[mythtv-users] Lost EPG

Andrew Herron totallymaxed at gmail.com
Sat Jun 12 15:56:37 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Melanie <melanie.t23 at ukonline.co.uk> wrote:

> On Saturday 12 June 2010 15:06:31 Andrew Herron wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Melanie <melanie.t23 at ukonline.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > > I am running MythTV 0.23-fixes (24158) with Ubuntu 10.04 on an Acer
> Revo
> > > 3610
> > > here in the UK and can no longer acquire EPG data.  My "policy of
> > > continued improvement" means that I am constantly fiddling with the
> > > settings, configuration etc as I try to become better acquainted with
> > > things and I can't be sure what I might have changed to cause the EPG
> to
> > > stop working.
> > >
> > > Having been all through the Front and Back End settings I've not found
> > > anything, nor have I uncovered any useful comments on the Internet.
> > >  Although
> > > I play rudimentary CLI games I am mostly a GUI person . . .
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> >
> > Did you check that you had not un-ticked the 'Use EIT' EPG data option in
> > MythTV-setup on your backend?
> >
> > Andrew
>
> Myth backend settings.
>
> 1.  General   EIT scanner options:-
>        EIT transport timeout = 6mins
>        Cross source EIT = not enabled
>        B.E. wait before EIT crawl = 90secs
>
>        Myth database fill = auto, daily, between 2 and 6am
>
> 3.  Video sources:-
>        UKsource
>        Listing grabber = Transmitted guide only (EIT)
>        Channel freq table = default
>
> 4.  Input connections:-
>        Video source = UKsource
>        Quick tuning = disabled
>
> Have I missed any other relevant settings?


I usually leave 'Cross source EIT' enabled but I cant see that having any
impact on your problem to be frank (you could try it though). All of your
settings look comparable to mine...

I assume that you can tune to any of the MUX's you have tuned? Have you
tried a rescan?

Andrew
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