[mythtv-users] Some analog cable channels are wrong in listings

Robert Kulagowski rkulagow at gmail.com
Mon Nov 7 14:11:03 UTC 2011


On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:14 AM, F.B. Parker <fbp.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don't channel scan an analog cable TV feed that
>> you're recording with a PVR.  Once you've
>> configured the lineup, you'd run a "fetch from
>> listings source" action to pull the correct
>> mappings.
>
>
> Thank you for your reply :)
>
> I've done this:
>
> In Mythbuntu: Applications -> System -> MythTV Backend setup, then
>
> 3. Video sources -> choose my source called "digital_cable"
>
> Then "Fetching lineups from schedulesdirect" with a progress bar
>
> Then:
>
> Video Source Setup -> Listings grabber: North America (SchedulesDirect.org)
> (Internal)
>
> Then my userid and password. Then I do "Retrieve lineups"
>
> Then I select the lineup, which is called Knology_CableDigital-Digital, etc.
> (This cable service has analog channels 2-99 and digital channels 100 and
> up. I record channels 2-99 with the PVR-150.)
>
> "Perform EIT scan" unchecked.
>
> Channel frequency table: us-cable
>
> Then "Finish"
>
> Then:
>
> 4. Input Connections -> "[MPEG : /dev/video0] (Tuner 1) -> digital_cable"
>
> This goes to a page called "Connect source to input" Then:
>
> Input: Tuner 1
>
> Video source: digital_cable
>
> Then I select "Fetch channels from listings source" and hit enter
>
> This appears to do nothing, or at least there's no visual feedback that it's
> working. Wait a while, then "Next >". Then "Finish".
>
> Exit the backend setup; this runs mythfilldatabase. Go into mythweb ->
> Backend status; gives this: "Last mythfilldatabase run started on 2011-11-05
> 09:59:52 and ended on 2011-11-05 10:00:08. mythfilldatabase ran, but did not
> insert any new data into the Guide for 2 of 2 sources..."
>
> Then I look at the listings in mythweb, and I see "16 (MTV)" while the
> schedulesdirect website for my video source shows "16 CNN", which is
> correct.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> Again, I'm sure it's something stupid that I'm missing, but I can't quite
> figure out what :)

That seems like the correct sequence of steps.

At Schedules Direct, have you edited your lineup and enabled the
channels that you want on your account?  Have you opened a ticket at
Schedules Direct?

If you run mythfilldatabase --dd-grab-all from the command line, what happens?


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