[mythtv-users] Best method to change from OTA to Unencrypted Cable Channels

[Jerry Rubinow]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM, robert Larson <dewmanstl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just upgraded out tv watching experience from a OTA antenna to Basic
> cable. We will now have 80 some channels instead of 5. What would be
> the best method of adding the channels into myth? I get my listings
> from SD, so I know that I will need to go there and update the channel
> listings for my area, but I am not very sure as to what settings I
> should use for scanning the channels.
>


Does your cable provider give you the channels in analog or digital?


I do know that there is some HD channels with our package and I do
> have a HD tuner card (AVerTV HD A180)
>


Ok, this implies that at least some of the channels are digital.



>
> I tried to do quick scan and I found that it didn't lock on to
> anything (but that is more then likely user error) The cable company
> that we use is not charter or comcast. Its the local cable company
> that is pretty small. I do know that they use STD as the signal but
> that's about it. Any ideas would be helpful. All the channels are open
> and are not encrypted.
>

STD?  How do you know the channels are not encrypted?

-Jerry
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