, although I like Brent's idea of
making all of the "N_1" channels be listed simply as "N" and using the
channel up button to scroll to the "N_2", "N_3", etc... channels.

Now that I see that the channel numbers are configurable via MythWeb,
that kinda argues against the possibility of there being a single
configuration item that I could change to magically make the separator
change for all of the channel numbers.  Perhaps the configuration item
would only apply when defining new channels.

I'll go find out what code my remote sends for the "." button and fix
my LIRC config appropriately.

--wpd